Example sentences of "[that] [pron] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The establishment of a National Curriculum has certainly been a major historical movement , but it is not the case that nothing was defined prior to 1988 and now everything is defined . |
| 2 | Lilley stated that nothing was ruled out in his review . |
| 3 | However , the eddy in the pool meant that nothing was lost . |
| 4 | Jackson did promise some attention to the matter but it seems that nothing was granted . |
| 5 | The fact is that nothing was done about the matter , and the goats were released from farm isolation by the ministry with subsequent disastrous results for me and for others . |
| 6 | He had a poor opinion of the utility of book-learning to the Masai , and it was no doubt in part due to his influence that nothing was done in Tanganyika to bring education to them till the 1930s , whereas the first government school was opened in Kenya Masailand in 1921 . |
| 7 | A colleague of Dr Maden 's is quoted as saying that nothing was done because ‘ nothing really terrible had happened … |
| 8 | Luckily the weather was so awful that nothing was flying , so there was only routine work to attend to . |
| 9 | Perversely , a settlement which is seen as having been the subject of more bitter dispute may persuade voters that nothing was given away too lightly . |
| 10 | At the junction with the road she braked just long enough to see that nothing was coming then turned right and careered wildly down the long hill into the village . |
| 11 | It was enough to daunt most people , but she once told me that the only thing that dismayed her was sorting out their incredible mass of luggage , making sure that the right things went by the right route and that nothing was left behind . |
| 12 | The trees were rustling silver in the moonlight and the garden , as always , waved its grass nonchalantly , trying to suggest that nothing was going on . |
| 13 | But after a week of total failure to concentrate for more than a minute he had to acknowledge to himself that nothing was going right . |
| 14 | Persuading her that nothing was going on could turn out to be a Herculean task . |
| 15 | Kalm noted that the spent tan was afterwards spread in the garden as manure and that nothing was laid On pots in the summer , compared with Moscow where he had seen sawdust used to keep them moist . |
| 16 | But few of their efforts in the field of development were blessed with success , and this contributed to the erroneous impression that nothing was attempted . |
| 17 | This does not mean that nothing was bought and sold in the independent sector , still less that the agricultural producers in it were self-sufficient , though it is probable that a rather high proportion of peasant agriculture was consumed on the peasant holding , or within the narrow limits of a local system of exchange , if only because the food demands of the small cities in so many areas could be supplied from within a radius of little more than one or two dozen miles . |
| 18 | When I helped him into bed he said , with some echo of his old authority , that nothing was to change while he was here ; that I was to go on with my work ; that he would teach me to play chess at last ; that he was absolutely thrilled to be out of hospital , and it would be a positive delight to look after himself . |
| 19 | James asked , contributing to the elaborate pretence that everyone was thinking about the Redburns , not Abbotsfield . |
| 20 | As long ago as 1911 Edmund Holmes wrote of schools that were ‘ ridden by the examination incubus ’ , arguing that everyone was cheated by a system whose merit-order and pass-lists were nothing but ‘ outward signs ’ . |
| 21 | In fact , the interviews were so casual that everyone was reassured that they would be released as soon as the general strike eased . |
| 22 | Rostov turned round and saw that everyone was bowing except Alexei . |
| 23 | The fact that everyone was waving tiny American flags made this spectacle of labour all the more bizarre . |
| 24 | Despite the received view that everyone was watching films like The Battleship Potemkin , Lenin 's vision began to be realised only at the end of the 1920's . |
| 25 | Carolyn noticed that everyone was watching Bryony , and Bryony smiled and threaded the ear-rings through the holes in her ears , and they must all have a look and comment . |
| 26 | They stood swearing at each other , both aware that everyone was watching . |
| 27 | Every time he removed his glasses to wipe the rain off them he could see that everyone was taking advantage of his short-sightedness to stare at him and grin and point . |
| 28 | Having told me that everyone was advising him to record it , I told him to go ahead and do it , but not with me . |
| 29 | I looked around , and it seemed that everyone was looking at Kezia . |
| 30 | The first two figures revealed that everyone was looking to the farm to be financially viable . |