Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I became the black sheep and I found to my horror that everyone thought I was off my bloody head . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew that Alan liked the odd drink but it was n't until we were living together that I realised her was more or less an alcoholic , and violent with it . ’ |
| 3 | It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic . |
| 4 | It was n't until half an hour later that I realised I was on C1 . |
| 5 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 6 | Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’ |
| 7 | It was n't until she was really ill that I realised she was mine and I loved her more than anything . |
| 8 | It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke . |
| 9 | ‘ It was only when a few of the details were released that I realised it was me . |
| 10 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |
| 11 | Playing tunes that bring a smile to my face and a sentimental tear to my eye , for the last time that I heard them was the day of the first Gittel 's wedding . |
| 12 | It was in the winter of 1987–88 that I announced I was going to race mostly in Britain in Olympic year . |
| 13 | The difference between the way we saw life as young people — especially the amoral attitude to sex — and the conventional way of portraying it on screen was so great that I knew we were on the verge of a big change . |
| 14 | The fact that I knew it was wicked to expose my smooth bare slit gave me a feeling both of pleasure and of power , never vocalised . |
| 15 | The laugh she gave was so dirty that I knew it was going to be all right . |
| 16 | And do lots of things that I knew he was capable of doing . |
| 17 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
| 18 | that Robert 's already gone over , but I actually got the impression that erm I that you did n't feel relaxed in what you were doing , you knew what you were talking about but erm you did n't feel relaxed and if I 'd 've been your customer then I , I certainly would n't have felt relaxed either and and that 's the impression that I got which was the completely opposite of Robert . |
| 19 | That sweatshirt top that I got which was seventeen ninety nine . |
| 20 | We did get through some pretty hot language , erm he did say that this would destroy the tripartite system and he quoted me and said that I said it was a system which was the end of the world . |
| 21 | You were so young , at an age to want to experiment and to find a DJ a glamorous figure , that I imagined it was superficial enough to have a time limit on it . |
| 22 | I said that I thought they were wrong ; but that if that was their reason for declining to serve I could only accept it and be sorry . |
| 23 | But I di , I did n't realise that I thought you were actually . |
| 24 | I told him that I thought he was much too gentle in his handling of the miners and the owners , and especially the latter , and that there were a lot of things he ought to have said . |
| 25 | Oh right , I see when you said that I thought he was going to an army regiment that they put up in Gloucester |
| 26 | ‘ The abuse happened so often that I thought it was normal . |
| 27 | Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home . |
| 28 | My mum got home from work about 10.30 p.m. and asked if I was all right , but I told her that I thought it was a false alarm . |
| 29 | All I said was that I thought it was a judgement from God that Blyth had first lost his leg and then had the replacement become the instrument of his downfall . |
| 30 | If I may say so very well councillor and you were specific and indeed backed up the particular figures , even though of course one is entitled to the that I thought it was fair and well argued . |