Example sentences of "that [noun] was [det] " in BNC.

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1 That look was enough to tell her she 'd bewitched him .
2 It might be that Zoser was another such .
3 The end of that talk was that Farmer Olinton said he 'd be only too pleased for the Brownies to use his loft for Pack Meetings , and if Miss Truscott would call on him they 'd arrange the whole thing .
4 That car was all I had now it 's completely useles .
5 , he 's gone down , he 's looking for a penalty and it 's been given , the referee consulted the linesman , he looked at his nearside , it was who went in or was it Chris on David , the penalty award has been given by the referee , he looked to confirm it with the linesman on the nearside and that confirmation was all that he had needed to point to the spot .
6 Er I think we came to realize what that work was all in aid of .
7 That child was more trouble to me than anyone would believe !
8 One corollary of that desire was that , apart from the Woodville forfeitures , little patronage became available for redistribution .
9 One corollary of that desire was that , apart from the Woodville forfeitures , little patronage became available for redistribution .
10 Look me in the eye Goldberg and tell me whether that picture was any good .
11 I just , I tell you what , I , I know it sounds nasty , but I am glad that Penny is some way has had something that has made her realised what that place was all about .
12 What used to annoy me about that shop was that , that the fact that you know people used to buy the things on the never- never
13 ‘ If I 'm right , and that spider-thing was all force fields and fancy holograms , it could have been made to jump off the line and get me . ’
14 Talk that night was less of the glory of Gower than of the intricacies of the Aqib Affair .
15 You spoke about what was said in the brochure that management charges had been or would be running at about a rate of inflation , we can see it on page fifty six , it 's better if you look at it I think , rather than I parrot phrase , see fifty six if you so kind now see fifty six is talking about at Broadstone will the management charges greatly increase the answer is no management service , er , sorry has appointed U K leading management specialist for several reasons , firstly because of their professional caring attitude , secondly because time has shown that management charges , rises the rate either slightly below or at the levelled inflation when that brochure was produced in respect of that development was that statement true or was it not ?
16 Other passengers were queueing at the check-point , most of them looking back as if that glimpse was all they could carry with them to their destinations .
17 Because I remember when Tom was on holiday tha that ground was all dry was n't it ?
18 That victory was all thanks to God .
19 If he came over to them she would have to introduce him , and that thought was enough to bring on near hysteria .
20 In the end , it seemed that sex was all you ever wanted from me .
21 A major result of that model was that systematic aggregate demand policies would be ineffective in stabilizing real output , employment and other real variables .
22 But England have decided that century was all the evidence they needed to end speculation about their skipper 's future this summer .
23 Breeze had never imagined that digging was such hard work .
24 A belated attempt at abdomen-straining brought it swimming back into fuzzy focus , but that dial was all I saw during the remainder of an interminable fast-jet loop .
25 And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs
26 Our opinion at that time was that permanent endoscopic biliary drainage in CP should be reserved for patients whose poor clinical condition made an operation unsuitable .
27 In fact , in this case the unit was out on a CDL trial with quite inadequate documentation — the only documentation we had at that time was such that we were frightened to show it to the teacher because we realized that it would ‘ finish him off ’ .
28 But I saw that time was much more like the growth of Mary 's reputation , devious and ambiguous , than it was like the straight line , moving remorselessly forward , which Western thought has forced it to prefigure .
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