Example sentences of "was that he [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the results of this was that he later sought to influence his son with the truths of Scripture . |
| 2 | The problem with Seawright was that he openly voiced what many people took to be the true feelings of Democratic Unionists , often to the embarrassment of the DUP spokesmen who were presenting a more moderate position . |
| 3 | If this were so in the present case , he concealed the fact with remarkable aplomb ; but my impression was that he rather welcomed this degree of personal contact , as if it provided some sort of relief from the heavy intellectual conversation repeatedly forced upon him . |
| 4 | Our problem with Sir Thomas Beecham was that he usually kept talking to the orchestra while he conducted , and his words of encouragement or complaint came through loudly , especially in the pianissimo passages . |
| 5 | Another thing that distinguished Mario back in the very earliest days was that he always wanted to win at everything . |
| 6 | Captain Trentham was generally the bearer of such news , and what annoyed Charlie even more was that he always looked so smart , clean , and worse — warm and well fed . |
| 7 | Finniston 's greatest disappointment during his time at British Steel was that he never succeeded in persuading the unions to form a single group to simplify negotiations . |
| 8 | ‘ The great thing about Michael , ’ he recalled , ‘ was that he never minded what you asked him to do . |