Example sentences of "[pers pn] was that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I asked him was that pounds or dollars and he said dollars , so I said sure that 's not so bad and offered him £5 off the price of a new sweater . |
| 2 | The changes of 1980 left local authorities in what was still a strong and , if they wished , an influential position in determining what it was that governors and schools should put their name to . |
| 3 | And so it was that plans went ahead . |
| 4 | I do n't know how long it was that things had been going badly for them but I do know there were problems . |
| 5 | But the larger and more important the elected body , the more likely it was that women 's suitability — and especially married women 's suitability — would be called into question . |
| 6 | And in the meantime , since he had spoken of things she ought to learn , she would see if he could tell her just what it was that women like Marie Moon and Audrey Covington-Pym did to stop themselves from bearing child after child after child . |
| 7 | They will be of some use in working out what it was that testators hoped to achieve by adding on a trust disposition to provisions at civil law . |
| 8 | Yet if there was one principle to which classical ( and even post-classical ) law had held fast , it was that trusts were actionable only in personam . |
| 9 | But then it was that thoughts began to penetrate her desire-clouded mind — the realisation that , should these ribbon ties become undone , then her nightdress would fall straight to the floor — and she would be left — stark naked . |
| 10 | That was part of the trouble , that was how it was that events were set in motion . |