Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [that] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tell me , how sure were you that he had a gun ? ’ |
| 2 | I know it was somebody that he come chasing at , chasing after . |
| 3 | He went all over the place looking , but he could n't get hold of it I mean it was obviously it was something that he made himself but it was beautiful ! |
| 4 | It was something that he took very much to heart , but to this day , she does n't see it that way . |
| 5 | But Joe did n't let the remark hang , as if it was something that he 'd felt compelled to let her know but did n't want to discuss any further ; he said , ‘ Are we going to stay here , or move somewhere warmer ? |
| 6 | Brian Lane ( schoolteacher ) : ‘ One thing I remember about David was something that he did n't take part in , which was a concert held at the school in aid of a pavilion that was being put up by the parents and teachers , and being paid for by them . |
| 7 | It was something that he did regularly , a habit brought on by the onset of old age . |
| 8 | To backpedal and tell any part of the truth would be to admit his complicity with the Ashdown girl , which was something that he did n't want to be drawn into ever again . |
| 9 | He was aghast when he read it , for the problem was one that he had already solved 15 years before . |
| 10 | His decision , since the madness of Doc Askins , to live without the emotions , was one that he realized was impossible . |
| 11 | There was a sailing er what do they call it , a here and it was him that he asked would could you send a boy there . |
| 12 | At one point he knelt down and parted the heather with his hands , so sure was he that he had found it , but there was nothing but the scree and the tiny plants which grew amongst it . |
| 13 | Then , only a beat later it seemed to him , shame and anger raced back to take possession of him again , and so overcome by these conflicting feelings was he that he had no consciousness of her in all this , until he became aware , to his surprise , that she was shaking him out of his stupor , bringing him to her again with her mouth and her hands . |
| 14 | Indeed , ‘ so much engaged with his Collections and twenty other matters ’ was he that he left it to prince to contact his colleagues and subscribers to inform them of the ‘ results of his journey ’ . |
| 15 | so loyal was he that he rejected his cousins , the UNICORNS , when Alexander 's men attacked them for their horns . |
| 16 | So successful was he that he named the new style after the insect . |
| 17 | In fact so engrossed with her movements was he that he bumped into a young woman who was struggling with an impossibly heavy suitcase . |
| 18 | What colour was it that he chose ? |
| 19 | Was it that he looked so much like his father ? |
| 20 | Why was it that he had this profoundly unsettling effect on her ? |