Example sentences of "[pron] was that [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , his whole thesis , the whole reason why he was there was that he did n't believe Alex Household capable of actually shooting anyone . |
| 2 | And so it was that she did n't hear Andrew come in and enter the sitting-room , there to see his daughter dressed for going out in her wide-skirted jersey dress , her black hair hanging loose about her shoulders , and wearing , of all things , green-lobed earrings . |
| 3 | Then suddenly , while aware she had told him that she did not love Travis , she realised that here was her chance of clouding the issue of who it was that she did love . |
| 4 | With the national debate over the proposals to privatize the electricity industry gathering steam we knew how important it was that it did n't fade away . |
| 5 | The main reason that he was carrying it rather than wearing it was that it did not belong to him . |
| 6 | It was n't exactly like he had to have an appointment , but it was that he did n't fit into the structure . |
| 7 | A very famous Yoga teacher from India came to England and , after observing many Yoga classes , asked the instructor why it was that he did not first teach his students to sit , stand and walk with balance and coordination before teaching them the more complicated postures . |
| 8 | The reason Bohm could get away with it was that he did not submit his theory to this superfluous requirement . |
| 9 | The reason which they gave to me was that they did not believe that a man with my social background could win a General Election for the Conservative Party at that time in the twentieth century . |
| 10 | ‘ I was teaching , but one of the reason things worked out so well for me was that I did n't have to worry how I would eat or where I would sleep . |
| 11 | The most important common feature among them was that they did not have absolute rights over the land which they farmed , but that they were in some way dependent on a lord , who had a right to some part of their labour or their profits from the land . |