Example sentences of "that [pron] [was/were] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You knew that there was still Darkfall activity when you sent us in ? ’ |
| 2 | The fact that nobody wrote and said that he was brilliant and was a genius convinced him that it was n't Robert Bolt who was at fault or the director Noel Willman , but himself as an actor . |
| 3 | Two packets of Cuppa Soup , but I 'm not sure that it was n't Cuppa Soup , cos I 've said to Thomas , I 'm not at the moment . |
| 4 | Our manager replied that it was not company policy to divulge personal details of employees ( mad joggers or not ! ) and that if she wanted to take it further , she should write in . |
| 5 | It was held that it was not copra cake at all but a substance quite different to that contracted for and , because of this , the sellers could not rely on an exclusion clause purporting to exempt them from liability . |
| 6 | ‘ The opinion was also expressed that it was not party policy to come out and support candidates during local elections . |
| 7 | After about 100,000 years or so , the needle of the compass would abruptly become unstable and then swing round to face in the opposite direction , so that what was once compass north would become compass south , and vice versa . |