Example sentences of "was [prep] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was for that very reason that I declined appointment as a judge . |
| 2 | Although almost all working-class housing in the novel is of that type , since it can better be represented as a ‘ home ’ , it was for that very reason much too expensive for the very poor . |
| 3 | Spid I remember when me and my Mum had to catch one in a fishing net and throw it down the toilet cos my Dad were n't there and it was about that big ! |
| 4 | It was about that short . |
| 5 | That was just how it was after that magical 68 in the second round . |
| 6 | That was after that white cat adopting you , I told you that 's what it was ! |
| 7 | I could see his flesh was of that dense-celled compactness black people have , quite a different material from ours . |
| 8 | Eliot returned to familiar themes in suggesting that the morality of the Morte Darthur was of that primitive type which was essential , whereas modern manners were things of the surface only . |
| 9 | Once , it had seemed that the candle of her life would burn only till Christmas , and that it was towards that single point that she was spinning out the last hours of her life . |
| 10 | I used to take them every day and I was like that right , and then what I used to do on a Sunday I would n't take one cos I used to think right I like my Sunday dinner and I will never give up my Sunday dinner when I 'm dieting right |
| 11 | It was like that endless moment , Sabine thought , between the lightning flash and the first crackle of thunder . |
| 12 | It was like that French film where they all go bicycling together . |
| 13 | But erm it is , sh but her friend er , still when she came she bought us this , was this big erm it was like that big , by about that big of Harlequin sweets for us all . |
| 14 | Just who did he think he was with that arrogant , contemptuous expression on his face ? |
| 15 | We have come through that transition , tough as it was with that unbeatable combination of enthusiasm , commitment , ability and unwavering desire for success . |
| 16 | It always used to go out of tune and I thought it was the tuners , but in fact the trouble was with that old Gibson vibrola — a terrible thing , really cheap . |
| 17 | It was in that tropical setting that Steve and Ali were married . |
| 18 | She was in that indeterminate middle age that lasts for ever with unattractive women . |
| 19 | He had the ability , when he was in that teasing mood , to make her forget all the worrying unhappy things in life , and just be gloriously glad to be alive . |
| 20 | Your so-called Gittel 's not the only one who is n't quite the girl she was in that far-off summertime . ’ |
| 21 | It was in that terrible moment of loss that he noticed for the first time the eagle in the cage on the other side of his from where Minch 's cage was . |
| 22 | This is partly I suppose what made us seem like a destination to him ; he was in that simple sense ready to arrive , ready to get somewhere and rest there for the night . |
| 23 | When Pike spoke again it was in that mechanical voice . |
| 24 | It was in that personal role that he had been summoned to dine at short notice . |
| 25 | Harry was enjoying himself : he had been drinking , and was in that pleasant state of semi-inebriation that softened his tongue and turned him into a quite amiable human being . |
| 26 | I used the phone a lot while I was in that private room . |
| 27 | It was in that confusing time when half the articles were informed by feminism and talked of career and independence , while the rest still showed a very rigid ideal of feminine beauty . |
| 28 | Jean was in that horrible sa mustard and black striped |
| 29 | It was in that ugly repository of polished pine , acoustic tiles and garish , sentimental stained glass that he and his wife had been married , and in a flat in the rectory , living above the parish priest , that they had made their first home . |
| 30 | It was in that free paper |