Example sentences of "[adj] was [det] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together with a couple of swing boats , this was all that remained of the travelling showman 's fair that used to appear at the feast . |
| 2 | Seconds later this was all that remained of the Fiat Tempra ; its body work smashed after rolling repeatedly and hitting a lamp-post . |
| 3 | The overemphasis on nuclear weapons and missiles at the expense of conventional forces was seen by many observers , both military and civilian , to have gone too far , too fast , and too soon ; but the political prize of ending National Service had been seized and that was all that mattered to the Macmillan Government in 1957 . |
| 4 | And that was all that mattered as they cruised down the freeway , alone together in Zitney 's gleaming red hatchback . |
| 5 | She soon realised that Stephen 's mother thought she was demeaning herself by ‘ hobnobbing with the peasantry ’ but Stephen was grateful for her interest and that was all that mattered to Tamar . |
| 6 | She loved Harry , that was all that mattered , and she was n't afraid who knew it . |
| 7 | To comfort you , to hold you and make everything all right — that was all that mattered . ’ |
| 8 | She loved him , and that was all that mattered . |
| 9 | That was all that mattered … and it was three o'clock in the morning . |
| 10 | That was all that seemed to matter to him . |
| 11 | But small or not , she could fight and that was all that counted . |
| 12 | ‘ But that was all that passed between us , ’ Ronni hastily assured Guido . |
| 13 | Its bow-wave made a dark miraging ripple on the creamy blue surface of the sea , and that was all that remained of civilization when the boats had disappeared behind the western headland . |
| 14 | If that was all that separated her from childhood , it was n't much . |