Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] was [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently everyone was hoping that he would n't come back here , because his people moved out after he went to prison , and asked Mrs McD not to let him know their address . ’ |
| 2 | One of them is , I do n't have 31 trunk access codes on them , if you want to try them , I only have 6. erm Direct extension select , basically I was saying that only very , very top managers and stuff can override diverts , well this is the thing to use . |
| 3 | So I was hoping that there 'd be a record showing one way or the other but if |
| 4 | But when she got to know him better she was to realise that he treated all women , servants or otherwise , as if they were ladies . |
| 5 | More prosaically it was predicted that they could ‘ form a valuable addition to bank note paper for the prevention of forgery ’ . |
| 6 | Suddenly it was realised that the main buyers were small businessmen . |
| 7 | The events surrounding the Connolly commemorations were an important indicator of the difficulty of reconciling Ulster Protestants to nationalist pageantry , no matter how much it was stressed that the traditions being commemorated included the Protestants . |
| 8 | Before long it was realised that the nutritious liquid was excellent feeding for pigs and , although pig-keeping had been unpopular in the county until then , almost every Ayrshire dairy farm began to keep a few of them . |
| 9 | For long it was thought that wet spraying turned the buds to a wet mash , and therefore dusting each individual bud was necessary . |
| 10 | In that context alone it was decided that the visitor 's jurisdiction was ‘ exclusive . ’ |
| 11 | Sherriffe , a raw bustling wing , also showed that he knew his way to the line , but perhaps it was fitting that the elusive Purdy should be credited with his side 's final try . |
| 12 | Perhaps it was hoped that being housed in schools the education authority would maintain continuity ; none did so . |
| 13 | Perhaps he was told that his wife was suddenly taken very ill ; was dead , even . |
| 14 | Napoleon III was an innovator , not merely a man of his time but frequently one who was ahead of it , and so he was determined that his Court would deliberately eschew the rigid exclusivity which was the hallmark of the traditional European court structure . |
| 15 | So it was believed that a pronunciation change in one word would be followed by changes in all similar words — that there are laws of language evolution — and that is generally the case . |
| 16 | So it was decided that Oliver would help Sikes with the robbery in two days ' time . |
| 17 | The committee felt that basic communication and numeracy skills were most important for this purpose , and so it was suggested that all CEE certificates should record proficiency scores in English and mathematics . |
| 18 | And so it was envisaged that the former coaling and oiling stations of Gibraltar , Malta , Port Said , Suez , Aden , Bombay , Colombo , Penang , Singapore and Hong Kong would become air staging posts as well in the post-imperial era . |
| 19 | In other words , the subjective elements were read referentially and so it was implied that the logic of narrative derived from a reality outside itself . |
| 20 | So it was agreed that while Mrs MacDonagh would go on looking after the two youngest Milligans during the day , Dermot , Fergal and Mike , the eldest brothers , would take over as soon as they were back from school . |
| 21 | So it was agreed that they would re-assemble to confirm their peace compact at Mirebeau and that the rebels would be invited to attend this meeting . |
| 22 | And if by doing so it was to ensure that people who are already resident in this area are driven , this would be a totally inadequate response to the needs of the people of North Yorkshire . |
| 23 | Hitherto it was thought that natural selection is standing still , or merely weeding out the more harmful defects . |
| 24 | Erm to my self respect and I just I was determined that it was n't going to happen to my daughter , so in consequence I saw that working on the side to get to get the uniform so that she could go to school in a new uniform same as all the other kids as a necessity . |
| 25 | When males and females were analysed separately it was found that different characteristics were associated with non-completion and that these differences were quite striking . |
| 26 | Nevertheless it was acknowledged that these did principally involve the creation of acute and continuing care NHS beds , with transfer of resources to local authorities for other schemes still being subject to further consideration . |
| 27 | Nevertheless it was felt that the papers deserved a wider circulation because of their intrinsic interest to a larger audience . |
| 28 | Nevertheless it was argued that these procedures violated Article 8 of the Convention on two grounds , one because people were not always notified after the surveillance , the other because there was no judicial supervision of the procedures . |
| 29 | Nevertheless it was held that any false indication given by the retailer could not be said to be due to the act or default of Cadbury since the retailer could quite easily have compared the weights and prices of his existing stock and the new bars to see if the label ‘ Extra value ’ was justified . |
| 30 | Soon it was realized that these electrons must be coming from within the atoms themselves , and in 1911 the British physicist Ernest Rutherford finally showed that the atoms of matter do have internal structure : they are made up of an extremely tiny , positively charged nucleus , around which a number of electrons orbit . |