Example sentences of "that [pron] [was/were] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just wanted to know , inside my own head , that I was betraying his trust in me the way he 'd betrayed mine . |
| 2 | It was n't that I was doubting my faith or denying the reality of my becoming a Christian , but rather that , though I had genuinely believed ten years earlier , my commitment had been intertwined with the emotional comfort of sharing the beliefs and way of life of my family and certain friends . |
| 3 | It seemed the weather had beaten me and that I was wasting my time . |
| 4 | Wilson was quick to see how provocative such a development would be to the shipowners and refused to accept the post , though he confessed to have been " foolish enough to have allowed myself to be nominated and elected as honorary general manager , which meant that I was lending my name to an organization over which I had no control " . |
| 5 | I then told him that I was collecting her works and would like to buy them from him . |
| 6 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |
| 7 | I was happy that I was having my own baby but sometimes I used to cry for nothing and I was easily upset . |
| 8 | Such as that I was trying to use the priesthood as an escape from my personal frustration , that I was dramatizing my own situation , that I was proud and vain , that my idea of Catholicism was up the creek . |
| 9 | With that she saw me off with an invitation to visit her the next day after school but that I was to tell my parents in case they were worried where I was . |
| 10 | I suddenly found that I was losing my powers at a time when I needed them most . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I play basketball twice a week and I had four days ’ notice that I was to get my chance , so I had four days ' practice . |
| 12 | She was jealous that I was to bear her husband 's son — I could not hate her for that . |
| 13 | And the thought that I was bedding his daughter … ’ |
| 14 | The words simply mean that Jesus was conscious that someone was seeking his help . |
| 15 | One evening , however , as the never-failing north wind freshened , rustling the tops of the dom palms as he walked back to the harbour quarter , he had the impression that someone was dogging his steps . |
| 16 | Dorothy Hardisty had no doubt that she was wasting her time . |
| 17 | She began to feel that she was wasting her time and that he probably thought that she was mad . |
| 18 | She spent several minutes crawling on her hands and knees , rubbing the flat of her palm across the pile of the carpet to locate the wretched ring , before the truth occurred to her and she knew that she was wasting her time . |
| 19 | Leith knew then , when her mother began , ‘ Is n't it exciting ? ’ that she was wasting her time expecting her to agree that it was about time Sebastian got his act together . |
| 20 | No wonder she made it clear to Shelley that she was wasting her time . |
| 21 | It did n't help that , intellectually , I knew that she was reliving her own feelings about the way in which a second child — me — had wrecked her marriage . |
| 22 | It had been announced only a month ago that she was expecting her first child and would probably be leaving after the spring term . |
| 23 | But Mrs McWhirter , cutting her losses , spent most of her time away , on the excuse that she was nursing her mother ; and the daughter , if she felt like coming home , preferred to regard home as where her mother was . |
| 24 | He had no sense of telling a lie ; after all , Céline must surely have realised that she was forfeiting her title by fleeing to Scotland . |
| 25 | When she did , her voice was soft , but tightly controlled , the words clipped , and it was obvious that she was holding her temper in check with the greatest difficulty . |
| 26 | Unaware that she was holding her breath , Isabel slowly slid her arms around his waist . |
| 27 | She forced the quivery feeling of revulsion down , realising that she was arousing his suspicions . |
| 28 | The Law Lords found that she should have been fully informed by the bank that she was risking her whole house by guaranteeing a loan to her husband 's business , not the limited amount she believed at the time . |
| 29 | A critical glance in the mirror as she thrust her feet into high-heeled black shoes revealed that she was looking her best . |
| 30 | That she was looking her best , or that Ven appreciated her appearance was made thrillingly clear a minute later , when she entered the sitting-room . |