Example sentences of "was [that] it do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the national debate over the proposals to privatize the electricity industry gathering steam we knew how important it was that it did n't fade away . |
| 2 | The chief problem with thallium was that it did n't seem to be used for anything much apart from the manufacture of optical lenses of a high refractive index — camera lenses , for example . |
| 3 | Larry Cummins recalled , ‘ All I remember about Wilson 's ear was that it did n't amount to much , but a big deal was made out of it . |
| 4 | But the odd thing was that it did n't fill me with the slightest sense of humility or feelings about the separateness and ‘ otherness ’ of nature , but with sheer , shouting joy at sharing that old world on a new morning with my wild Scots kinfolk . |
| 5 | The only problem was that it did n't work out quite as we were expecting it to … |