Example sentences of "that this was what " in BNC.
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| 1 | For in 1920 , when Binyon began work towards his version of the Inferno , he exchanged letters with Hewlett , who had translated the first canto years before , and now urged Binyon to shorten his measure to tetrameters , pointing out that this was what he himself had done in his ‘ Song of the Plough ’ , a long poem in terza rima in which he had invested a great deal . |
| 2 | Pete Astor of The Weather Prophets defines his project as ‘ reactivating and redefining old musical forms ’ , claiming that this was what T. Rex was all about : ‘ revitalizing Chuck Berry and Howlin' Wolf , ’ reapplying these ancients in a pop context and embalming their legacy . |
| 3 | Faces which earlier had seemed a little sombre were now wreathed in ecstatic smiles , and it was clear that this was what they had come to hear . |
| 4 | Endill learned that this was what had happened to his grandfather , Cornelius Swift . |
| 5 | I felt that this was what Leslie would have wanted me to do , for he always cared greatly about the welfare of his men . |
| 6 | As we walked through a network of pipes and valves we realized that this was what Hinkley C would look like before its radioactive inventory took over and no human beings could enter where we were standing . |
| 7 | These difficulties were forgotten as we cycled down into town and in hot dry afternoon air , shouting ‘ I thought that this was what the weather was supposed to be like ! ’ |
| 8 | The English people were the first to experience an industrial revolution , and nobody was conscious that this was what was happening to them . |
| 9 | When Helen told Price Waterhouse that this was what she wanted to do , she thought they would say it was all or nothing and tell her to pack her bags . |
| 10 | No one in Parliament objected : the assumption seemed to be that this was what a publicly owned radio service ought to do . |
| 11 | Jesus knew in his own mind that this was what they were thinking , and said to them , ‘ Why do you harbour thoughts like these ? 9 . |
| 12 | Instinctively she knew that this was what he wanted to hear . |
| 13 | Yet the only evidence that he brings forward turns out to be , in fact , the essayists ' own belief that this was what literacy could achieve . |
| 14 | Observations of the composition of the groups over three seasons confirmed that this was what happened . |
| 15 | I said that this was what she 'd been proposing , dummkopf , but Stuart was n't having any of it . |
| 16 | When challenged on this point , employers always produced a unanimous chorus to the effect that this was what women wanted , because they would not stay long in the trade before they married . |
| 17 | And while these women were not displeased with the role of housewife they did not like housework , despite the fact that this was what they spent most of their time doing . |
| 18 | So I immediately assumed that this was what was happening to my own kids . |
| 19 | Berry knew the record business backwards , and he also knew that this was what Virgin 's success had been built on . |
| 20 | He knew , with a gut certainty , that this was what they should do . |
| 21 | The scheme was funded out of general taxation , though an element of payment for the health service remained in the national insurance contribution , creating a confusing illusion that this was what paid for the service . |
| 22 | He told himself that this was what he was now searching for again . |
| 23 | Could it be that this was what he could not get from Bella ? |
| 24 | Deputy Head brought child into school and was dealing with the incident in his office when the child 's Class Teacher burst in in a frenzied manner shouting that this was what she did n't want to happen and the child was getting too much attention . |
| 25 | She twisted over on to her side , and glared fiercely at him , knowing that this was what she should n't do , that she was humiliating herself , that her face was red and puffy and ugly . |
| 26 | In true Burrows ' fashion she was looking forward to it and convinced that this was what God wanted her to do . |
| 27 | Because it soon became apparent to Sarah , if not Peter , that this was what it was . |
| 28 | For a moment , Robert thought that this was what Sheikh was going to do . |
| 29 | And yet I knew , as I spoke , that this was what I had always thought but had been too frightened to express . |
| 30 | You know , a very good example of this , that always sticks in my mind , telling me erm , that once she was analyzing a woman and er , a lot of the analysis was concerned with erm , conflicts , erm , relating to masturbation in childhood , and constantly felt that this was what the analysis seemed to have done , because the woman consistently denied this had ever happened . |