Example sentences of "[adv] it [was/were] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was that that made the soldier lower his rifle , out of a sense of pity . |
| 2 | And so it was that all Hollywood 's difficulties led somewhat accidentally to what Ralph A. Bauer has described as a period whose movies ‘ were perhaps as varied and intriguing ’ as the movies produced in any comparably short period in American history . |
| 3 | In the UK the CAA , too , had been fully involved in every stage of the investigation , and so it was that all the necessary corrective measures were taken as far as the Boeing 707/300–400 series was concerned and the respective airworthiness authorities were fully informed . |
| 4 | Scotland were found sadly lacking in the attacking department , and so it was that this was again highlighted against the English back line . |
| 5 | Partly it was for lack of anything else to be curious about , the usual island obsession with trivialities ; partly it was that one cryptic phrase from Mitford and the discovery about Leverrier ; partly , perhaps mostly , a peculiar feeling that I had a sort of right to visit . |
| 6 | Maybe it was that that precarious balance in her nature — that he loved . |