Example sentences of "and [pron] [was/were] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uncle Tommy , his only brother , used to tell me , in jocular fashion , that the only difference between Daddy and himself was that Daddy went into work and he ran away from it . |
| 2 | ‘ And who was that Fernando ? |
| 3 | As usual he was immaculate in a dark suit with a faint pinstripe , and there was that fastidiousness about him which , somehow , missed being clinical ; it emphasised his aloofness , yet it also invited , suggested , lured … |
| 4 | A heavy , silver casket was swinging backwards and forwards and there was that smell in the air — a smell of old leaves and perfume and musty , clinging sweetness . |
| 5 | His face was dark purple and there was that look in his eyes again . |
| 6 | The shops were closing and there was that burst of activity before things settled down to the evening calm . |
| 7 | ( And it was that lack of hits which probably helped bring about the suicides . ) |
| 8 | But it was the patronage of Sir John Coke [ q.v. ] , one of the principal secretaries of state from 1625 to 1639 , which lay behind his rise to complete control of foreign and domestic posts in the 1630s ; and it was that achievement which gave him the opportunity both to create a new postal service and to acquire an estate in Essex worth £800 a year . |
| 9 | Sharpe had taken a royal fortune off the battlefield , and it was that fortune which Jane had stolen from him , and much of which she had already spent on a London house and on silks and on furniture and on jewels and on Lord John 's debts , and on silverware and gold plate and Chinese wallpaper and on lapdogs and satin and on the cabriolet in which Lord John now rode towards the cavalry and battle . |
| 10 | And it was that kind of debate that that went on the last few years . |
| 11 | He was his own father down there and it was that night again when Francis said to me , ‘ Do n't go , ’ and this time I had n't . |
| 12 | I do n't know of any boxing match that 's ever captured the interest of people and it was that night , course we never heard the result , not until we got to Egypt , you there was no wireless you see , you did n't know what was happening at all . |
| 13 | And it was that distress , outwardly forgotten , which had been the root cause of her lifelong claustrophobia . |
| 14 | Everton 's crisp passing bewildered Tottenham , and it was that fellow Beardsley running the show . |
| 15 | And it was that habit of speaking his mind that led to his downfall . |
| 16 | Mother was a Tallentire and it was that side of the family which had the interest in music and … well , talent , I suppose , like the first part of their name . |
| 17 | And what was that response ? |
| 18 | And what was that bit about church , anyway ? |