Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] was that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , nothing is real , we are fortunate to have been reminded by Candy Flip , so who was that quote referring to ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So there was that allocation of system design responsibility right at the outset and that determined who would write the specification for what . |
| 4 | Or perhaps it was that recollection , however poignant , was better than emptiness . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was that paradox — more than any other aspect of its nature — which would finally undo it . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps it was that bump we went over , ’ said Bob hesitantly . |
| 7 | Who was attacking it ? perhaps it was that letter from that bastard up in town . |
| 8 | So it was that night at Hampton Court . |
| 9 | And thus it was that glamour had arrived for our heroine . |
| 10 | Thus it was that Rincewind , hurrying through the crowded , flare-lit evening bazaars of Morpork with the Luggage trundling behind him , jostled a tall dark figure , turned to deliver a few suitable curses , and beheld Death . |
| 11 | Thus it was that youth unemployment brought about , or at the very least greatly hastened , ‘ the new FE ’ , and with it the spread of courses for students with moderate learning difficulties . |
| 12 | Not like who was that man 's enemies and things like that . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was never locked before 9 P.M. It was that night . |
| 15 | Now there was that fellow Roberts . |
| 16 | well it was that area , our mother used to go fetch her she us she came into our yard two or three times but I know |
| 17 | Well it was that shop . |
| 18 | Well what was that problem then ? |
| 19 | And then there was that holiday at the six-bedroomed , six-bathroom pink villa in Marbella for which Mona paid $20,000 in readies . |
| 20 | And then there was that night just before the murder when William came to him with his plan . |
| 21 | But then there was that newspaper review which mentioned that I was your wife , and Eleanor began to hear rumours about us getting back together again . |
| 22 | And then there was that chapel and the kneeling . |
| 23 | But then there was that day she gave me the brooch what she said I was n't never to forget . |
| 24 | I can still see myself sitting there , relaxed and comforted by the warm drink , and then there was that moment when I decided I would resign . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | Then there was that turn-out wiv the boxin' shows . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Again there was that note — defensive and hesitant . |