Example sentences of "[vb past] was that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what we found was that the heavier breeds , the wine dots and the Rhode Island Reds , they did n't need such a high fence as what the leghorns or any of the lighter breeds needed . |
| 2 | I had expected that one or two of the fry might tentatively explore this new hiding place ; what in fact happened was that the ENTIRE brood crammed themselves into it within a minute of my putting it in the tank . |
| 3 | What happened was that the various decisions were taken by technicians and others in staff positions and fed into the line management structure . |
| 4 | The problem each system faced was that the matching process created a large number of partial solutions , and various heuristics had to be used to cut down the search space . |
| 5 | The explanation offered was that the facilitating effects of general arousal in the left hemisphere were offset by the cognitive load of remembering the set of words . |
| 6 | All that Anselm demanded was that the essential basis for carrying out his duties as archbishop should remain inviolate . |
| 7 | The answer he gave was that the only ground of legitimacy is to be found in the general will of the people , as only the people can say who has the right to rule them . |
| 8 | All he said was that the other boys must have been useless . |
| 9 | What they pleaded for was further experimentation and what they hoped was that the new techniques and acting styles could be extended to other types of films . |
| 10 | ‘ The experience we had was that the only people who bought it more or less were the people who used it , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 11 | One conclusion to emerge from a recent conference at which the Italians and Egyptians met was that the existing Cairo Egyptian Museum should be maintained . |
| 12 | But what neither minister nor the exciseman of the 18th century realised was that the underlying cause was lead poisoning . |