Example sentences of "that was [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A face that was simply the front skin of the self concealed and separate |
| 2 | That was why the small crowd of villagers stood near , to catch a word , an expression on her face , to touch her hand or sleeve . |
| 3 | May and June were the peak months for marriages in pastoral districts for that was when the annual farm cycle and period of service ended there . |
| 4 | The arrangement was to wait until after six because that was when the cheap rate started . |
| 5 | That was when the little woman with the pencil in her hair came in and said that was the end of the time unless we wanted to extend it . |
| 6 | ‘ That was when the acting bug really bit me , ’ he habitually recounted . |
| 7 | That was where the first pill-box was . |
| 8 | She might be able to convince herself that the momentary flash of madness she 'd experienced , in thinking that she was falling in love with Luke Calder , was merely the result of stress , but it did n't change the fact that she was greatly attracted to him , and that was where the true danger lay . |
| 9 | It used to be called Am Graben which is German for ‘ the moat ’ because that was where the medieval city walls ran . |
| 10 | Nor was it a fluke , as the bass player in the band , not to be outdone , bought a Fender Precision from Selmer 's a week later that was exactly the same colour . |
| 11 | That was also the political judgment of the terrorists , or they would not be so anxious to be interviewed by the media or so against the ban . |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't find a mirror I liked or that was even the right size , so I decided to have one handmade that would incorporate the colours and the theme of the living room , ’ said Geoff . |
| 13 | And that was just the second post . ’ |
| 14 | And that was just the first shampoo ! |
| 15 | That was not the Chelonian way ! |
| 16 | That was not the only memory they would treasure . |
| 17 | It had been estimated that savings of up to £40,000 a school could be made through closures , but that was not the only factor taken into consideration , he said . |
| 18 | That was not the only service rendered by Clement to Edward : he exonerated the king from his oath to the barons concerning the Confirmation of the Charters in 1297 and annulled the clauses in the Articles on the Charters in 1300 which prescribed twice-yearly excommunication of all violators of Magna Carta and of the Forest Charter . |
| 19 | Mary herself had to sign her act of revocation in 1555 , and that was not the only matter for which the queen 's signature was necessary . |
| 20 | But that was not the only difference between the two men . |
| 21 | The search for dollars led to grandiose plans for African economic development , most famously the groundnuts scheme , though that was not the only madcap project to surface in this period . |
| 22 | But that was not the first time her husband 's penchant for hiding cash had nearly cost her dearly . |
| 23 | Hopper 's film , which he first began writing four years earlier , had now also become a touch dated but that was not the major problem . |
| 24 | Perhaps that was not the ideal place to lodge her . |
| 25 | Then I should think you came up here , and that was probably the first time you realised what had happened . |
| 26 | And that was probably the main complaint overall was the noise in the small hours . |
| 27 | Not that I complained because I was having a great time with it , but I noticed that there were a few changes and when I went back to England from Mustique , that was probably the last time MainMan existed . |
| 28 | Ordinary kids might go robbing or beating up old ladies , something like that ; I used to come down here 'cause I knew that was n't the right way to let out the aggression . |
| 29 | Then it was burden , but that was n't the right word either . |
| 30 | No , that was n't the right word . |