Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Honey and Munnford found is that people learn in basically four ways , the first of which is is the activist . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ One thing in particular I noticed was that Liverpool girls do n't mind shelling out the money to get what they really want . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 'm sure a lot of Councillors were gob-smacked , and what happened is that Councillors were caught on the hop . |
| 6 | sort of like what happened is that Robert was sort of like , the three of us sort of chipped in and bought it between us and stuff like that you know , so that all three of us would get the benefit of it |
| 7 | I think what happened was that Nick had been hanging around waiting to get hold of her . |
| 8 | What happened was that farmers , seeking more land , encroached into the flood plain where the river had split into a number of channels . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | What I figured was that EC ai n't playing like EC used to play any more , so I played exactly as if it was a garage band from Seattle ! |
| 14 | The first thing he discovered was that Newley had not died accidentally . |
| 15 | Another issue raised was that Europe was not just a commercial union but a global power bloc which would need to consider external relations outside Europe . |
| 16 | When Tessas were first launched , an immediate objection raised was that people would simply shift money from one pocket to another . |
| 17 | ‘ He fled in that terror , ’ said Cadfael , ‘ and the next he heard was that Tutilo had found the man dead , and so reported him . |
| 18 | But the machine worked for about two centuries , from about 280 to 100 B.C. : and the way it worked was that Rome passed from war to war without giving much thought to the very metaphysical question of whether the wars were meant to gain power for Rome or to keep the allies busy . |
| 19 | The reason the Democrats lost was that Stevenson lacked ‘ the presidential image ’ — which sounds suspiciously like saying he did n't become president because he did n't become president . |
| 20 | What mattered was that things should appear to function well in Sibiu , because Nicu 's presence there had to cast credit on the family . |
| 21 | I , I sort of heard Debbie and Chris talking the other day , and I might have got it totally mixed up , but I reckon , I heard Chris saying that , well basically what I gathered was that Andy might have a different father to Chris and it was Andy 's father that 's died , right ? |
| 22 | What he really felt was that Liam Shakespeare had been vaporized . |
| 23 | All Marr really knew was that Morrissey had written a book about The New York Dolls and was quite prepared to spend the next hour talking about them if nothing else was to stem from the meeting . |
| 24 | All I knew was that North Yemen was on the south western coast of the Arabian peninsula , that the language was Arabic and that the country had been closed to the West until 1962 when a revolution overthrew the ruling Imamate . |
| 25 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 26 | All she knew was that Alain was there , holding her , kissing her , his caresses making her faint , and when he lifted her in his arms she curled against him , her lips trailing soft kisses against his strong neck . |
| 27 | He may have created some drama , but the only thing the scenario proved was that Bowe does n't want to fight Lennox . |
| 28 | Her worst fear had been that Jake would show up before they had even left Lomond View . |
| 29 | Their message had been that boats should stay at least a quarter of a mile away from the whales and that sonar should never be used . |
| 30 | The idea had been that Mr Major would finish with a rousing personal plea just before 9pm so his speech would lead the Nine O'Clock News with live scenes of Tory euphoria . |