Example sentences of "[was/were] that [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble was that Melanie believed I was in bed with one of them every time I was half an hour late . ’ |
| 2 | The trouble was that Baldwin did it by the methods he had forsworn and that his words and his style of appeal had become alienated front his actions . |
| 3 | The trouble was that Arnold said he had had a letter from a Mr Anderson who wanted to caddie for him as well . |
| 4 | The most remarkable thing about this letter was that Knox thought it worthwhile making his appeal even although five days earlier the Lords of the Congregation had taken decisive action . |
| 5 | Anyway , the point was that Fagg left me alone and I left him alone . |
| 6 | The upshot of this long sessions was that Eliot asked me to send him all the relevant documents , which I did in a letter of 20 May . |
| 7 | One of the bigger problems was that Fergie believed I was taking the mickey out of him by either cheating or going soft and feigning injury . |
| 8 | The only difference was that Francis did it with more charm . |
| 9 | Last night the feeling at Westminster was that Mellor resembled him in only one respect — he may be gone for some time , too . |
| 10 | What did bother him was that Graham used him to get at Barak . |