Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SHe knew he was holed up at Roirbak 's place , and was convinced hir instincts were right that Malamute hated Penumbra and was coping with moral dilemmas about what he 'd done for her . |
| 2 | The two key findings of our study , therefore , were firstly that H pylori infection was more commong than expected in our population in 1969 and secondly that acqusition of infection over the subsequent 21 years was a rare occurrence . |
| 3 | In my village there had been historic upheaval over such questions as whether it was right that hymns should be sung in the House of God . |
| 4 | The nineteenth century headteacher who knew he was right that God loved everyone , and would therefore thrash any boy who did not acknowledge that , had in fact paid almost no attention whatever to the content of his belief . |
| 5 | The reason why the Nazis persecuted the Jews was so that people would forget their own problems ; perhaps the reason you do this is so that you can blame someone else for your failings ? |
| 6 | It was only that Doreen I wanted out of my sight . ’ |
| 7 | By the weekend , the legal advice was apparently that ministers could tell Parliament to go hang . |
| 8 | It was when tea was over that Mrs Kirkley said to her daughter , ‘ Would you like to take Millie round the garden , dear ? ’ |
| 9 | It was just that things were getting worse , not better as time passed . |
| 10 | It was not that her therapist was possessed of unusual wisdom or insight and that Scarlet had learned from her : it was just that Scarlet had discerned her way of thought and her approach to the problems which beset the insecure and so found her entirely predictable . |
| 11 | Perhaps it was just that Gildas was closest , he understood most , and although their friendship was impregnable , they could still hurt each other . |
| 12 | It was just that people were people . |
| 13 | It was just that people saying things like that reminded me of one of my all-time favourite cartoons where Dr Watson is saying to Sherlock Holmes : ‘ But if you saw the conditions these Moriartys had to live in , you would n't be so quick to judge . ’ |
| 14 | It was just that Tim and the new show did n't fit together very well . |
| 15 | and er just to , just to sit , it was just that Penny and Kev and Pam and Grant have got different ways in their mind to where we are , we do n't go anywhere in a hurry , I do n't go somewhere and think oh I 've got to be back at ten o'clock |
| 16 | It was not that Nelson had died there , nor was it because many years ago the crucifix that hung there demanded obeisance . |
| 17 | It was not that Jarvis was asking much rent , in fact no estate agent would have believed what he was asking , but the whole point of letting bits of the school was to get enough for him to live on , indeed to get to Cairo and ride on the new 42.5 kilometre , 33-station ENR . |
| 18 | It must be observed that the point of the mother 's stories was not that Daphne should embrace her sister shepherdesses in a sapphic idyll , but , very simply , that she should not allow herself to be seduced . |
| 19 | It was not that Buchanan doubted the accuracy of Kipling 's descriptions of army outrages : soldiers rampaging drunkenly in the streets , for example , fighting with the buckle-ends of their belts . |
| 20 | Their concern was not that others might come here one day and identify the place as having been the kidnappers ' hideout ; rather , that those examiners would never discover who the kidnappers had been . |
| 21 | It was not that Russia is poor — many countries in Asia , Africa and Latin America are poorer . |
| 22 | It was not that men held the power , but that men were the power . |
| 23 | The intention behind Mrs Whitehouse 's actions was not that Bogdanov should be punished , but that the values and beliefs espoused by the NVALA should be seen to be supported , to be successfully and , above all , publicly defended from attack . |
| 24 | The trouble with Cabinet was not that Harold ran it through little cabals , but that there was no focal point of decision-making at all . |
| 25 | It was not that God let him get out of hand because he was too weak to control him . |
| 26 | It was not that Mr Grey 's enthusiasm for selling books had waned , rather that he was convinced of the advantages of diversification . |
| 27 | What she found hardest to forgive was not that Luke had betrayed her . |
| 28 | The problem was not that people had not done their jobs : they had . |
| 29 | It was not that evangelicals or Quakers or even more rational Christians doubted their ultimate dependence on Providence . |
| 30 | The public reaction was generally that parents and doctors should decide . |