Example sentences of "that that [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not normally have said that that was a reflection on the respective debating abilities of the hon. Members for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) and for Blackburn . |
| 2 | That that was a holiday that |
| 3 | Where they repairing client , where there is hopefully an extremely good relationship , we felt that that was a bit dangerous to be sending out a form to the Chief Executive of saying what er do you think of the service . |
| 4 | and felt that that was a bit hairy ! |
| 5 | Remember that that was a year and a half ago . |
| 6 | How would you know that that was a footballer ? |
| 7 | Er , failure to produce his driving licence failure to produce a test certificate for the vehicle and failure to produce his insurance documents and what Mr says in respect of er , those three offenses is that er , the officer , he accepts , did tell him that he was obliged to produce the documents to a police station but he says that he was suffering some shock as a result of the road accident and er he did n't appreciate what the officer was saying to him at the time and , never having had to produce his documents at the police station before er , he had never er no , known that that was a procedure that had to be followed and in the circumstances he did n't pay any attention to the print on the H R T er , one form that was issued to him and he did n't produce the documents . |
| 8 | And what Mr says in respect of er those three offences is that erm the officer , he accepts , did tell him that he was obliged to produce the documents to a police station but he says that he was suffering some shock as a result of the road accident and er he did n't appreciate what the officer was saying to him at the time and , never having had to produce his documents at the police station before , er he had never er known that that was a procedure that had to be followed . |
| 9 | The father says : ‘ It was just sheer luck that that was a toad , not a nuclear train . ’ |
| 10 | Erm I now accept that that was a misreading of Harrogate District Council 's resolution which was rather more ambiguous than I have represented it here . |
| 11 | ‘ I know very little , ’ Lucien said , and was about to add , ‘ it was not part of the Vibrancy studies ’ , but remembered in time that that was a remark suitable only for Walterkin 's ears . |
| 12 | I do not think that that was a failure of finance ; it was simply a failure to understand the issues and to do homework . |
| 13 | Betty said sincerely that that was a shame , in order to prevent Lydia from saying it insincerely , as she was clearly about to do . |