Example sentences of "that was [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the age of seven I had always wanted to be a missionary and I well remember my mother returning from a missionary meeting in the village to hear me say that was what I hoped one day to be . |
| 2 | I 'd forgotten that was what I 'd picked a Gnat for in the first place It sounded horrible , coming from him . |
| 3 | In his romantic intransigence that was what he wanted more than anything . |
| 4 | It was all very well picking at the past like this if it helped to exorcise the demons , but he was n't sure that was what William wanted . |
| 5 | She knew more about The Hell Fire Club ; she was certain that was what her husband had been working on . |
| 6 | ‘ Not in so many words , but I 'm pretty sure that was what he was getting at . ’ |
| 7 | Luke , I thought — I genuinely thought that was what you were asking me . ’ |
| 8 | But if you 're asking me whether I would have agreed to live with you , if I 'd known that was what you were asking , I just do n't know . ’ |
| 9 | Then one of the machine-guns opened up , hurling five or six of the prisoners against the wall , flinging their limbs around as if they were scarecrows and as they fell in a heap that was what they were . |
| 10 | This may be out of order but , er , personal experience is that the , er , non-executive directors who were involved in the compensation made a recommendation that , er Michael 's salary be higher erm , than he in fact a agreed with , he requested that we lower it and in fact that was what was done . |
| 11 | If that was what you did to keep control that was what was needed . ’ |
| 12 | I was told when I was in my regiment I was told my country , it was n't my country that was what I was told . |
| 13 | Well I know , but it was sad because in Gosport that was what keep most of them going , I mean like they said none of them have never been on the dole before , they 've all been there since they 've left school , there was a couple there |
| 14 | And if I might just come in on this thing that 's always thrown up against Mrs. Thatcher about her rejoice , she said rejoice when South Georgia had been retaken and the rejoice was because it appeared to have been done without any casualties — that was what she was rejoicing for , not the victory erm |