Example sentences of "[vb past] be [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now what happened was originally that I lost compression on pistons three and four and it worked out there was a very thin channel from piston three to four on the head gasket and erm basically it ruined part of the engine and the whole report said that basically I want a new engine . |
| 2 | The familiar Twelfth Night everyone knew and loved was just that along with a fine performance by the English Shakespeare Company . |
| 3 | In that moment , she almost broke down and told him she loved him desperately , for she could see , finally , that all her pretences in Thailand of his capacity for emotion had been just that : pretences . |
| 4 | The astrologer had been right to warn her off , had been right that his heart was tied up elsewhere . |
| 5 | had been so that |