Example sentences of "it [was/were] that [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to grasp what it was that peace activists thought they were trying to prevent . |
| 2 | It was that phone call that sent me up the cul-de-sac . |
| 3 | The book represents an attempt to explain the series of unexpected corporate failures over the past few years and why it was that company accounts do not appear to have given adequate warning of what was to happen . |
| 4 | It was that Southeast Asia was ‘ the target of a co-ordinated offensive plainly directed by the Kremlin ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ It was that truck driver who was intent on murder , ’ Monica interjected grimly . |
| 6 | But rapture it was that Saturday afternoon in the spring of 1990 when Ian McGeechan 's tartan lads won the Grand Slam , the Triple Crown , the Calcutta Cup and the hearts of all of us numb with tear-stained joy in the stands and terracings of Murrayfield . |
| 7 | Everton 's crisp passing bewildered Tottenham , and it was that fellow Beardsley running the show . |
| 8 | It was that murder mystery thing on last night was n't it ? |
| 9 | Thus it was that youth unemployment brought about , or at the very least greatly hastened , ‘ the new FE ’ , and with it the spread of courses for students with moderate learning difficulties . |