Example sentences of "it [was/were] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it were about that height . |
| 2 | starting a little brown smoulder mark it were like that all the through the electric blanket of course all the through the the sheets all through the sheets and blankets and it had just coming through the top counterpane we used have a |
| 3 | Other one would learnt how to open a crack , and it were in that cage , and it could hear birds outside . |
| 4 | well there was no weir er there , it was just , it was above that |
| 5 | No , it was past that . |
| 6 | Handsome stations were built on the line eastwards from Colombo towards Galle because it was along that coast that lawyers and civil servants had their bungalows . |
| 7 | I , standing on my tiptoes I could n't see out the window to , to look out to the stage erm , and there was a huge step up , it was about that , which was great for people 's bad backs and if you got up on that , erm then you sat on top of a very high cocktail chair , in fact one of our people had to kneel on top of the high cocktail chair , to look , to see down , over the window , down to the stage and they did n't give us a sound feed which would sound familiar |
| 8 | Er no er it was about that jumper look |
| 9 | It was about that short . |
| 10 | Spid I remember when me and my Mum had to catch one in a fishing net and throw it down the toilet cos my Dad were n't there and it was about that big ! |
| 11 | P-E had on occasions recommended clients to Lyn Brua , an American who had founded the London office of Heidrick and Struggles , and it was through that connection he decided to join the executive search industry . |
| 12 | The loss of my sister was not entirely beyond my comprehension as it was beyond that of my other sisters . |
| 13 | I 'm not saying it was worth that but she payed . |
| 14 | The coypu-control man must have come on a weekday , though , and it was with that hangover that Adam associated his coming . |
| 15 | We have come through that transition , tough as it was with that unbeatable combination of enthusiasm , commitment , ability and unwavering desire for success . |
| 16 | And the last time you wore it was with that mac , remember that mac ? |
| 17 | It was at that time that I interviewed David 's mother , Margaret Jones , who recalled a three-year-old David discovering a bag of make-up in an upstairs room and plastering himself with it , and how at one point she thought he would become a ballet dancer . |
| 18 | It was at that time , in fact , that he met Andy Warhol . |
| 19 | Perhaps it was at that same party that Marevna , who stayed until dawn , saw Modigliani and Beatrice fighting ferociously until Modi grabbed her and flung her through a closed window . |
| 20 | It was at that precise moment that James became aware of PC Charlton . |
| 21 | It is possible this is a case of hindsight colouring my memory , but I have a distinct feeling that it was at that moment I first sensed something odd , something duplicitous perhaps , about this apparently charming American gentleman . |
| 22 | It was at that meeting that Dista proposed a new wording for the Data sheet — the standard form of recommendation to doctors on how a drug should be administered . |
| 23 | It was at that time he wrote the first of a series of Scots novels which were to secure for him a place in the history of literature . |
| 24 | I felt wonderful , and it was at that moment that I realised that if I started taking my athletics seriously , if I started training properly , if I started listening to Ron , then maybe I could do something in the sport . |
| 25 | It was at that time like wine to be in the presence of the Lusignan Bastard , ebullient , assured of success , glowing with pride in himself and his army . |
| 26 | It was at that moment that she had resolved to tell Nick Morley everything that had happened to her . |
| 27 | It was at that point that Edward recalled the constable 's other words and how they had troubled him even then — seeming to carry a sinister note , a warning . |
| 28 | It was at that moment that he ventured to propose to her . |
| 29 | ‘ It was at that place I told you about that I knew him , ’ he said to Lili . |
| 30 | This was the first thought he had ever had of the commune , it was at that moment it first came to him , out on the terrace sitting beside Rufus under Hilbert 's umbrella , while the Vermstroy man hunted his quarry along the woodland streams and Mary pursued him with cries of protest . |