Example sentences of "[adv] that something was " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the funeral ( she had never been to a funeral before ) it had come to her quite suddenly that something was ending in herself , that she was being challenged to take hold of her life , to make decisions , and she had quarrelled with Terry because of it . |
| 2 | His eyes had a distant , cold remoteness she had n't seen in them before , and she knew instinctively that something was very wrong . |
| 3 | I knew at once that something was wrong . |
| 4 | On the last day they met , a Friday , Peter realized at once that something was wrong with Kate . |
| 5 | But when she arrived back at Green Gables , Anne knew at once that something was wrong . |
| 6 | With a keener sense of danger than the others , and finding it exhilarating , as they certainly would not , he had noticed at once that something was wrong , even before he had rubbed a clear patch on the steamy windows and , looking out into the night , had seen the horizon slowly rising , inch by inch . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh hello , Celia , ’ she said and I knew instantly that something was wrong . |
| 8 | She convinces herself today that something was red yesterday that most assuredly was blue . " |
| 9 | Preston knew then that something was wrong . |