Example sentences of "[verb] that was " in BNC.

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1 I 'd forgotten that was what I 'd picked a Gnat for in the first place It sounded horrible , coming from him .
2 The body of Alan Chalky White was found in lake fifty six at the Cotswold Water Park in 1989 … the same lake , it 's claimed that was used to hide the drugs.Tim Hurst reports from Winchester Crown Court .
3 His name once appeared in a diary of Colonel Oliver North during the Irangate hearings , though Wilkinson thinks that was because he was giving a lecture in Washington .
4 I do nt give a fuck if a goal is disallowed that was offside if I know 1 ) That it was offside really and 2 ) I know that no other side will be allowed an offside goal .
5 It was not until 164 BC , almost a century later , that a public sundial was erected that was appropriate to Rome 's latitude .
6 And erm I remember I remember that boy you know when goes when he goes that was so funny .
7 And when I saw Oliver holding them I still believed that was the most probable explanation — Stuart had sent Oliver round with the flowers .
8 Unita says that was not a condition .
9 In the UK , the company says that was because of the hot weather , and the train dispute which clearly affected traffic past their many shops in railway stations .
10 Fred says that was the last sighting of the spirit of Jed Knighton so his soul found its peace at last .
11 Now , nearly 3 decades on , writer , Laura Jackson says that was n't the true Brian Jones .
12 She says three pound fifty she says that was from taking us down from there and sitting waiting , well I mean I was only in about , well I was n't in five minutes
13 alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up
14 A second NAWK program was written that was run a number of times with different threshold values .
15 It was felt that was totally contradictory as community care was more expensive and required a lot more time and resources if it was to be quality care .
16 I 've always felt that was a somewhat surprising sidelight . ’
17 While he did not dispute that in many cases money had been levied that was twice what was necessary for satisfactory repair , and even then that the work carried out had been slovenly or even not done at all , the great laissez-faire economist had been convinced by the turnpikes that so far as public works " for facilitating commerce in general " were concerned , " the greater part may easily be so managed as to afford a particular revenue sufficient for defraying their own expense , without bringing any burden upon the general revenue of society " .
18 It was what was said that was important .
19 Herr Busacher had said that was fine , perfectly all right , so she did n't know why Karl was so scathing about it .
20 Last week 's leaked report revealing that five old people 's homes could close resulted in a wave of protests like this one in Woodstock yesterday.But the Director of Social Services has said that was just one piece of the jigsaw .
21 Since then she had searched and searched , her curiosity unflagging , trying to catch him out — to find some small part of this world he had made that was n't finished .
22 The other two , a couple of weak-kneed cowards , had thought that was enough and run off .
23 They ought to spend it on the speaker — I would 've thought that was obvious .
24 ‘ If there was anywhere safe in England in 1943 you 'd have thought that was . ’
25 ‘ I should 've thought that was pretty plain . ’
26 ‘ On the whole I should have thought that was cause for satisfaction . ’
27 They were actually my first choice to do the Stooges cover ( new jazz wacko John Zorn eventually thrashing through ‘ TV Eye ’ ) , but they must have thought that was too predictable .
28 " I should have thought that was obvious from my detailed markings .
29 ‘ I would have thought that was obvious , ’ Husband said .
30 ‘ I 'd have thought that was fairly obvious , ’ Jessamy retorted .
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