Example sentences of "was that it [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remarkable feature of Kallibunker 's fur was that it completely lacked the usual long guard hairs found on all other cats . |
| 2 | If there was one ( albeit very small ) consolation about the sale of Dave Batty , it was that it finally did away with an important inferiority complex of mine — was I the only person in West Yorkshire not to be best mates with the man ? ? |
| 3 | Officially , the reason given was that it now seemed more sensible to store the highly active waste above ground for at least fifty years before disposing of it , probably in the form of glass blocks , and meanwhile allowing more of its intense heat to dissipate . |
| 4 | The result was that it then became possible to record the data on a continuous re-circulating loop of tape that would last for 25 hours before being erased and used again . |
| 5 | The big problem with this sort of fine-tuning , advisers said , was that it usually did more damage than it corrected . |
| 6 | Their verdict was that it only went to show . |