Example sentences of "[subord] it was that " in BNC.

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1 However , to get him to the point where he might be weaned from the ventilator , one must allow him to sleep and get stronger , so if it was that kind of day or that kind of period , he might have more sedation than other times .
2 So if it was that one , if you could get take that one , it could be anywhere along the plane .
3 It would be written with my pen , you see , if it was that letter .
4 If it was that certain you would n't have got away with it . ’
5 ‘ Do n't be silly , it would have rotted if it was that ancient . ’
6 But the plain fact is , and genuinely I mean this , er , er , erm , if it were as simple working across the boundaries between yourselves and the Health Authority , between yourselves and the private sector , with the voluntary sector , and the great army of unpaid helpers if it was that simple , erm , then we would have moved a long way along that line towards implementation of a humane and caring care in the community twenty years ago , when these debates first started .
7 oh if it , if it was if it w if it was that one I think , I think there was some dis if , if it 's the thing I 'm thinking of there was some discrepancy , I think it was alright in the s on one occasion there was some stuff which I could n't find at the end
8 And any , any major names you could always , if you need , if it was that big yo and important
9 Well he 's he he said he doubted he said he doubted very much if it was that .
10 If it was that number it would be hundreds .
11 Bet if I took his jacket off and put it in that washer it 'd of fallen to bits cos it was that mucky .
12 Society could expect nothing of them but amusement and a disposition to enjoy themselves ; and they had no responsibilities unless it was that of not misleading the chief by wrong deciphering or an incorrect translation . "
13 It had been the custom from early times to name children after their godparents ; precisely because the paternal grandfather was an obvious choice to fulfil such an office for the eldest-born son , the impression we often receive — wrongly , perhaps — is that a specific Christian name was perpetuated just because it was that borne by the male-line grandparent .
14 Kids watched it in their millions every week because it was that rarity : an adult show which listened to their viewpoint .
15 Because it was that point that erm David Berlow made about howthe Condensed Century was done , where he took the Torino serifs and put them on .
16 ‘ If you 're — uh — gay , as they insist on calling it these days , then I 'll just have to accept it , but I shall always blame myself , always wonder where I went wrong with you , wonder whether it was that school I sent you to , I was never sure if it was a mistake or ’
17 I was n't sure whether it was that one , was it Griffiths their name or
18 But my opinion of the book is much the same now as it was that day in Kathmandu .
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