Example sentences of "[conj] was [adj] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm still not sure whether it was right or wrong , but it certainly got the reaction that was necessary that people appreciated that she was there , she was the Minister for Employment , and indeed she was causing a hell of a lot of problems for G M B members . |
| 2 | I remember Status Quo 's ‘ Down Down ’ , though , and was disappointed that Cud drew back from an attempt at reproducing Quo 's perfect repetition . |
| 3 | Time seemed to halt for Yeremi as he saw d'Arquebus squeeze the trigger , and was sure that d'Arquebus was squandering that single shell , shooting his hellfire bolt off prematurely . |
| 4 | She could feel her heart thumping and was sure that people would see its movement beneath her dress . |
| 5 | She blinked hard , blew her nose , and was relieved that Luke did n't appear to notice anything amiss . |
| 6 | Zborowski took his words literally and was alarmed that Modi had sold his paintings himself . |
| 7 | Much later I heard him showing Mr Mason to his bedroom , and was glad that Mr Rochester sounded so cheerful . |
| 8 | Management was , however , not satisfied that decisions had been really ‘ pushed down ’ into the high-performance teams , and was concerned that production pressures had overridden their concern with group autonomy . |
| 9 | This control experiment showed that deuterium was important in producing the neutrons and was suggestive that fusion between two deuterons ( dd fusion ) was taking place . |
| 10 | She would not have done it , but was disappointed that Urquhart did not make the gesture . |
| 11 | The Science and Engineering Research Council ( SERC ) also responded positively to the policies but was disappointed that opportunities had been missed . |
| 12 | Harry was a little worried to see the water supply diminishing so rapidly but was pleased that Lucy was enjoying herself . |
| 13 | She welcomed the work done and the fact that so many people who had been waiting for so long had been treated , but was concerned that health workers who had been working flat out to reduce the lists would not be able to maintain their work rate . |