Example sentences of "that [noun sg] [was/were] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He needed success , a clean slate , because that would give him freedom to do much as he chose ; and that freedom was everything in life to Wallace Ellwood . |
| 2 | That confrontation was none of Sharpe 's business ; his concern was with the two horsemen who now faced him in the wood.They glanced past Sharpe , judging how best to rejoin their comrades , though it was clear they wanted Sharpe 's life first . |
| 3 | He had think lips , hardly any lips at all , really , and when he smiled his mouth made a square , and in that square were lots of other smaller squares of teeth . |
| 4 | She had made her point — that Suzi was one on a long , long list , and that Gesner was her parents ' generation . |
| 5 | And that voice was nothing like the voice he had heard on the tape of church music . |
| 6 | The relationship among Crown , ministers , and Parliament in that century was one in which the king relied on his ministers to help formulate policy . |
| 7 | Indeed , that negotiation was something of a farce and I have no reason to have any greater confidence in the present Opposition 's ability to do any better . |