Example sentences of "be [that] [indef pn] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Indeed , is Christianity true : could it possibly be that one was raised from the dead ? ) |
| 2 | The fact is that nothing was done about the matter , and the goats were released from farm isolation by the ministry with subsequent disastrous results for me and for others . |
| 3 | The first we hear about his steam engines is that one was erected near Dudley Castle in the Black Country area of the Midlands in 1712 . |
| 4 | But she admits there was room for rationalization in other areas ; ‘ at first clothes were never costed properly ; in fact we may have been underpricing ’ , she explained , ‘ but for Laura the most important thing was that everyone was working happily together ’ . |
| 5 | It was a very difficult period in my career , and the problem with the transfer was that everything was done out in the open . |