Example sentences of "was [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was meditation that puzzled and eluded me most . |
| 2 | Ironically , it was change that had driven Tubby back to active service — change in civvy street and in the set ways of the pre-war world he had been used to . |
| 3 | It was tiredness that finished the First Church . |
| 4 | The idea of God pursuing a whole family like a demented genealogist seemed grossly unfair , but as it was a commandment all I could do was hope that neither my father nor any of my immediate ancestors had done anything really sinful , and that if they had , God did n't know of my relationship . |
| 5 | There was hope that locating the paper in the north would swing other , non-London councils behind it . |
| 6 | When she saw Daniel , shedding red and white fuzz , she said palely that she was afraid now she would lose little Stephen , it was hope that killed you , was n't it , best not to hope , but what else could you do , sitting there ? |
| 7 | All she could do was hope that Lisa 's sharp mind would fail to make the connection . |
| 8 | The delegation 's leader , Sulayman Gulayman Gal , told a reporter that " there was hope that a nation would emerge from the Somali people " and that the SNM was interested in forming a united front against forces loyal to Siyad Barre . |
| 9 | There was hope that it would be a two-way process and that it would have benefits for the school . |
| 10 | It was worry that caused his heart to fail . ’ |
| 11 | But their most famous victory , over the black Conservative John Taylor in Cheltenham , was clouded by suggestions of racism , and as our Political Editor Peter Hayes reports it was racism that also overshadowed the first day of the conference . |
| 12 | It was money that gave that snooty lift of the chin , too , that masterful stance and walk and that stuck-up voice . |
| 13 | But it was money that was on everybody 's mind in Baltimore that week , as indicated by the fact that inviting Mr Frohnmayer was an afterthought . |
| 14 | It was money that the five leaders withdrew and the results have been cuts that threaten the closure of household waste sites in and in . |
| 15 | It was money that belonged to the Sunday School where Bertha is treasurer . |
| 16 | She also told him that it was prayer that had brought him to her . |
| 17 | The possibility that it was industrialisation that destroyed the stable and peaceful life of pre-industrial Britain does not appear to hold up either . |
| 18 | It was luck that Anne came out on top because she did n't want to go to medical school anyway . |
| 19 | In Parliament there was non-cooperation that became almost a guerrilla war between the parties . |
| 20 | He says it was coincidence that all these Mr Nasty roles came at once , but admits that for a while , playing a succession of evil characters had a rather bad effect on his personal life . |
| 21 | It was coincidence that the year 1918 witnessed the retirement of the BDDA 's first President and the death of its founder . |
| 22 | Within the adult education profession at large , there was gratification that the existing providers had been commended for their work , but some fears lest the proposals for future grant allocation might lead to increased governmental control over courses taught . |
| 23 | It was preparation that did it |
| 24 | but it was Shell that ran into her |
| 25 | It was skinnyness that was popular , the more you resembled a telegraph pole the bigger your chance was of winning the annual ‘ narrow cup ’ . |
| 26 | Erm you know when you 're th we were just talking about the upper room , and erm and the great wind that was noise that was felt . |
| 27 | Neither Tyrrell driver stopped and , while the brown paint scheme did little to flatter the Honda-powered cars , it was reliability that mattered most , Stefano Modena and Satoru Nakajima taking fourth and fifth places . |
| 28 | It was utilitarianism that provided the administrative rationality of Fabianism , and an impotent protestantism the spirituality of the Independent Labour Party . |
| 29 | These things he barely understood , and lacking anybody to talk to , it was at lunchtime sitting before an eagle whose name he did not know was Minch that he began to see his way towards them . |
| 30 | More positive was confirmation that draft legislation for a Bill of Rights should be ready by July 1990 . |