Example sentences of "[verb] was [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason that an extremely lenient criterion was adopted was simply that subjects generally gave very little detail about the situations they actually recalled correctly . |
| 2 | But the conclusion drawn was not that there was a certain contradiction between the pursuit of material and mental achievement , but that one was the necessary basis for the other . |
| 3 | Now what happened was originally that I lost compression on pistons three and four and it worked out there was a very thin channel from piston three to four on the head gasket and erm basically it ruined part of the engine and the whole report said that basically I want a new engine . |
| 4 | He said that one of their reasons for lying was probably that they did not want to be publicly associated with the Carpenter Club . |
| 5 | The familiar Twelfth Night everyone knew and loved was just that along with a fine performance by the English Shakespeare Company . |
| 6 | The other guideline which was issued was namely that of capital , where the a accepted the general guidelines which appeared in the county papers and as far as this Committee was concerned , would mean the general acceptance of all those items which appear in that the first year of that capital programme , subject to the proviso that the revenue contemplated and the benefits of the capital programme will be considered by Policy Panel in its forthcoming meeting . |
| 7 | The answer she gave was not that she did n't know Mr Lawson 's stated reason for resigning , but that she found it incomprehensible . |
| 8 | Several people said was n't that the most heart-rending story you 'd ever hear , and had they finished all of the mead yet ? |
| 9 | What she found hardest to forgive was not that Luke had betrayed her . |