Example sentences of "it was that " in BNC.
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| 1 | T. Behrens is considerably baffled by this strange case , by the question of what it was that determined Ursula 's adherence to this programme , and of what it was that caused her to bring to an end her loving friendship with Justin . |
| 2 | For some reason I could n't , though I could see it was that which infuriated her more than anything . |
| 3 | If only it was that simple . |
| 4 | But it was that cultural milieu , as expressed through the left-wing Federico Garçia Lorca , that Leonard reacted to and espoused in his youth ! |
| 5 | But my opinion of the book is much the same now as it was that day in Kathmandu . |
| 6 | And it shows , in Beerbohm and Bowra and as it survives today , how inevitable it was that Pound should have abandoned England and the English just when he did . |
| 7 | For it turned out that Pound 's poetry — The Cantos certainly but much of the earlier work also — could be understood and enjoyed only by those who had attended to Pound s criticism enough to grasp what it was that Pound was trying to do , or conceived himself to be doing , in his poetry . |
| 8 | Miss Evans replied : ‘ I 'm sure it was that date . ’ |
| 9 | The particular Friday night when the Yeti sealed my fate , we went to an end-of-run party for the school play , Doctor Faustus it was that year . |
| 10 | Later I thought it through and decided a big part of it was that , although he was coining it from the teds , I think he felt he was seen — by his peers — as an artistic cretin . |
| 11 | ( And it was that lack of hits which probably helped bring about the suicides . ) |
| 12 | It was that night that Fenna had taught her to fly . |
| 13 | It was that simple , and at a more leisurely pace would have been less of a caper and more a proper holiday . |
| 14 | ‘ Was there someone else around you would rather she had married ? ’ he asked bluntly , deciding it was that sort of conversation . |
| 15 | It was that moment when the owl was still calling and the day birds began to sing . |
| 16 | He wondered what it was that could be upsetting them . |
| 17 | And Philip thought if anyone was a nutcase it was that boy in the wood . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll bet it was that woman who went to see the house after us yesterday . |
| 19 | It was that simple . |
| 20 | it was that face , that look I loved |
| 21 | It was that for the first time something illogical had crept into her world . |
| 22 | ‘ my eye fell on a little hymn which my sister had copied ; it was that beautiful one : ‘ There 's a home for little children Above the bright blue sky … |
| 23 | Did n't I say who it was , at the beginning ? — It was that good-looking lad . |
| 24 | ‘ Bliss it was that dawn to be alive ’ a quote from Wordsworth , but it is how I feel as we embark on this new decade . |
| 25 | Yet it was that which struck me more than anything , remaining unspoken ( and unwritten ) but powerful and obvious : how each young woman chose to express herself and her individuality through how she looked became an essential subtext to the book . |
| 26 | No , I do n't think it was that ; it was simply the view he took of certain roles , certain music . |
| 27 | Fringe , flat out at racing pace , had a wildness about him I could n't really control and I guessed it was that quality which won him races . |
| 28 | So it was that with high spirits I packed Baedekers and prejudices , boots and a bootload of assumptions and set out for Dover . |
| 29 | It was that sort of uncertain afternoon for Liverpool , who relied so heavily on the impetus provided by McManaman . |
| 30 | It was that aspect of diesel that particularly attracted me , as well as the environmental and economical advantages . ’ |