Example sentences of "[verb] was that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the last thing she had expected was that John would take advantage of it , especially after so long an absence from her , and even more especially after the crisis they had endured and survived together these months past . |
| 2 | Little did we know that G P T did n't actually write the software properly , and what was happening was that people writing new numbers in were knocking out the old numbers , alright ? |
| 3 | What it did not want the public to know was that Blake had been authorised to do shady deals with Russian intelligence , including the betrayal of MI6 agents in East Germany , and the whole plan had backfired because he was a spy already . |
| 4 | What Mickey did not know was that Mrs Moon was so concerned about the loss of her pension book that she had offered £1,000,000 to anyone who found it ! |
| 5 | What Geraci still did n't know was that Zen had no recent operational experience in Rome or anywhere else . |
| 6 | What he did n't know was that Myeloski wanted to share his knowledge with the Englishman . |
| 7 | What I did know was that Shadwell was involved . |
| 8 | What I did not know was that Vivien Eliot was in the audience . |
| 9 | What outsiders did n't know was that Bowyer 's remarks had been based on his own fruitless attempts to sign a big name Catholic — Jim McFadden of Cliftonville . |
| 10 | She did n't know but what she did know was that Fernando would n't do anything to hurt anyone … only herself , as he had threatened when she had first arrived here at the lovely Casa Pinar . |
| 11 | What she did not know was that Freddie had two children by his other woman . |
| 12 | What she did not know was that Moran , with his good looks and military fame , had once been king of these barn dances and now that he had neither youth nor fame would not take a lesser place . |
| 13 | One thing William did know was that Uncle Titch had once worked in a circus . |
| 14 | What he did know was that Joe liked to be surrounded by young men . |
| 15 | Now what that does of course is close off the centre line and what found was that people who were positive communicators as they spoke to somebody they presented the centre line to them . |
| 16 | What DID matter was that Kylie , little sweet innocent Charlene was TOPLESS . |
| 17 | The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating the commercial fish species , examination of their stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales were actually feeding on yellowtail . |
| 18 | She guessed that what was being said was that Piphros was the control , the experiment running alongside the real one , that indicated the result that could be expected with a known norm . |
| 19 | ‘ One thing in particular I noticed was that Liverpool girls do n't mind shelling out the money to get what they really want . |
| 20 | According to Robin Cranko , he consulted John 's headmaster , St John Nitch , and the advice he received was that John would not be suited to a rigid academic life , or work in an office or commerce . |
| 21 | I think what happened was that Nick had been hanging around waiting to get hold of her . |
| 22 | What happened was that farmers , seeking more land , encroached into the flood plain where the river had split into a number of channels . |
| 23 | I think what was in the village news it arose out of those children 's survey down there and what happened was that Mrs did n't think we 'd er put in perhaps as politely as we should . |
| 24 | How that happened was that Darren , the apple of her grandmotherly eye , was kicked out of the Rainbow Crche for spitting and language , so she dragged him all over till she found the butis . |
| 25 | ‘ He told me that what actually happened was that people would meet Mr Clough in a motorway service station and that Mr Clough would be handed a bag of money . |
| 26 | What happened was that speakers gradually and variably began to use open [ α : ] in environments where [ a : ] had formerly been used : the process was one of substitution rather than change sensu stricto . |
| 27 | The first point which everybody had overlooked was that Wordsworth hoped ‘ to make money ’ with Lyrical Ballads , and presumably thought that he had gone some way in making concessions to popular taste . |
| 28 | All he could remember was that TOWs were shipped at some point ; that ‘ the price asked for the military was twelve million two ’ ; that the aircraft could turn round and abort the delivery if the hostages were not released , which he thought was ‘ a most unusual thing ’ ; and that it was definitely not ‘ the Khomeini ’ with whom he had been doing business . |
| 29 | The only bright spot on the horizon as far as she could see was that Barney must have turned the corner and be getting better . |
| 30 | The main danger to Burnell and Wright both going was that Ireland 's tour de force last Saturday would catapult the abrasive Peter Clohessy into the squad . |