Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv] [verb] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The institutions themselves , being closer to the work in question , were much better placed to fulfil that responsibility . |
| 2 | Erm I was , I , I thought that , when you covered all the policies you then went through and summarized all the needs and I thought you were n't going to go back and , and er explore further so what you did is you covered all the policies and then you summarized everything and then explored all the needs and s and at one point I thought that you were n't actually going to do that but you did come back and do it , you just did it in a different way . |
| 3 | And , if I remember rightly , Father was not only going to continue that allowance but had bought a house for you , had n't he ? |
| 4 | So long as the boy was alive and had a chance of survival he was as much entitled to retain that chance as the others ; whereas in our problem it may be that the men who are cut away have no chance of survival at all . |
| 5 | I I was n't even going to do that , I did n't want to do that . |