Example sentences of "[pron] that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I that it was you . |
| 2 | We tried to tell ourselves that it was all some terrible mistake , and that we would soon be returning home . |
| 3 | As you flung yourself on the bed , with legs spread wide apart , you cupped your rosebush with your hands and stroked it some more , murmuring all the while in that hoarse , cracked voice of yours that it was good , beautiful , a little treasure . |
| 4 | The only item of business , the election of the Khashort space of time that it was clear to everyone that it was little more than a formality . |
| 5 | In fact , you had to go through the humiliating procedure of explaining to everyone that it was indeed a public school . |
| 6 | Since I knew that I was to have the privilege of addressing this seminar , I have studied with great textual care the document issued by the federation under the title Dear Fellow Citizen because it appeared to me that it was ‘ the brief ’ for what I was to say to you . |
| 7 | He told me that it was necessary for them to start praying at home every day . |
| 8 | He had been just too young for the Korean War , and one day he told me that it was one of the experiences he regretted having missed . |
| 9 | You 're going to try to tell me that it was him , not you ? |
| 10 | They told me that it was of no use to me any more and that I 'd be better off letting them have it . |
| 11 | ‘ It has no name , ’ Sapan said , ‘ but when I told some other people I brought here that it had no name , they said to me that it was called Narnia . ’ |
| 12 | John told me that it was a red-throated diver ; and those lovely creatures have remained favourites of mine ever since . |
| 13 | Lionel Luyt told me that it was only when he reached Europe a few years later that he realized how far ahead of his South African contemporaries John had been , doing things which he must have invented for himself because he had not had the chance to see them put into practice by others . |
| 14 | And so , from 1958 onwards , these characters became my dolls , and their way , of life and the houses they inhabited became so real to me that it was quite a shock when I occasionally returned to the place which had started it all , Wood Green , near Witney . |
| 15 | It seems to me that it was the high-water mark of collective Cabinet government [ of ] the traditional type in recent times . |
| 16 | Even at the time it seemed to me that it was pointless to be vindictive or even to allot responsibility for such happenings . |
| 17 | The man who had originally told me that it was ‘ verboten ’ and who had stood a little apart while the others talked , now came forward again . |
| 18 | A year actually on the job had taught me that it was n't quite so simple ! |
| 19 | Well , I 'd never heard this expression before and ‘ I ’ explained to me that it was another word meaning ‘ lesbian ’ . |
| 20 | Kāli had told me that it was no longer used , that if one more chip were taken the entire tree would topple . |
| 21 | He told me that it was a shrine to Ban Bhāi , god of the forest . |
| 22 | When I faltered as the realization hit me that it was n't Mum who 'd neglected me , but I who 'd neglected Mum , Pyke said gently , ‘ I think you may like to be in my next production . ’ |
| 23 | One woman told me that it was the day she was able to swim the width of the local pool after years of being afraid . |
| 24 | A comparative nothing' of a life , you might think ; and yet it did more to convince me that it was not my imagination at work than all the finery of a court lady could have done . |
| 25 | It seemed to me that it was not only natural but positive : it demonstrated that he still had a relationship with God . |
| 26 | On one visit to Chapman in Norfolk , he told me that it was true he always worked ‘ to the most minimal margins ’ and that he ‘ subordinated everything to creating the fastest possible car ’ . |
| 27 | This was generally considered to be brilliant , although it seems to me that it was as much my father 's achievement as my own , and probably perceived unconsciously by him as such . |
| 28 | It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne . |
| 29 | The doctor had told me that it was probable that he would die from either an infection or a brain haemorrhage . |
| 30 | Some told me that it was ‘ useless ’ to put up posters . |