Example sentences of "that was [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that was said many years ago |
| 2 | You see that was to see that you know there was n't any , yes . |
| 3 | well the slight adjustment so to get it , get it right , that 's what you 're paid for and he 's , that 's where he was , that 's where he was brought up in the trade , and he could take a piece of cloth in his hands , he had rolls of cloth , and he said that was made such a way , the quality of this cloth is because and that |
| 4 | Since that was written much has changed . |
| 5 | And it 's , it 's difficult for us to tell because we do n't have that many regional studies to be able to know exactly what it was that was determining these differences of values . |
| 6 | Ashcroft Noble was part-owner of the three weeklies that published his ‘ Paul Pelican ’ articles and accepted Thomas 's early essays ; and he was also connected with the Edinburgh firm of Blackwood that was to publish those essays in book form . |
| 7 | Oh yes I would say that yes that was coming more that way yeah yeah . |
| 8 | There was no sort of law against erm employing people without a certain amount of rest and erm that was employed , er that was occupied that office from first thing in the morning when the bus went out from five o'clock and erm he would , the depot clerk would go off round about dinner time , there 'd be his relief who came on at nine o'clock and worked with him until dinner time and he 'd carry on till five and then we had , what was called , the cashiers come on duty then , there was a cashier and erm a hand . |
| 9 | It could be a very important story , and , knowing the damage our grape-vine could do with any story , the only way to stop that was to keep this one to myself . |
| 10 | And that was wallpapering that was ! |
| 11 | If that was paying some important bills they 'd be struggling . |
| 12 | er , well that was changing all the time but we had erm like |