Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] that i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was just that I heard it call so I knew there must be one about . ’ |
| 2 | Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay . |
| 3 | Youthful confidence , I suppose , or perhaps it was simply that I felt I had no alternative , there was nothing else I could do . ’ |
| 4 | It was then that I noticed something suspicious . |
| 5 | It was then that I made my mind up . |
| 6 | It was then that I made my never-to-be-forgotten answer , ‘ Mum 's lost , down the fair . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril . |
| 8 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 9 | It was then that I realised I needed some first aid training . ’ |
| 10 | It was then that I saw her wild , inhuman face ! |
| 11 | It was then that I knew I could have a fight on my hands : If the manager sided with him and asked me to move a few feet away then I 'd have no choice but to join in the squabble . |
| 12 | It was duly arranged that we should meet after work , and it was then that I gave him further details about my ‘ sponsored ’ trip to Paris and about my much more ambitious idea of a trip to Libya . |
| 13 | In return she sent me her third and latest novel , A View of the Harbour : and it was then that I recognized her as the author of At Mrs Lippincote 's . |
| 14 | It was there that I made my one and only good find , not of course taking into account the brass washout pipe plate . |