Example sentences of "that it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it sensible to wish that it were otherwise , since raptures , aesthetic , erotic , intellectual , mystical , in which the spontaneous floods the whole of consciousness , can lift us to heights of awareness beyond our ordinary capacities . |
| 2 | ’ And then , reaching out to touch his arm , ‘ I would that it were otherwise , Fergus . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We are , ’ he insisted , his grip on her wrist tightening , ‘ and I wish that it were n't happening — ’ |
| 4 | so that it were n't even made sure that it did n't |
| 5 | You said that it were n't on anyway . |
| 6 | At the same time I thought how few people , apart from Eliot , could have sat and telephoned from that desk : meanwhile , reflecting that it were more proper to appear to be contemplating the exterior than to be glancing at Eliot 's papers scattered in front of me . |
| 7 | I think all of us wish this epidemic would go away , and that it would n't touch us and that it were only small numbers , but the news today clearly shows that it affects each and every one of us . |
| 8 | Would that it were so . |
| 9 | Would that it were as easy as sticking your hand up to vote for it Because I have to say that I see no evidence since that motion approving the management initiative was passed of Labour and Liberal members doing any more than paying lip service . |
| 10 | Therefore , while absence may spell the end of acquaintanceship , it will not in itself destroy friendship ; and while Dr Johnson was right to say that we should keep our friendships in good repair , the perpetual shoring up of friendship might suggest that it were less enduring than we had supposed . |
| 11 | Many in the tourism industry believe the revenue created would far outweigh any protests that it was just another excuse for a day off . |
| 12 | I suppose I fancied him although I told myself that it was just that I felt sorry for him . |
| 13 | Mr Sisulu said that it was just a draft plan , which had not been adopted . |
| 14 | He was coaxing me to walk a bit further without having to carry me , by promising that it was just a bit further . |
| 15 | Equally , the Iranian operation could not be explained because , in its respectable long-term aims , it was complicated ; and most people would doubtless insist , as they did , that it was just a piece of barter . |
| 16 | Perhaps it was newspaper speculation that the ‘ courting couple ’ were about to get married that convinced Jason it was time to turn the tide in favour of something nearer the truth and gently let everyone into their secret that it was just one big publicity stunt which , once started , was easier to carry on with than deny , and far more profitable in any event . |
| 17 | It has taken five years to get this one right and the Government will not want to repeat the mistakes of the mid-1980s when Nigel Lawson thought he had beaten inflation , only to discover that it was just sleeping . |
| 18 | Company car drivers used to beg off being given a diesel by protesting that it was just too sluggish for business use . |
| 19 | When the draw was announced and I found that I was next to Carl Lewis I thought that it was just brilliant , because we run our races in a similar fashion and I thought he could drag me through . |
| 20 | After the fiasco in Prague I began to wonder whether there was any point in my running in any more relay teams , began to think that it was just a waste of everyone 's time . |
| 21 | So , as I stood there on Hampstead Heath , I felt that it was just from that point of view that the single surviving Pinus sylvestris was intended to be seen . |
| 22 | The men stayed put for several minutes , hoping that it was just a temporary loss , but when the silence continued they began to move about , rubbing their hands together to warm them up , making light of their disappointment with careless shrugs of the shoulders and wry half-smiles . |
| 23 | Our only solace is that it was just as dire on all the other formats . |
| 24 | I see now that it was just his way of keeping me on my mettle and making sure I did n't get big-headed . |
| 25 | Then it went straight up so fast that it was just a blur and jerked to a halt high over the crowd . |
| 26 | After considerable discussion Mr Jones accepted the possibility that Olwyn perhaps did need love and attention but that it was just as likely she needed it because she behaved badly rather than the other way round . |
| 27 | ‘ It was quite clear at the time that it was just being borrowed . |
| 28 | ‘ I suppose the newspaper which started it would say that it was just a bit of fun . |
| 29 | She thought now that it was just one of his acts , put on to get sympathy . |
| 30 | They stayed in the bedroom for half an hour or so , talking , looking at the things , talking : and Clara remembered thinking at the time that it was just such a honeysuckle-filtered , sunny conversational afternoon that would in years to come , whatever those years might bring , cause her the most sad and exquisite nostalgia . |