Example sentences of "[was/were] that [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | two pounds of sugar were that everywhere |
| 2 | My second thought , which did not occur to me until I was crawling back along the floor towards my bed , was that today was the day when I was due to Testify . |
| 3 | Was that today ? |
| 4 | They 're biggies to go for , how many was that altogether ? |
| 5 | Was that slightly pooped gentleman with the waving arms who had ( oh God ! ) told Lord Boddy that his views were absolutely fascinating , and ( oh God oh God ! ) lit another of the television company 's cigarettes with their silver butane table-lighter every time he had seen the red light come up on the camera pointing at him — was that exuberantly shameful figure really identical with the anguished mortal man who now lay here stretched as taut as a piano-string in the dark ? |
| 6 | When was that approximately ? |
| 7 | Was that just after the second war or just afore it ? |
| 8 | Was that just a shadow by the house , or was someone hiding there , watching her ? |
| 9 | Was that just sometimes he 'd do that ? |
| 10 | Or was that just based on you being there whenever you had to be there . |
| 11 | But erm did that have a message , or was that just a fun thing for you to do ? |
| 12 | When you get report into this news was that factually correct ? |
| 13 | Was that here or is this in ? |
| 14 | Was that even a tear in his eye ? |
| 15 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 16 | Strategy 3 was that most used for clerical and sales ( 57 per cent ) and for skilled manual ( 60 per cent ) . |
| 17 | IT WAS THAT MOST ENGLISH of English occasions — an anniversary . |
| 18 | What was that again ? |
| 19 | ‘ What was that again ? ’ |
| 20 | What was that again ? |
| 21 | Where was that carefully nurtured fine cynicism now ? |
| 22 | What was that exactly ? |
| 23 | What was that actually at Wembley ? |
| 24 | How often did she get that , was that once a week ? |
| 25 | When the red light went out after my closing announcement , Mr Murray turned to me with a broad grin ‘ Was that all right ? ’ he asked , and I shook his hand acknowledging his ad-lib masterpiece . |
| 26 | ‘ Was that all right , Stewart ? ’ asked Jack innocently . |
| 27 | Was that ever made explicit ? |
| 28 | The cost of becoming a candidate , all observers agreed , was that thereafter de Gaulle was more widely viewed as a partisan figure . |
| 29 | One such was that further detailed studies of the possible effects should be undertaken over a 12-month period . |
| 30 | Was that before or after you 'd had your chat ? ’ |