Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] that [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Even if they are what you think they are , rival agents , how could they have known you were expecting a letter , and how could they have known you were expecting it on that particular night ? ’
2 You do n't know how glad I was to see you in that little cottage talking to old Freitas .
3 McLeish carried over a loaded tray , and ate ravenously , noting with interest that Catherine Crane had an equally good appetite , though it was not obvious where she was putting it on that slim frame .
4 He was watching her with that same intensity she 'd seen in his face before , the one that made his eyes seem like dark sapphires .
5 and I was telling them about that Indian or Asian doctor at the City Hospital in the Maternity unit .
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