Example sentences of "that [pron] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why else did you tell me about Cherith — except to make it clear that nothing was on offer here except a little temporary pleasure ? |
| 2 | Hence , Ealhfrith began to favour Roman tradition while his father , Bede says , considered that nothing was to be preferred to the teachings of the Scottish clergy ( HE III , 25 ) . |
| 3 | The gentleman took due note of it in a single glance , decided that nothing was to be gained by ill temper , and , reassembling his smile , he turned it upon her full-force . |
| 4 | For it was she who told herself that nothing was to be gained at this moment by recrimination , that Sir George 's land and influence at Stockton were still big assets ( though nowhere near worth the price at which they had been bought ) , and that a moping Sir George — a sackcloth-ashes flagellant — could be all it needed to bring the whole structure of confidence tumbling down . |
| 5 | I 'm just describing my attitude at the time , which I shared with most of my fellow students : an attitude of complete boredom and feeling that nothing was worth making an effort for . |
| 6 | Richard , looking round his solid , brassbound table , got the impression that everyone was on their best behaviour . |
| 7 | The feeling of comradeship now in Liverpool , the feeling that everyone was in it together and helping each other , was something that her mother would never understand , she felt , nor her grief for the baby . |
| 8 | At the start of the hearing he told the jury that no-one was on trial and it was not their job to blame anyone . |
| 9 | I begged not to go to school the next day , but Mama said that I was over my cold and that I would be safer at school in case her trick should fail . |
| 10 | Do n't that I was over impressed with Tammy Girl , were you ? |
| 11 | ‘ I would think that whoever took those things is very worried indeed now to find that I was with Harry and that he is alive . |
| 12 | Well when it was started up , the first unit that I was with was from the shop floor at Bloxwich Lock and Stamping and erm it took the nucleus of people off the shop floor and then after we 'd finished our ten hour shift during the summer or when we could , we started foot drill training in the yard of the factory . |
| 13 | ‘ So why do you care that I was with her that night ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I knew there were only seconds to go and could feel my strength failing with each moment , and a drifting kind of sleep coming on me which whispered , ‘ Give up , Minch , give up … ’ and it was only the knowledge that I was of Callanish , the greatest of the sites , that kept me fighting those few more seconds . |
| 15 | I sent my rent book off as proof of the fact that I was of what the rent was |
| 16 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |
| 17 | The upshot was that I was summoned by the university authorities and told that I was to be allowed to continue my studies but only under certain stringent conditions . |
| 18 | As it turned out , fate had decreed that I was to be the one who would change this unhappy state of affairs . |
| 19 | She did not know that I was to be there and came forward saying : ‘ My dear Elizabeth , what a very nice surprise . |
| 20 | It was from Magda that we heard early in September that a British Sunday newspaper had reported that an Iranian with close links to Hezbollah had said in Beirut that I was to be released immediately . |
| 21 | Did you truly believe , it seemed to say , that I was to be so easily pinned down ? |
| 22 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 23 | A year or so before that I was at a conference in America where deconstruction bulked largely on the agenda . |
| 24 | During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star . |
| 25 | A little later , I stood nervously beside my bag , hoping that I was at the right bus stop for Sligo . |
| 26 | I could think that I was at school again , lying in the long grass waiting to bat , or walking over Berkshire downs or along a Devon valley . |
| 27 | ‘ I was so far on side the decision was a joke , ’ said Hazard , adding : ‘ The TV people told me after watching a replay that I was at least two yards on side . ’ |
| 28 | Did I tell you that I was at Belsen just after it was liberated ? ’ |
| 29 | Er I might also say , on open access which is something that I was at a meeting for yesterday in London . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , I was always thankful that I was at Magdalen , perhaps the most beautiful of Oxford colleges . |