Example sentences of "that was [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At some unconscious level that was exactly what she had expected six months earlier — to step off the plane and see the man of her dreams waiting for her on the tarmac . |
| 2 | No one could point to an area of study , academic interest or professional expertise that was clearly his ; little or no research had been conducted in his name , and no role other than that of the building technician for general practitioners could be found for him . |
| 3 | The farm that was here we 've got the name Old Farm Road because of the farm . |
| 4 | And Bill that was here he was the same . |
| 5 | particularly the length of time that was away I was really sure that had got on to incidentally it 's worth saying that the B B C re they do they use professional readers who make a report on every piece they receive and they file them . |
| 6 | The past did n't matter , the present did , but not the present that included others , just the essential now , the one that was just her and Fernando . |
| 7 | Claudia 's hands flew to her throat ; for a moment that was just what she had done . |
| 8 | Before we before my mam had the house in Road that was just what you might sort of still call it . |
| 9 | No the men that was work oh the men that was just there was oh Those names was the one who came for the shooting season . |
| 10 | The lammergeyer that was where you are now , who died after only three years , he was n't any good at all . |
| 11 | Ronni took a taxi to the college where Arnie was doing his summer school — she 'd phoned his flat from the station and been told that was where he 'd be . |
| 12 | But as soon as we hit with something that was n't what we were about , we always tried to get the band back to what we thought it should be — three guitars and drums played loud by four New York bums . |
| 13 | They 'd tell of a tragedy on the cliffs , a death that was n't what it had seemed to be . |
| 14 | ‘ An old man that was n't our grandfather but something like that hung himself . |
| 15 | Good that was n't it ? |
| 16 | Something that was n't there was a magazine she 'd asked him to get : a back copy of a thing called Focus on Germany . |
| 17 | Caroline Fairley , wife of Lt-Commander The Honourable Charles Fairley , RN , had apparently lost control of a car that was not hers on a small country road in Oxfordshire and crashed into a tree . |
| 18 | I would n't describe anything that was not what I had gone through and understood myself — in my experience or out of my imagination and other people 's words would n't do . |
| 19 | It felt to her as if they had just unlocked the key to the whole universe , but she had a feeling that was not what he meant . |
| 20 | It was untenable that he should blame her for something that was not her fault . |
| 21 | They were thieves , and once again they would be stealing the land that was not theirs , the land and estates that were Karl Schiller 's by right of inheritance . |
| 22 | But I was not going to submit to the suffering of being preserved in a past that was not my own . |
| 23 | And then , with terror that was not his own , he was alive again , in the sweet blackness , and Mouse clung desperately , only to be wrenched back to the red deathly peace , hearing an endless scream as a woman he had never seen died , died endlessly and now . |
| 24 | This had only added to Brian 's sense of guilt , as if he had been prying , probing into something personal that was not his business . |
| 25 | Pauline O'Brien said : ‘ He told me that his wife was leaving him and that she was having a baby that was not his . |
| 26 | Fernando 's eyes were cold and expressionless once the horror and surprise had faded and as Ruth made pointless reminiscent remarks in a voice that was barely her own she saw him take a worried sidelong glance at his beautiful companion . |
| 27 | ‘ As soon as he 'd gone that was when I called the police . |
| 28 | Angelica had just mentioned that Steve was mixed up in an insurance swindle , and she was afraid that was why he had missed the train . |
| 29 | I did , I always thought that was why my two were such healthy children . |
| 30 | It was inconceivable that she could take from Mrs Barnet anything that was rightly hers , nor did Ruth flatter herself that Joss Barnet 's interest in her was anything but transient . |