Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just that some nights I waken up and you know you can actually hear your heart . |
| 2 | The story was current when I was there that this distinguished classical scholar , so accustomed to dealing with the textual problems of Thucydides and Greek epigraphy , was somewhat disconcerted on arriving at Bletchley station to be greeted by an evacuee urchin , jeering : ‘ I 'll read yer secret writing , guv'nor ! ’ |
| 3 | She smiled then to soften any hint that she was annoyed that her mother thought she should be more home-orientated than she was now that she was married . |
| 4 | It was thus that I had been able to gain some sense of the sort of place Miss Kenton had gone to live her married life . |
| 5 | It was thus that it acquired its unique form : 35 km long and about 1.6 km wide with steep sides sloping to a flat bed . |
| 6 | Although she continued to knit , and sat upright , it was thus that she felt herself ; and this self having shed its attachments was free for the strangest adventures . |
| 7 | It was thus that the classic wine-growing areas — the Camp of Tarragona and the Panadés — were expanded and the western regions re-peopled . |
| 8 | It was thus that he arrived at his figure of six hundred and twenty thousand three hundred and thirty one pounds to the overall cost of future care in this case . |
| 9 | Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’ |
| 10 | In my village there had been historic upheaval over such questions as whether it was right that hymns should be sung in the House of God . |
| 11 | Coleridge rationalized the departure in his poem ‘ Reflections on having left a Place of Retirement ’ , asking whether it was right that he should live in beauty and solitude while his ‘ unnumber 'd brethren toil 'd and bled ’ in the greater world . |
| 12 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
| 13 | If he needed to be questioned again it was right that it should be at home and with his parents present . |
| 14 | I thought that it was right that I should talk to you , try and build a better picture of Michael . ’ |
| 15 | It was right that she should make it suffer for what it had done . |
| 16 | So you won , Ragu , and in retrospect I think it was right that you did . |
| 17 | However , we believe that it was right that the statement should be made in the House , from which have come the decisions that , in our opinion , have done so much to encourage the IRA through the years . |
| 18 | It was right that the poor Jewish scholar should marry the daughter of the richest local merchant , because it was unthinkable that a community which respected learning should reward its luminaries with nothing more tangible than praise . |
| 19 | But Mr Michael Fallon , the Conservative candidate , said it was right that a quarter of the receipts should go on housing while threequarters went towards repayment of debt . |
| 20 | Here he began to crystallise the wisdom of some of his best poetry , writing and songs ; for it was here that he was reborn , where he truly began to find himself ; where , not least , the music of Greece entered his soul , evoking earlier memories and melodies , combining with them to suggest a new style , a new mystique . |
| 21 | And it was here that he met Marianne , a young woman of great beauty , high intelligence , deep sympathy , and fun . |
| 22 | At Homestead they were guests of the 482 Tactical Fighter Wing which recently had seen action in the Gulg , and It was here that each was given a certificate making them Honorary F-16 Fighter Pilots . |
| 23 | I was now completely in the dark and it was here that I would shoot whatever film I had onto the skirting board of my makeshift cinema . |
| 24 | It was here that the dogs came into their own , casting about for any tell-tale scent that would betray the presence of a hidden bomb . |
| 25 | Jam-packed with a complete run of Plebs and sets of the TUC and Labour Party conference reports , it was here that he wrote his book The Labour College Movement . |
| 26 | Jam-packed with a complete run of Plebs and sets of the TUC and Labour Party conference reports , it was here that he wrote his book The Labour College Movement . |
| 27 | It was here that we received confirmation that Argentinian troops had landed and had occupied Port Stanley . |
| 28 | It was here that Tony gave me my ring and told me that my funghi marinati was the best he 'd ever had in spite of him getting an earful of it . |
| 29 | It was here that Frankie hid the black sharp-tasting seeds that he picked from her caraway cake . |
| 30 | Those people who did not have access to that sort of platform took their protests onto the streets and it was here that Ian Paisley and his followers earned their public reputation . |