Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [pron] [was/were] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if they were told that they could n't get so and so , that was it . |
| 2 | Mr. Collins said that once it was accepted that Lautro operated in the public domain in the public interest , then certain consequences had also to be accepted . |
| 3 | There remains only the applicant 's general argument that since it was acknowledged that the publicity of an adverse verdict in the Barclays ( Asia ) trial might prejudice his defence of the B.M.F.L. charges , the obvious course was to eliminate the risk by reversing the order of trials . |
| 4 | Yeah well changes platforms of all these trains , anyway after a bit we decided that the Redditch train was going to come in before the train , so , er they did n't change it to say it was n't going to Redditch cos once when I was doing that they said to me , the lad was it , because it 's not to ready to change that time , you would n't matter , cos oh there 's people here waiting to go to Redditch , change it , so he said oh anyway it came , the twelve six came all the young folks going to you should of seen the number that had got off |
| 5 | They were schools , therefore , where progress in matching library provision to curriculum need had already begun , and where it was hoped that this impetus could be further developed through participation in the project and a grant in the region of £2,500 . |
| 6 | Mum said that as a Christian She was not going to write me a note when there was n't anything wrong with me and that I was to remember that we Christians are the light of the world . |
| 7 | It may also be that the early returns from the voyages proved small , and that it was felt that investment in them did not provide an adequate reward for those involved . |
| 8 | I am glad that at our initiative the summit at Maastricht reaffirmed that principle , and that it was agreed that negotiations could start in 1992 . |
| 9 | He was in good shape and in good heart , and although it was known that he did not run up to his best at Cheltenham , the conditions would suit him much more than those of a year ago and few opposed him . |
| 10 | Much of the indebtedness of these middle-income countries arose through borrowings in private sector capital markets , mainly the euro-currency markets , and although it was feared that the banks involved were seriously at risk it is becoming clear that rescheduling of debt by the banks with the debtor countries has been possible . |
| 11 | ‘ My father 's old housekeeper — he and she grew old together — has a daughter who needs to make money ; , she lives in Nile Street , and if you were to say that I sent you , she might well be glad to put you up till it is time for you to go to Oxford . ’ |
| 12 | And because she was remembering that , when Albert said , ‘ It 's her ring , is n't it ? ’ she was n't altogether surprised , only felt a little , shivery shock , as if something she had been half-expecting to happen , had happened at last . |
| 13 | We filled that and while they were eating that we kept the hay , hay , cut it through a rick , a big thin knife , you know , fill the remainder of the racks with the hay , so that by the time they 'd gone and finished that they 'd gone in to eat the hay , then we 'd got the yard free to litter it out , and to straw it on both sides , one would be on the , one down on the bottom to pull straw down into the yard , and that was . |
| 14 | Commercial contractual relations had become valuable rights which could be regarded as entitled to at least some of the protection given by the law to property and while it was argued that the plaintiff ought to be satisfied with his action for breach of contract against the party induced , the latter might be incapable of paying all the damages . |
| 15 | Rumours of such ‘ snuff ’ movies had been carefully fostered in the New York Press with accounts of private screenings at Mafia parties , and when it was claimed that one had been acquired for public exhibition , it was advertised with the slogan : ‘ Blood Money , the film that could only be made in South America … where Life is CHEAP ! ’ |
| 16 | Erm and when it was established that there was something serious here to question , they went and arrested him . |
| 17 | fucking , fucking crap and as I was saying that my voice broke and I walked off and I started crying |
| 18 | But once it was understood that Europeans might hope to reach the fabled East by travelling West , then explorers could reasonably hope that before very long they would have mapped the whole surface of the globe . |
| 19 | Not only that , but once it was established that their corporal had an interest in me , every movement I made , almost every breath I drew , was reported back to him , including a very innocent ride I had one evening round the perimeter track in a jeep driven by one of the Flying Control Officers . |
| 20 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 21 | but when I was eleven years old I did n't look at the sixth form and do jus just because they were doing something I wanted to do it , I might have admired them but if they were smoking that would n't make me want to smoke . |
| 22 | Yeah I know but if they were saying that he was , I do n't think he was . |
| 23 | But if someone were to claim that it would be a better world without birds and bears , trees and rivers , and the Dani people , then we would have to assume that they were either joking , lying , or crazy . |
| 24 | No but if he was saying that about Hunan well what chance do we stand if we 're not even , you know |
| 25 | Nobody was quite sure what that really meant but if it were to mean that audiences were now ready for films which dealt sensationally with sex , crime , and shady city affairs then that was what they were to be given . |
| 26 | But if it was intended that Jesus survive the Cross , or never perhaps be crucified at all , one can not help wondering whether Judas was privy to the plan . |
| 27 | Oddly enough , it was not during one of these silences but while she was talking that her eyes closed and her shallow breathing became deeper . |
| 28 | But when it was found that I was twenty days short of being twenty-one years older than Richard , legal adoption was ruled out . |
| 29 | He walked free from court after after it was revealed that a detective in the case was sleeping with his first wife . |