Example sentences of "it was that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it was that Rincewind , hurrying through the crowded , flare-lit evening bazaars of Morpork with the Luggage trundling behind him , jostled a tall dark figure , turned to deliver a few suitable curses , and beheld Death . |
| 2 | I thought it was that wife . |
| 3 | But it was that voice that really nailed it ; that languid , partly-formed Brooklyn drawl moving somewhere in the area of the tune . |
| 4 | It was that voice again . |
| 5 | when you went shopping you could shop everywhere and a quarter of tea it was that price every shop , there was no competitiveness about it |
| 6 | Miss Evans replied : ‘ I 'm sure it was that date . ’ |
| 7 | Now the I 'm just trying to think of some some of those pictures that are in there now there was one , it was that size or in a pair like that lovely looking pictures |
| 8 | It was , it was that size |
| 9 | And Philip thought if anyone was a nutcase it was that boy in the wood . |
| 10 | It was that look , almost triumphant , that called up resentment , which in turn restored sanity . |
| 11 | It was that determination which gave her doctors and parents such hope when she underwent a heart and lung transplant ; a last ditch attempt to save her , after her lungs were virtually destroyed by the disease Cystic Fibrosis . |
| 12 | But as his fans at the College agree , it was that determination to give 110% of himself to his audience that made Frankie Howerd , one of the greats of British Comedy . |
| 13 | It was that independence which enabled us to participate in the Gulf war and to initiate the Falklands conflict without having to secure the agreement of our 11 Community colleagues . |
| 14 | Yeah it was that girl that erm that 's why it 's so strange . |
| 15 | It was that disapproval could be conveyed without anger . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A panel of medical and scientific experts based them on how likely it was that cancer had been caused by the victim 's working conditions . |
| 18 | ‘ I bet it was that gang from Elgin Avenue . ’ |
| 19 | my personal view was that we , we should have some form of , two things , one is communicating the realities of the situation , it 's a fairly new market , there was a lot of competitors in the market , coming into the market , there was a lot of confusion in the market there was a lot of confusion in the market as to exactly what it was that customer could buy , there was also a lot of confusion of as to , cos there are different types of customer , and over sixty five , there are about seven different categories , there was a need for someone and I believe it should therefore have been the market leader at that time to if you want to establish principals , establish what they , this was in the market and establish what the elderly would be , would , should look for when purchasing a retirement apartment . |
| 20 | It was that brand of challenge by Darren Peacock in the fifth minute that damaged Shearer 's ankle , though he struggled on before succumbing a couple of minutes after the interval . |
| 21 | But if there was one thing the past weeks had taught her it was that work was an antidote to worry . |
| 22 | The particular Friday night when the Yeti sealed my fate , we went to an end-of-run party for the school play , Doctor Faustus it was that year . |
| 23 | It was that year that the world was introduced to the idea conceived by Sir Rowland Hill — postage stamps — the first of the one penny stamps , black in colour , which could be used to send a letter through the postal system called the Post Office . |
| 24 | I said I thought it was that way but , you know , agreed with them . |
| 25 | It is important to grasp what it was that peace activists thought they were trying to prevent . |
| 26 | Or perhaps it was that recollection , however poignant , was better than emptiness . |
| 27 | It was that phone call that sent me up the cul-de-sac . |
| 28 | He reiterated , with immense care and deliberation , why it was that Sien had come to mean so much to him . |
| 29 | And as far as in the appraisals I mean I found when I did the three s part staff and , and I was , it was that pilot and , and I know |
| 30 | It was that hour just before dawn when the light is at its trickiest , when the spirits of the quarry are at their lowest , the hour of the hunter . |