Example sentences of "[was/were] then that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was then that a friend who was also a water-power enthusiast suggested a compressor . |
| 2 | George Sandeman , the company 's general manager flew in from the Douro valley to present Witchery proprietor James Thomson with the award , and it was then that a decision was made to offer a unique dinner to readers of The Scotsman . |
| 3 | It was then that the dragoman displayed his sole talent : the ability to bark like a dog . |
| 4 | The date of this burial , around 1380 BC , may be very significant , for it was then that the Labyrinth was virtually abandoned and the development of Minoan culture took a new direction . |
| 5 | It was then that the Queen dropped her bombshell . |
| 6 | It was then that the church treasury was showered with gifts of the finest reliquaries and liturgical items goldsmiths could make . |
| 7 | To her surprise an answering smile dawned in his eyes and finally reached his thin , sardonic lips — and it was then that the idea came into her head . |
| 8 | It was then that the prefix ‘ melo ’ was added to the drama . |
| 9 | It was then that the myth of ‘ the bolter ’ was born , that Frances had left her husband and deserted her four children for the love of another man . |
| 10 | Another two moved on shortly afterwards and it was then that the intimidation began . |
| 11 | ‘ For it was then that the Vietminh had in one quick stroke taken over the nationalism of the country , that Ho had achieved the legitimacy of power . ’ |
| 12 | It was then that the thought struck her . |
| 13 | It was then that the thought occurred to him . |
| 14 | It was then that the nobleman managed to throw himself over his confessor in a heroic attempt to protect him . |
| 15 | It was then that the art of the ‘ turning flee ’ came into its own . |
| 16 | It was then that the feeling of utter boredom would assail him and he would be driven to join the crowd for the buses and the queue for a seat in the pictures in Hereford to pass the Saturday afternoon away . |
| 17 | It was then that the seed of doubt had entered him ; then — in that long conversation with Hal 's son , Ben — that he had begun to question it all . |
| 18 | It was then that the peasant beat it — and beat it and beat it and beat it again . |
| 19 | It was then that the signal fire was lit which Allen watched from his tree-top. from end to end of the forest smoke rose in response , and when to east , to west , to south , and north the signal stations were assembled the message went out from the outlaws ' camp : ‘ The Cage is Open . ’ |
| 20 | el-Kefevi ( followed by Ismail Belig ) adds the statement that Mehmed Sah was the first muderris at the Sultan medrese , which fact , if correct , would allow one to place Mehmed Sah 's appointment , and Fahreddin Acemi 's association with him , in the early 820s , since the available information indicates that it was then that the medrese was built . |
| 21 | It was then that the lump in her throat would break and spill the tears from her eyes and cause her to make choking sounds which she did not try to prevent , knowing they would not penetrate Mrs Aggie 's deep snoring . |
| 22 | We used to run direct to Kirkwall via and erm it was then that the post office caught hold of us and wanted us to take on the mails . |
| 23 | It was then that the bullet flew past him , hitting the brass cross and sending the crucifix crashing to the ground . |
| 24 | It was then that the city pastors began asking their brethren in the mountain villages to organise sanctuary for the refugees . |
| 25 | The research team acquired a mine of information , which they decided to put into a teaching pack for midwives and other health professionals , and it was then that the project began to take over Mrs Kelsall 's life . |
| 26 | It was then that the wind changed round to the north-west and the first , and worst , of the storms hit the Flamingo . |
| 27 | It was then that the drama bug had bitten . |
| 28 | It was then that the nation reaped the benefit of the flexible BA curriculum common in universities before the war . |
| 29 | It was then that the club 's management co-operative gave Mr Stringer so much support , and the relationship is now reciprocated with Mr Stringer only too happy for the role of coaches Dave Williams and Mike Walker to be appreciated . |