Example sentences of "[adv] that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She loved him so much that it was painful to just stand there watching him , and her eyes filled with easy tears . |
| 2 | And then she would tell Peter firmly but gently that it was all off . |
| 3 | No matter what undercurrents had passed between them last night , it had been true enough that it was la Principessa who 'd sent her grandson to collect her at the Sala dell'Arte . |
| 4 | Although enrolled student numbers increased during the period in all types of classes , membership of the WEA gradually declined , an indication perhaps that it was more for personal educational value rather than support for a wider social movement that adults attended District classes . |
| 5 | to me that it would be perverse of us to fall into the trap if we were to do so of endorsing Policy E two and not know that what we were endorsing was in fact what the Secretary of State specifically rejected on the grounds perhaps that it was unduly restricted or detailed or inappropriate for some of those other reasons that are set out in the earlier part of that notice of approval . |
| 6 | so that it were n't even made sure that it did n't |
| 7 | With benefit of the ‘ hindsight-ometer ’ , it can be argued that my own movement into a structural limbo contained aspects of the unconscious journey towards a new self-knowledge , when the old values were able to be adjusted if not discarded ; so that it was possible to break through the constraints imposed by the inculcated patterns of police culture , albeit in something of an unprogrammatic and fragmented manner . |
| 8 | You are to come now. , He concentrated on positioning his shoulder so that it was in a cave formed by a fold of the stiff , harsh blanket , untouched by it . |
| 9 | Leavisism assumed that its rewriting of the canon had a once-and-for-all quality , so that it was inconceivable that anyone could come to admire Shelley again , though this is precisely what has happened under the influence of Harold Bloom , who is dedicated to overturning the Eliot-Leavis version of poetic history . |
| 10 | The result was to put imported scotch at the top of the spirits price range , so that it was a valued gift , but was not bought to drink under normal circumstances . |
| 11 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 12 | He pulled the drawer right out so that it was on his knee . |
| 13 | He sat up and lifted the radio so that it was close to his ear . |
| 14 | Through the glass and the vines overhead could be seen the blue sky and the white clouds , so that it was like being both indoors and out at the same time . |
| 15 | Placing the egg in the palm of his right hand , Vic let it roll up his forearm and then jerked his elbow so that it was propelled into the air . |
| 16 | At the same time the weight of the gold coin declined , the scale of its production was greatly reduced , and , at the end of the period , it too was debased so that it was only 70–80 per cent pure . |
| 17 | Through all the vicissitudes of history , the crown came to embody Hungarian nationality and the Kingship remained elective , so that it was still possible for Hungarians in 1860 to deny Francis Joseph sovereignty because he had not been crowned with the crown of St Stephen . |
| 18 | This year , the D & AD committee asked only graphic designers to judge the work — so that it was never considered by other advertising professionals . |
| 19 | Laws used to specify offences such as loitering with intent or malicious wounding , so that it was up to the prosecutor to prove the evil character of an act that might be more or less culpable . |
| 20 | By this time part of the site had become private property , so that it was not possible to consider clearing the whole length of the Plane , nor to reveal the lower basin into which the Plane descends . |
| 21 | She was very afraid of taking weight through her left leg , and could only feel deep sensations on her left side , so that it was difficult for her to know where her arm and leg were in space . |
| 22 | At one point , the original river bank , shored up by wire and stone , remained the only still point , actually down the centre of the fast-moving Trannon , so that it was a job to guess whether the buckling gabions had belonged originally to the left or to the right . |
| 23 | He wrote : ‘ The gods seem to have possessed my soul and turned it inside out … so that it was impossible for me to stay idle at home . ’ |
| 24 | This latter cloud rolled swiftly down towards St Pierre , hugging the ground , but extending upwards at the same time , so that it was almost as high as it was long . |
| 25 | Anyone who had had that knew a bit about the Treasury and knew a little bit about fighting back and working round them and all the rest of it and of giving orders direct to the Chancellor and saying , ‘ Look , this is what we must have ’ , and then getting the Cabinet to back it , so that it was harder for the Treasury to say ‘ No . ’ |
| 26 | Certainly the Devon , in the late eighteenth century , was described by William Marshall ( 1796 ) as being ‘ in size somewhat below the desirable point for the heavier works of husbandry ’ , making up for this deficiency with its agility and exertion so that it was regarded as the best worker in Britain . |
| 27 | There was a lot of straw in the mattress and it had been filled recently so that it was pleasantly responsive . |
| 28 | After appel I collected some books from my locker — my locker was in a comer and there was always a pile of block rubbish in front of it so that it was a business to open and shut the door — and went out towards the library . |
| 29 | A control non-diabetic group was not recruited in this study so that it was not possible to determine whether the prevalence of hypertension in diabetics was greater than in non-diabetics . |
| 30 | Her sotto voce remark unfortunately chanced to coincide with a lull in the conversation , so that it was clearly audible not only to Karelius but most of the others . |