Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] that [pers pn] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was strange that she was in no way jealous of Jessie being her father 's choice for betterment , because Jessie herself had n't wanted to go to the Secretarial School , nor had her mother wanted her to go . |
| 2 | It was clear that he was in no condition to get himself home unaided . |
| 3 | She was convinced that he was in reality quite fond of them both . |
| 4 | Eileen came on leave on 28 August and it was fortunate that she was with her mother . |
| 5 | I was lucky that she was in most of my lessons but the lessons that she was n't in I would sit with the other friends from Stonham Aspel . |
| 6 | John Hutt , Governor of Western Australia , was thrilled that it was to be an Englishman who was to dispel the mists of ornithological obscurity from the continent . |
| 7 | But she could not see all the way , it was feasible that he was on a lower flight and she would come face to face with him . |
| 8 | He was sure that it was at Aros . |
| 9 | It was plain that he was in no hurry to execute it . |
| 10 | This must be why Parliament saw as necessary the duality of the parole system : without the advice and recommendation of a body capable of assessing the risk of early release the Secretary of State was not to act : but , having received such advice and recommendation , he was to authorise early release only if he himself was satisfied that it was in the public interest that he should . |