Example sentences of "[was/were] [that] i [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only problems encountered were that I tended to catch my chin on the high foam on the front and shoulder elastic was slightly against skin . |
| 2 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
| 3 | But the main thing , after all , was that I had sent nothing abroad , although some diplomat friends had offered to do this for me . |
| 4 | All I knew , in the heat of that moment , was that I had to protect you from me , had to take heed of that barely grasped truth that I could n't perhaps take your virginity and then just walk away . ’ |
| 5 | The effect of this inner sweetness was that I began to sing what previously I had spoken ; only I sang inwardly , and that for my Creator . |
| 6 | Of course , my real reason was that I hoped to get him back , but it has n't worked . ’ |