Example sentences of "and [adj] that it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of many years the accumulation of mal had made the soil in the paddy fields so dark and rich that it was used as a black dye , together with the red and green dyes from wild plants and flowers , for printing skirts . |
| 2 | It was after midnight , with a biting wind swirling across the empty square , and I was so cold and bored that it was a relief even to slap the butt of my rifle in salute as a solitary officer went by . |
| 3 | British Rail argued long and hard that it was not possible to open it . |
| 4 | Smiling to herself at the thought , and confident that it was now too late to be interrupted further , Alexandra went upstairs . |
| 5 | Well you know it was one of those happy combinations of Johnny writing them , John coming with those fresh arrangements and me sort of the naivety and the joy of being in the business , it was so exciting and happy that it was one of those lucky things where the combination of the three of us worked . |
| 6 | And then it was boiled and boiled that it was er tender and that and then it was taken out and cut into bits and this is what a potted head And then it was That was done and then er Where the water what was boiled there was often fat but that was all skimmed off , and er next day there was as much water in the And er meat from the head was put in and pepper and salt and that , and then it was boiled again and then put into little dishes and that was your potted head . |
| 7 | Her arms crept around his neck , her lips softened and parted beneath his and she slid into a world of sensation so subtle and exquisite that it was almost too much to bear . |
| 8 | The Mystic Hussars , as it was called , proved to be so popular and successful that it was performed for over 40 years . |
| 9 | He felt he knew very little about her present feelings , which were so malign toward him and unmapped that it was as if he were seeing the back side of the moon . |
| 10 | Its tail , so fine and thin that it was like a thread of silver , stretched out for ten times its circumference , terminating in a smaller , silvered sphere little thicker than the thread . |
| 11 | And the carpeting throughout so soft and thick that it was like walking on sheepskins … |
| 12 | Completely unaccustomed to the hot , humid air — so wet and steamy that it was almost impossible to breathe properly — she 'd been deeply grateful for the air-conditioning in the apartment which — when it was working properly ! — had kept them all relatively cool . |