Example sentences of "that [was/were] [adv] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old colliers used to say that in the mines sometimes you could hear noises that were not just the noise of settlement or movement but something different , the feeling that someone else that you could n't see was working near you . |
| 2 | The lulling cushion of blood-heat saline solution I floated on did help me to neglect those bodily fears that were so much a part of me . |
| 3 | She had grown used to the tiny sounds that were so much a part of Seawitch , just as she had grown used to the boat 's continually changing motion . |
| 4 | All the vacuum tubes that I know of that are made today — every single one of them — come from countries that were behind either the Iron or Bamboo curtain — Russia , China , Yugoslavia to be specific . |
| 5 | All the vacuum tubes that I know of that are made today — every single one of them — come from countries that were behind either the Iron or Bamboo curtain — Russia , China , Yugoslavia to be specific . |
| 6 | The likes of Scotland 's economy that was on nearly every trade union agenda at conferences . |
| 7 | What on earth was she supposed to wear for this evening with Dane — this evening that was n't exactly a date , yet she could think of no other description for it ? |
| 8 | Since the arrival of the letter a coldness had grown inside her , and a pain in her throat that was n't really a pain but a hard , tight ball of anger . |
| 9 | The modified theory can not be tested in any way that was not also a test of the original theory . |
| 10 | I had a dream that was not quite a dream . |
| 11 | POPE John Paul this weekend starts a trip that was once only the stuff of his dreams and prayers his first visit to the former Soviet Union . |
| 12 | Starting a trip that was once only the stuff of his dreams and prayers , the Pontiff said Lithuanians could now enjoy freedom ‘ after a long period of sufferings , trials and martyrdom . ’ |
| 13 | His father cleared his throat and said in a voice that was now almost a whisper : ‘ So it 's all settled then ? ’ |