Example sentences of "[noun] that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's here , said wicked Elissia , with her light finger down Mademoiselle 's spine She gave a scream thinking that it was the spider running there . |
| 2 | Ross MacKay , director of the Institute of Economic Research at the University College of North Wales , Bangor , told the North Wales 2000 Prospects and Opportunities conference in Llangollen that it was much too early for the Government to consider scrapping regional aid to Clwyd and Gwynedd in favour of the South East of England . |
| 3 | It was cold , so cold in the jeep that it was with difficulty that Alexei kept his eyes open . |
| 4 | Hodge hoped that the Joint Commission would resume its work and he did not wish to convey the impression to Koreans that it was American policy to prevent unification . |
| 5 | His skill at hunting living prey increased each day until he could stoop on a hare from half a mile away , judging its path and speeding his attack so that he hit it with such force that it was dead before his talons fully closed on it . |
| 6 | After being degraded to the level of a vegetable market , the Piece Hall was rightly recognized as an architectural and industrial monument that it was important to preserve , and part of it now houses the town 's Textile Museum , which is open throughout the year . |
| 7 | ‘ I gather from Noakes that it was crouching in a gateway . ’ |
| 8 | Daum said that he had thought before Wednesday 's 4-1 defeat that it was possible to field four non-German players . |
| 9 | Churchill , backed by the military leaders , persuaded the President that it was too soon for a direct assault on Europe , and that in its place there should be an Anglo-American invasion of North Africa ( Operation Torch ) to link up with the British Army already fighting the Germans and Italians in the Western Desert . |
| 10 | I , I ca n't understand the secretariat allowing this to come out were told by the president that it was not possible to use this money unless it was grant related . |
| 11 | And there was poor Fred , speaking up for the reviled council block in which he , unlike any of the others , lived : ‘ Nay , it 's not that bad , it 's a lot of it exaggeration , ’ he interposed mildly , as Steve repeated the time-worn allegation that it was n't safe to walk under the deck walkways for fear of having a television set or an old mattress chucked on your head : ‘ Nay , it 's not that bad at all . ’ |
| 12 | He 's desperate to score one and it was rather curious on Saturday that it was his shot , parried by , a player with an England pedigree should better than the Palace goalkeeper did on that occasion . |
| 13 | He did not show disappointment that it was a mere journalist and one who was more interested in a dead artist whose work he had never handled . |
| 14 | She looked at her watch and realised with disappointment that it was much earlier than she had expected . |
| 15 | So successfully indeed did the Bishops of Saintes oppose the claims of their rival that it was not until the seventeenth century that La Rochelle was allowed to have a cathedral of its own . |
| 16 | In the case of Archer-Shee , which is said to have established that such income is income of the beneficiary , it appears to have been conceded by the Revenue that it was not to be so treated as regards liability for Income Tax . |
| 17 | But at the beginning of 1925 , he changed the emphasis and told the Constitutional Club that it was a long-meditated move to reunite the Conservative Party . |
| 18 | The sleepers had been taken up and the flat , stony top of the ridge was so overgrown with blackberries and wild rose and hazelnut bushes that it was like pushing through a forgotten forest in a fairy tale . |
| 19 | There is no doubt in my mind that it was old — very , very old and I would think pre-dated the houses by several hundred years . |
| 20 | But when people like Norman Jay and Omar said they were into the track , it sort of backed up in my own mind that it was a safe tune — they 're not the sort of people who give you compliments just to make you smile . ’ |
| 21 | In deciding to take no action against the licence , Mr Peter said that he bore in mind that it was due to be renewed shortly when he would want a report on the company 's arrangements in regard to drivers ' hours and records . |
| 22 | It flashed across my mind that it was just what he would do , he would n't go to the doctor . |
| 23 | It flashed through my mind that it was someone who was allowed out in the grounds of Bourani and down at Moutsa only on pain of keeping herself concealed . |
| 24 | She 'd made up her mind that it was all my fault ! |
| 25 | Er there 's no doubt in my mind that it was efficient erm and it was , it was controlling time . |
| 26 | The thought passed through Theodora 's mind that it was almost impossible for a Bishop to enter a room other than dramatically . |
| 27 | Sex was n't a problem in Sarah and Tom 's marriage — they just wanted confirmation that it was OK to do without it . |
| 28 | Graham looked towards Laidlaw for confirmation that it was Barak . |
| 29 | ‘ He must tell the judiciary that it was this accountant Morris who abused the trust the firm showed in him . ’ |
| 30 | It is no mere epilogue , but a striking demonstration that it was possible for men and women to co-operate in the printing trade . |