Example sentences of "[adj] that [adj] was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faces which earlier had seemed a little sombre were now wreathed in ecstatic smiles , and it was clear that this was what they had come to hear . |
| 2 | He made it clear that this was his target when he said yesterday : ‘ Put it this way , if there was a chance of winning the championship and I did n't think I might just do it , then I would n't be normal , would I ? |
| 3 | And it was a little strange that this was their first meeting ; her red Golf was a frequent sight on the headland , her cottage had frequently met Iris eyes from the top storey of the mill . |
| 4 | In true Burrows ' fashion she was looking forward to it and convinced that this was what God wanted her to do . |
| 5 | The English people were the first to experience an industrial revolution , and nobody was conscious that this was what was happening to them . |
| 6 | But I 'm sure that that was what I was somehow looking for . |
| 7 | I enjoyed that bit of his speech best of all , although I am not sure that that was what the right hon. Gentleman intended . |
| 8 | While the faded old creature who bore the main brunt of night duty would be too dozy to spot anything , Ramsbum was a different matter and Amiss was pretty sure that this was his night on duty . |
| 9 | Because she was certain that that was what had happened . |
| 10 | It was more or less understood that this was something between Mafouz and Sheikh . |