Example sentences of "was that [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he did n't know , could n't know , was that nothing he could now do would make any difference . |
| 2 | Perhaps the most astonishing fact to emerge was that nobody who lived round the plant , not even farmer Clive Knox , could claim compensation for any accident from their own insurance company . |
| 3 | An irony of the Budget was that what it gave with one hand it took away with the other . |
| 4 | I will because Mr Mayor I think that councillor started off his response to this by talking about ghettos and a lot of differences between the better off and the worst off and I , the feeling I got from his speech was that what he was actually driving at was he was attempting to perpetuate the class distinction that the Labour party have been so bound up with over the years . |
| 5 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 6 | Andy went to see Peter and the final conclusion was that what I really needed was a car to help me travel to training and meetings . |
| 7 | They had seven children in all , did his his family , and the the popular expression at the time was that their their family did n't grow vegetables , they grew children . |
| 8 | That 's what the representative said from the erm , the car transporter company , was that they they just could n't any longer use British Rail because it , he said although British Rail are willing to compensate , it 's delay of deliveries . |
| 9 | And they had a system where erm they got this information and they It was that they I think there there was something about the time element , it had to happen at a certain time |
| 10 | I 've always been a huge fan of the whole Memphis sound — as I guess everybody has figured by now ! — but the thing about the Stax band was that everything they did was totally minimal , but it slotted together to make something really strong . |
| 11 | So when he called you for the Comeback Special , was that something you did happily ? |
| 12 | Tolkien 's contention was that something he called ‘ the ulsterior motive ’ — the bogey of Lewis 's Ulster background — lurked beneath the surface of his imagination , and rose when he was off his guard to make him brutal in manners , crude or illogical in thought . |
| 13 | What puzzled Jack was that he himself was very happy at Bradley Fold West and he had settled into the routine and managed the duties without any problems . |
| 14 | There was a certain irony in the fact that one of the first things Baldwin told the King , on taking over from the decrepit MacDonald , was that he himself needed two months ' rest . |
| 15 | And the bitterest irony of all was that he himself was a victim . |
| 16 | One of the ironies of this was that he himself behaved more like a politician than at any other time in his career . |