Example sentences of "[adv] that [pron] [was/were] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wavy black hair curled behind his ears so thickly that she was reminded of an Ingres portrait of a nobleman she had seen in one of Miss Hatherby 's books . |
| 2 | ’ John made it clear enough that he was thinking of the Roman curia : ‘ In our everyday ministry we often have to listen , greatly to our sorrow , to those … who do not have much discretion or balance ’ . |
| 3 | Skin tones varied , and scars like scarlet ropes ran about the anatomy , so that one was reminded of a butcher 's diagram . |
| 4 | Opposite the fire-place was a table , which I should call a Pembroke , only that it was made of deal , and I can not tell how far such a name may be applied to such humble material . |
| 5 | Edwin and Robert Grabhorn , who founded the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco in 1920 , worked so amicably together that it was said of them : ‘ When Ed 's away the shop goes to pieces ; when Bob 's away , Ed goes to pieces ’ ; but it would be a mistake to think that relationships between printers were always so harmonious . |
| 6 | ‘ Still , it was n't exactly that I was thinking of , ’ the Marshal said . |
| 7 | J. went off to another station at one point for a two week course on shoe repairing and general leatherwork — not that he was thinking of setting up in business as a cobbler , but figuring that a free training on any practical skill was worth having . |
| 8 | Peter said feebly that he was thinking of going to India next year . |
| 9 | She knew instantly that he was thinking of the Father of Lies — for the Prince of Darkness has as many titles as the Prince of Wales — and she went pink . |