Example sentences of "[coord] that [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 and er , but apparently they did a , they did a test and that was also a package where the stuff like that , transfer although those three may of been carrying weapons , they split open the policeman , but this does seem to basically at , well not no , not indiscriminately they did n't say that but they shot innocent people , I mean like I said well the I mean that 's got to kill in those streets and stuff the ricochet 's can go quite easily go through somebody but there , there was , there 's always been claims er , there 's no I R A gunmen there
2 and that was just a bowl of soup and a , a roll
3 Getting it out and that was just an armchair do n't know what they 'd do if they had to move the settee , but erm , that 's the difference in
4 AND THAT WAS JUST THE START OF A THOROUGH RENOVATION THAT 'S TAKEN 20 YEARS TO COMPLETE .
5 Influenced by our strong local-government showing in Birmingham and the Midlands , I advised June and that was clearly the majority view .
6 Eventually he bent over and told the Head Girl to kick him ; she was amazed but she did so — just stepped forward and kicked him and that was exactly the step he wanted .
7 Even so , I noticed Rosie was doing it , and that was quite a sight too !
8 I thought , ‘ This name looks good in print , ’ and that was quite a relief because Aspel is not a good name to pronounce — people always want to say Aspirin or Cesspool … .
9 Mouthed all the swear words I could think of — and that was quite a lot .
10 And that was quite a lot of money
11 And that was quite an experience .
12 I already knew it was n't a good idea ; I could hear the tone of my voice rising higher and higher as I spoke the sentence , and that was always a sign I was getting into some sort of verbal mess .
13 Drama must , perforce , have an ultimate target and destination and that was always the Clarion call to the earlier distinguished folk who trod these boards .
14 Sometimes it 's just because we want our curiosity satisfied , and that was obviously the case with Nicodemus .
15 Of course Cagney was a marvellous showman and that was precisely the point , for audiences had shown a predilection for zest and sharpness and a new kind of urban charm and Hollywood was quite prepared to exploit these qualities in its own way .
16 And that was only a fraction of the tricks he said he could do in his Heyday .
17 And that was only the beginning .
18 On the other hand , her grey eyes were big , and that was usually a sign of hunger .
19 And that was certainly a start .
20 In 1923 , when the Liberals found themselves in much the same situation as Mr Ashdown is hoping for today , Asquith told them that they ‘ were not sent here by your constituents to play the part of soldiers of fortune ’ , but that was exactly the part they found themselves playing then , and will find themselves playing now if we get a hung Parliament , and they will be unsuccessful mercenaries at that .
21 As Doug , Meadowbrook would be cast violently against type , but that was exactly the sort of doubletake effect I was interested in .
22 But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me .
23 The hand-claps sometimes seemed to be keeping time with my leisurely steps as I wandered under the arcades in the hot night , but that was just a coincidence .
24 And I do n't know it was truth he said I 'm just collecting all the mole skins for somebody 's mo For a coat , but that was just a story I think .
25 But that was just a full-dress rehearsal .
26 We er we got very close to beating Bellevue at Bellevue which was okay I mean everybody 's a bit rusty so and we were experimenting with tyres and everything and er it was only a challenge , but it was nice to get the first meeting on the way and er I was very impressed by some of er the team members of what I saw , I knew er team mate Dean Bargger was doing particularly well scoring 11 points and er he 's really a promising er youngster which I think we can get a lot of use out of , and er in general I mean you know Ellis Stevens was doing particularly well as well , so if those two can keep doing well during the season , then okay mine had a few problems , she only scored 3 points , but that was just a one-off so yeah I thing we look quite strong on paper again now .
27 I I th I thought I thought it was I S actually from the way you said it the first time , but that was just a guess .
28 But that was just the way I 'd learned to think in the mountains .
29 She wanted to dine with him , of course she did — but that was just the trouble .
30 Certainly we had a minority of outright failures , whose grasp of their work was negligible , but that was generally the case .
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