Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [that] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At golf he was a natural , though conversely his struggles to become a tournament player were such that he nearly gave up to take a club job . |
| 2 | Returning to the status of such an expression of view , it is probably the case that if the doctor were satisfied that it truly represented the patient 's view and was executed while he was still competent , then the doctor ought ethically to respect its intent . |
| 3 | When Mike finally did collapse after two dreadful weeks , it was clear that we either had to give up , or drastically change our approach . |
| 4 | It was clear that she still did n't consider Jessamy was capable of holding Julius 's interest for very long . |
| 5 | The Sunshine Girls were the only troupe to travel as far as St Petersburg and Budapest but it was noticeable that they rarely worked at the Winter Gardens which was Jennie 's stronghold . |
| 6 | Leonard 's mind was such that he always had several ironies in his fire at any one time , even when he was seeking to demythologise some of them ! |
| 7 | Sarella was conscious that he deliberately declined to offer her a seat . |
| 8 | Since their work focused on certain topics it was natural that they particularly looked for evidence relating to these topics , and as examples of the rhetorical use of anthropology three such central topics can be noted here in a preliminary way . |
| 9 | And it was obvious that she really cared . |
| 10 | I was so thankful she was well that I too laughed at the repartee . |
| 11 | Useful though it may have been , I never tried that approach ; I did not have the heart , and I was sure that I always had to leave my intended customer a face-saving way out . |
| 12 | Although he did not say so it was evident that he still regarded the Collector 's condition as serious ; the one hopeful sign was that his pulse had become fuller and less frequent . |
| 13 | ‘ I wanted to write a thoughtful song about recent events , and it was important that I just did n't leap right in with an immediate gut reaction . ’ |
| 14 | I did n't mind , I was happy that he still talked to me at all . |
| 15 | ‘ For some reason he was adamant that he simply had to have me for the make-up on the new play he 's doing . ’ |
| 16 | It was apparent that someone else had realised the painting might hold the key to Sir Thomas 's mystery . |
| 17 | She was thankful that she still wore her cloak . |
| 18 | For several weeks after her wedding she had entertained the silly idea that James might look for her , but she was thankful that he never came even though he soon heard about her marriage to Nahum . |
| 19 | It was well-known that he never let himself become excited by rumour or danger . |
| 20 | John says he was terrified that we even knew about the briefcase . |
| 21 | It was true that they only charged ‘ a nickel , five pennies , a half a dime ’ . |
| 22 | Her parents were a benign though distant presence and it was n't until Charles was seven that he actually sat down to a meal with his father in the downstairs dining-room . |