Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] that [pron] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inevitable consequence of his marriage was that he forfeited his fellowship , and the security it had given him . |
| 2 | ‘ I always tried to make Mojo more organised , ’ she says , ‘ but all that ended up happening was that I kept his diary and sent letters off for him . |
| 3 | My first thought was that he meant his feeling for me . |
| 4 | Welsh bardic tradition was that he carried his offensive into the heartland of Gwynedd . |
| 5 | Smith was a painful blustering bully of a man whose only redeeming feature was that he knew his job . |
| 6 | Beales 's story was that he met his friend in the pub just after 1 p.m . |