Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] were that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were joined , like most of the other foreign armies that came to Lebanon , by a retinue of Lebanese acolytes , of leftist militiamen and Lebanese Baath party functionaries , all of them desperate to explain how delighted they were that the peace-loving Syrians had arrived to save their country . |
| 2 | We did not tell him how glad we were that he had stayed away from the moor ! |
| 3 | ‘ A number of people remarked to me how lucky we were that the first Green Shopping Day coincided with publication of the Green Consumer Guide , ’ she says with amusement . |
| 4 | When the news did become public , colleagues who had avoided speaking to me when the going got tough reappeared and said how sorry they were that I was leaving . |
| 5 | When they heard this they cried out with one accord that they would do his bidding , and go out with him and fight under his banner , for certain they were that by his good fortune the Moors would be overthrown . |