Example sentences of "that it [was/were] [noun prp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fabia drove through Belgium and into Germany wishing with all she had that it were Saturday and that her interview with the highly esteemed author were over . |
| 2 | On either side there was open parkland grazed by a herd of red deer — or , now that it was December and the males were apart , two herds . |
| 3 | They are very pretty , but somewhat ludicrously sentimental ; that is , when one reflects that it was Rousseau that wrote them . |
| 4 | So was it too much to believe that it was Kemp that Stratton had seen — about five o'clock , had n't he said ? |
| 5 | In those days I was going , and was only intrigued to learn that it was Mespot or Iraq as it became . |
| 6 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that it was October and cool in the mountains , the heat in the small space was stifling . |
| 8 | It was going to be a good night , in spite of the fact that it was August and a Wednesday . |
| 9 | Then they said well and then I realised that it was Fennite and I 'd heard of that |
| 10 | I had no idea that it was Martin until you told me that morning . |
| 11 | There was a feeling of relief — that was true — that it was Alain and not some midnight prowler , but also there was a wonderful floating feeling of joy just to hear his voice , no matter how angry he sounded . |
| 12 | ‘ How did you know that it was Matthew and not your son ? ’ |
| 13 | At Sara 's and David 's entrance , the girl stepped back convulsively from the man , and Sara saw with a dull feeling of inevitability that it was Matthew and Sandra . |
| 14 | Despite Good and Evil fighting , the fact that it was Gollum and not Frodo who threw away the Ring shows that in some ways Good and Evil belong together and need each other . |