Example sentences of "and that was [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the whole time I was anorexic , there is only one reference in my diary to feeling cold , and that was when the school heating system failed . |
| 2 | And that was when the university was very much on the British Council circuit . |
| 3 | Some water came up and hit my bum , and that was when the phone went . |
| 4 | Only one thing she drew the line at and that was when the prostitution took up bairns . |
| 5 | Gloucester were roared out and that was where the hospitality finished . |
| 6 | AND THAT WAS JUST THE START OF A THOROUGH RENOVATION THAT 'S TAKEN 20 YEARS TO COMPLETE . |
| 7 | Er er and and and that was n't the case . |
| 8 | But joint Charlton manager Alan Curbishley said : ‘ Nobody begrudged Robert his move — and that was not the case with a couple of players when they left . ’ |
| 9 | One lick led to another , in her experience , and that was not the idea this afternoon , there were serious things in train . |
| 10 | And that was not the feeling engendered by her relations with either of the Crumwallises , for example , or with Mr McWhirter . |
| 11 | And that was not the end of it , for there were permutations . |
| 12 | Influenced by our strong local-government showing in Birmingham and the Midlands , I advised June and that was clearly the majority view . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Sometimes it 's just because we want our curiosity satisfied , and that was obviously the case with Nicodemus . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And that was only the beginning . |