Example sentences of "that something [adj] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deep in her inner mind , therefore , Kirsty believed that something terrible was going to happen and that her health would fail . |
| 2 | I 've never felt hostility like that before , there was violence everywhere , I could smell it like something crawling out of the ground , it was like having second sight , the sense that something terrible was going to happen and there was nothing you could do to stop it . |
| 3 | And for some of the young , a dizzyingly exciting feeling , deep in stomach-pit , that something terrible was about to come about , something wonderful and dreadful . |
| 4 | However , rather than this being the case , is the fact that the government is supporting community economic development an admission that the state , through its economic development functions , has failed to provide opportunities which enable people in ‘ deprived ’ areas to become economically active and empowered and that something new was needed for areas of worst disadvantage ? |
| 5 | La Presse , although hostile to the future Cubists , seems to have realized that something new was afoot when it referred to ‘ the geometric excesses of Mm . |
| 6 | The sense that something new was needed if I was to learn to breathe on empty air . |
| 7 | He snatched it and I watched , terrified now that something awful was about to happen . |
| 8 | And one of them , Robert was almost sure , had foretold that something ghastly was going to happen in what sounded like the British Museum . |
| 9 | To wear a swastika in 1981 was to say that something real was on the march again . |
| 10 | ‘ I got the impression that something major was happening in the kitchen . |
| 11 | How else would the dreamer know at the beginning of the dream ( as he or she always does ) that something horrific was going to happen ? |
| 12 | Otherwise , ‘ a stranger detraining and observing the vacant appearance of a town around the station where there should be bustle would think naturally that something serious was the matter ’ . |
| 13 | Carradine knew that something momentous was happening . |
| 14 | She had no idea at the moment what she would ( or could ) do , but she knew that something good was bound to happen . |
| 15 | If this is how the British were feeling , how much more palpable must have been the sense of loss in the United States , how much more disturbing the feeling that something irreversible was taking place . |
| 16 | I did not enjoy the journey to Blackpool with these grim tidings ; and when I came to the platform to deliver his message to the audience of 4,000 the hall was hushed with anticipation that something ill was in the wind . |
| 17 | The feeling that something special was about to happen spilled over into an exhibition of appreciation then unparalleled on an English racecourse : the crowd applauded the rivals as they made their way on to the track and burst into cheering as they reached it . |
| 18 | I kept trying to make you see that something exceptional was happening , but I could n't tell you straight out because love , my darling , left me without defence . |
| 19 | After we finished that poem , late in the evening of 2 November , we went walking through the streets of Salamanca for most of the night , for the poem had persuaded us that something remarkable was really happening to us , that some kind of poetic grace had been bestowed upon us . |
| 20 | It 's a vague enough notion , that something unauthorized was then loaded under cover of the dark . |
| 21 | The historical texts were confined to enumerating the kings who lived in those troubled years and do not give any indication that something important was occurring at that time . |
| 22 | Her talons grasped the mesh of the cage , her beak strained at the front as if she knew that something important was happening . |
| 23 | Occasionally , when there had to be a drastic reassessment of public expenditure , it became evident from the leaks and rumours of resignations that something important was going on in Whitehall during the summer months , but neither backbenchers nor the House in general were able to find out what was happening or to discuss the changes being made in expenditure plans . |
| 24 | Although I was not sure what ‘ the lot ’ meant , I was sure that something big was expected , for even Matron was in a hurry as she went to her office , at that time of day too ! |
| 25 | Nick had grasped that something big was amiss , and when the truth became known , through Linda 's crying , he too burst into tears . |
| 26 | I went to Helen and told her that something heavy was happening , I was n't sure what it was , but I had to leave her now . |