Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | ‘ I 'm surprised at yer. , mate , I never reckoned you was that kind of bloke . |
| 9 | Behind stood an impressive array of walls and couloirs , though the Pico del Norte and Illampu would prove forbidden fruits , guarded as they were that year by avalanches of fresh snow . |
| 10 | She said to me when they find out what it is she could soon have you on your feet , but she thought it were that shadow on me lung . |
| 11 | ‘ It were that doctor with the yellow hair , were n't it ? ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ So I thought if he were that kind of driver I would not get involved . |
| 13 | And Philip thought if anyone was a nutcase it was that boy in the wood . |
| 14 | ‘ I bet it was that gang from Elgin Avenue . ’ |
| 15 | It was that brand of challenge by Darren Peacock in the fifth minute that damaged Shearer 's ankle , though he struggled on before succumbing a couple of minutes after the interval . |
| 16 | But my opinion of the book is much the same now as it was that day in Kathmandu . |
| 17 | It was that liability for which the original lessee was concurrently liable . |
| 18 | ( And it was that lack of hits which probably helped bring about the suicides . ) |
| 19 | So it was that night at Hampton Court . |
| 20 | it was that bit of |
| 21 | However , to get him to the point where he might be weaned from the ventilator , one must allow him to sleep and get stronger , so if it was that kind of day or that kind of period , he might have more sedation than other times . |
| 22 | Men of the standing of Peter Elliott were relegated to B races — it was that kind of night . |
| 23 | It was that kind of country , somehow , safe things looked dangerous , specially in the corner of your eye . |
| 24 | He was confronted , briefly , by an Arsenal supporter in the car park an hour after the match and Jensen said : ‘ Yes , Durie was kicking me — but it was that kind of game . ’ |
| 25 | There 's Daddy Dyance diving off desks and whacking boys with the cane — it was that kind of school . |
| 26 | It was that kind of day . |
| 27 | It was that kind of care that had kept him alive so long . |
| 28 | When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight . |
| 29 | And it was that kind of debate that that went on the last few years . |
| 30 | It was that kind of statistical perversion . |