Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | all you told me was that Miss was retiring . |
| 2 | What he told me was that M. Chaillot adored the company of women and would wish to charm me . |
| 3 | I think I just assumed he was that sort of person and night-time did that to him . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm surprised at yer. , mate , I never reckoned you was that kind of bloke . |
| 5 | Fringe , flat out at racing pace , had a wildness about him I could n't really control and I guessed it was that quality which won him races . |
| 6 | I said I thought it was that way but , you know , agreed with them . |
| 7 | I thought it was that wife . |
| 8 | At first Grainne thought it was that power was stealing over them , and then she thought that it was not power but strength , only that did not seem quite right either . |
| 9 | You thought he was that kind of bloke ? ’ |
| 10 | There were scales I would hear in music and I used to think to myself , ‘ I need to learn that scale , ’ or , ‘ I need to learn how he got that effect using that scale with those chords , ’ and basically what Joe gave me was that sort of thinking . |