Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pron] was [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she often maintained that it was her own choice not to attend , she told an American interviewer , I would love to go to board meetings where he [ Bernard ] is chairman but I 'm not invited . |
| 2 | She joked that it was her favourite occupation . |
| 3 | But then there was that newspaper review which mentioned that I was your wife , and Eleanor began to hear rumours about us getting back together again . |
| 4 | Suddenly Shelley could n't see , and she realised that it was her tears that had blinded her . |
| 5 | Previously , she would have been driven by my father , but she announced that it was her intention to travel , alone , by train . |
| 6 | Anyway , the day after we all arrived in Newark , Tibby announced that it was his birthday , and Stanford had the idea of hiring a private dining-room at the Ram … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The police and ambulance arrived on the scene very rapidly and the other driver admitted that it was her fault . |
| 8 | One farmer in North Wales admitted that it was his wife who had trained him in lambing techniques after having been on a training course . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , in 7 BC this neat arrangement was interfered with in order to honour Augustus by renaming the month Sextilis after him ( he believed that it was his lucky month ) and assigning to it the same number of days as the preceding month that had been renamed after his murdered great-uncle by Mark Antony . |
| 10 | That he could do this without awakening the slightest resentment ill the boys was a sign that they recognised that it was their work that mattered to Basil , and in no way his self-importance , which , to a quite remarkable degree he did not have . |
| 11 | ‘ Although those problems were resolved , and gradually we got the level of performance , we recognised that it was our customers ' perception of the service , rather than our own , which mattered . |
| 12 | In her child 's understanding it seemed that it was her own liberation that was the cause of the celebration , and the arrival of the princess , the flags which appeared on all the buildings and the succession of functions for which her mother and Denzil put on their beautiful evening clothes and left her with the maid . |
| 13 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 14 | He stated that it was his intention to start a Salisbury delivery but great-grandmother said that whilst she would n't change , her daughter who was about to marry might be interested . |
| 15 | Last time we went the , the came on and declared that it was your birthday and wished you a very happy birthday and you were standing up there , bouncing up and down . |
| 16 | At a recent press conference in Lahore , Nawaz Sharif claimed that it was his peace mission which brought about the joint US-Soviet communique which embarrassed the Bush government on the eve of Bush 's ‘ State of the Nation ’ address . |
| 17 | My interest was aroused when he reasoned that it was his blackness which constituted the major drawback in his life at one level , but at another , proved an indispensable asset to his eventual success . |
| 18 | A searching moment indicated that it was my motives rather than her welfare that were under question . |
| 19 | Then I discovered that he was our pilot ! |
| 20 | Belinda wondered how on earth they were going to get it up the stairs and through the house , but she sensibly decided that it was their concern , not hers , and anyway the bedroom needed to be vacuumed first . |
| 21 | When Mussolini took over in Italy , Anna decided that it was her duty to make her protest on Italian soil as an Italian citizen ( a not too vulnerable one for the time being , but she tried her best ) . |
| 22 | The integration of the farm worker into this occupational community meant that it was his prestige among his fellow workers and neighbours that mattered most to him . |
| 23 | He wore old , dirty clothes , and I had to look very hard before I saw that it was my old friend . |
| 24 | After the initial meeting , I felt that ‘ they ’ — that 's the advertising company , personified by Richard — felt that I was their man . |
| 25 | The group issued a statement which said that in view of the adverse publicity accorded to a vocal minority they felt that it was their duty in the interests of democracy and employment in the area to state that there is a silent majority in favour of the proposed Raybestos development . |
| 26 | The Committee felt that it was their duty to state that in their opinion , before the whole building was completely furnished and every necessary article provided , the total deficiency would not amount to less than £1,000 ‘ Many opulent individuals of the County have hitherto withheld their contributions ; but application by letter has been made to them all ; and no doubt can be entertained by your Committee of their ultimate assistance and support . |
| 27 | So so so I say that first because we have in the past had people who felt worried by this attitude , they felt you know that they really they were people who perhaps had a background in the National Trust and who really felt that it was their job to say , oh no do n't touch that . |
| 28 | As ruler of Aquitaine Henry felt that it was his duty to impose a settlement , but in recent years Louis VII had been showing some interest in this region , which lay on the route between Paris and Toulouse . |
| 29 | When the West Country clothiers ' advocate William Temple wanted in 1739 to point to the advantages of the weavers , he stressed that it was their family earnings which lifted them above the condition of the farm worker . |
| 30 | I took with me a very young airman from the engineering wing and I understood that it was his first flight . |