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Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] that [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	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 .
2	It was n't that Nisodemus was stupid .
3	It was n't that Amy was dirty ; she was continually washing herself , her hair , her few clothes .
4	It was n't that Ice-T never got to meet the highly desirable Coffy , whose destruction of dope dealers took place to the accompaniment of a Roy Ayers score , but rather that he and Hinojosa failed to obtain the rights to a James Brown track from the movie Black Caesar .
5	It was n't that Katherine was n't enamoured of Paris .
6	It was n't that Miss Hatherby was in a state of undress , had her hair in curlers or anything obviously embarrassing like that .
7	It was n't that people did not spread false rumours .
8	It was n't that people were stupid .
9	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 .
10	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 .
11	It was not that Nelson had died there , nor was it because many years ago the crucifix that hung there demanded obeisance .
12	It was not that Russia is poor — many countries in Asia , Africa and Latin America are poorer .
13	It was not that men held the power , but that men were the power .
14	It was not that evangelicals or Quakers or even more rational Christians doubted their ultimate dependence on Providence .
15	It was not that God let him get out of hand because he was too weak to control him .
16	It was not that Mr Grey 's enthusiasm for selling books had waned , rather that he was convinced of the advantages of diversification .
17	Those people who did not have access to that sort of platform took their protests onto the streets and it was here that Ian Paisley and his followers earned their public reputation .
18	Perhaps the decision was made because it was here that Manzoni fell when attempting to negotiate a stairway with more enthusiasm than regard for his age .
19	It was here that Minton , whilst sunbathing out at sea on a lilo narrowly escaped the shark which , tempted by a lump of goat meat on a steel hook , was hauled in the next day .
20	They were far more likely to be concealed in one of the buildings round about and it was here that Owen was concentrating the search .
21	This was obviously much more convenient , and it was here that Father Daley and his housekeeper moved .
22	It was here that Oxford began to show their true worth .
23	Legend has it that it was here that Yusuf met his death beneath the hooves of his enemies , steeds ; here also that El Cid received a fatal wound .
24	It was here that Sigmar fought his famous battle against the Orcs .
25	It was here that Aenarion 's sacred armour was forged , along with enough swords and suits of armour to outfit an army .
26	It was here that Arthur fought and killed the giant Ritho , a fierce character who lived on the slopes of the mountain and wore a cloak made from the beards of chiefs he had slain .
27	Beck devotes more space to this project than any other and rightly so because it was here that Jacopo della Quercia poured forth his genius in psychologically charged narratives and compelling statuary .
28	It was here that Mrs Thatcher came to rest .
29	It was here that Mrs Curdle heated her great flat-iron , propping it up on its back with the ironing surface pressed to the glowing red bars .
30	It was here that Sinclair Research , headed by Clive Sinclair , Britain 's best known electronic entrepreneur , designed the ZX80 , ZX81 and Spectrum computers .