Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] that [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am now sure I was that boy in an earlier life . |
| 2 | I was that content with being a mother I 'd decided I did n't want a job until my daughter went to secondary school . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't think you were that kind of girl , ’ he said , ‘ and I sha n't see you again . |
| 4 | She was that type of a person . |
| 5 | She was that sort of girl . |
| 6 | Why had he thought it necessary , she would n't have minded , surely he did n't think she was that sort of person . |
| 7 | She was that sort of person . |
| 8 | looking at other people 's who was that box for ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm surprised at yer. , mate , I never reckoned you was that kind of bloke . |
| 10 | Although it might seem that the advantage was heavily enough with me , ensconced behind a swivel-gun , still there was that memory of improved musculature , of fantastic jumps and fast runs , of irascibility coupled with power . |
| 11 | Tall , lean-hipped and broad-shouldered , he seemed to tower over everyone else , and once again there was that air of casual elegance about him that had her looking him over with her heart in her mouth . |
| 12 | Oh no but you had to because you felt that sort of there there was that bit between you and me was n't there ? |
| 13 | There was that possibility to be considered . |
| 14 | And then there was that holiday at the six-bedroomed , six-bathroom pink villa in Marbella for which Mona paid $20,000 in readies . |
| 15 | I sometimes wonder if there was that kind of risk when God planned the cross from the beginning of time . |
| 16 | The shops were closing and there was that burst of activity before things settled down to the evening calm . |
| 17 | You see if There is going to be a war , and God 's people had also to be warriors and so there was that element of religion as well that that we had to be trained as warriors for the Lord . |
| 18 | The County Council had given permission for a 70 acre toxic waste dump in Ringaskiddy on part of the 1000 acres owned by the IDA — there was that threat over people 's heads . |
| 19 | His face was dark purple and there was that look in his eyes again . |
| 20 | There was that eater of clerics , Clemenceau , observed kissing an Abbe on both cheeks . |
| 21 | ‘ Member … there was that row in the Council . |
| 22 | As usual he was immaculate in a dark suit with a faint pinstripe , and there was that fastidiousness about him which , somehow , missed being clinical ; it emphasised his aloofness , yet it also invited , suggested , lured … |
| 23 | A heavy , silver casket was swinging backwards and forwards and there was that smell in the air — a smell of old leaves and perfume and musty , clinging sweetness . |
| 24 | ‘ There was that Shine On this afternoon then … what was it ? ’ |
| 25 | There was a Victorian air about it somehow there were , there were quite ladies who 'd kept it , almost the same sort of thing as you 'd find out in the country , country Ye Olde Elizabethan Coffee Shop type of thing you know , they they 'd be the er there was that atmosphere about it and you 'd buy lovely cakes and things like that . |
| 26 | But there was that house in his mind , he was building it again , putting room after room . |
| 27 | but it 's also linked , I mean the other thing that I 've got at the back of my mind , is a kind of nightmare , is that when we were talking about the Festival around about March that you know , we spoke to Ingy er you know as a group and then that was all fine and we kept er going along and then , and then there was that sort of dreadful phone call I had from Linda along the lines as I 'm not sure if I 've got any describers |
| 28 | That , that was the , you know there was that sort of spirit , there were very few scroungers er well there were scroungers of course but few people who er who did n't repay if , if they had a drink they bought one back . |
| 29 | There was that difference in their characters , the imperturbability of one , the charisma of the other . |
| 30 | In fact , with his book of Spanish Civil War photographs , for the second edition he did not want them retouched ; he wanted the scratches , etc , left in because there was that feeling about it . |