Example sentences of "[vb infin] was that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I did n't know was that this species , again in marked contrast to the Mbuna norm , is a precocious spawner , and one morning I discovered my by now 1.5″ female brooding . |
| 2 | To contemporary commentators like Fyvel , the only other section of the population who behaved in such a way were the homosexuals ; what he did n't know was that this pursuit of pleasure , and concentration on self , were exactly those traits that would become desirable , and eventually , socially acceptable , with the extraordinary success of Elvis Presley and the Teen age that followed . |
| 3 | What I did not anticipate was that this would prove to be a matter as much of intrigue and scandal as of science . |
| 4 | What Myeloski did n't appreciate was that that was how the plane was meant to be landed in such terrible conditions , that he had witnessed a superb piece of flying by a highly trained pilot . |
| 5 | What Ken , as technically-minded as ever , did n't notice was that all the clocks had been set to go off in the middle of the night — which , needless to say , they all did . |
| 6 | All they could imagine was that some new sort of tax was to be imposed on them . |