Example sentences of "was [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start he was preaching that assurance was essential for salvation ; that is , you could know within you that you were well and truly saved . |
| 2 | He was preaching that evening at a chapel a couple of miles beyond Burford . |
| 3 | It was intended that assessment was made through observation , practical work and discussion during normal lessons . |
| 4 | It is very unlikely it was intended that way . |
| 5 | It had at last been able to start building a hall of residence which had been in abeyance for six years , and the Director was underlining that student accommodation was in short supply in Teesside , and ‘ unless something is done by the provision of fiats , hostels , etc. , to supplement the supply of digs , I can see this being a factor which could really inhibit our development ’ . |
| 6 | Thing is , he was christened that way , and he hates the whole moviestar bit . |
| 7 | I have here a copy of the committee which was formed that night , and also a copy of the minutes , I 'll give each Councillor one , and then they can read it at their leisure , instead of me taking up the whole meeting . |
| 8 | Cos I was using that issue at that time , but we always make the proviso that if things change , you may have to alter your mind about where your money 's placed . |
| 9 | She had a crop of them now that she could n't get rid of , even though she was using that acne treatment that worked wonders for the girl on the telly advert . |
| 10 | It was raining that morning as Sir Maxwell Shaw walked down the village street , a black Labrador at his heels . |
| 11 | An expensive crunch was heard that day , and the dismantled aircraft can now be seen at Socata 's Tarbes factory , ready for a total rebuild . |
| 12 | He watched them rushing through Calais on their way to pay court to Napoleon ( Sonnet : ‘ Is it a reed that 's shaken by the wind ’ ) , and decided , since he regarded the French leader as a despot and a menace to free institutions , that the only course open was to support that party in England which wanted to continue the war , namely the Tories . |
| 13 | There was an immediate inquiry at which evidence was given that Hunt had been running when the race was stopped , but not really racing . |
| 14 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 15 | Er i and it was given that image by pointing the cameras at at at the flats , and then spieling off the crime figures for the whole subdivision . |
| 16 | Their trick this time was to pretend that Parliament was really only a legislature and not also in consequence the effective controller of executive government . |
| 17 | Yeah , well when I was typing that bit — I actually said originally except Lorimer . |
| 18 | It was generally supposed that in the days of wheel spinning six spinners were needed to keep a weaver at work , and the area around the centres of cloth manufacture within which spinning was put out was so much more extensive than that in which the weaving was undertaken that spinning was done " almost everywhere " . |
| 19 | Not until dark , since his intention was to search that patch of ground thoroughly . |
| 20 | India-May was stoned that night . |
| 21 | A civil rights bill went before Congress ; it was still under debate when Kennedy was assassinated that November . |
| 22 | ‘ I was enjoying that cup of tea , ’ he said mournfully . |
| 23 | Lewis was enjoying that Tuesday , the day on which Morse had suddenly spurted into a frenetic flurry of activity . |
| 24 | Buhle was bringing that situation under control . |
| 25 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 26 | window and I sort of pinged the cat 's tray , you know , if I shut the door and walked back in and hid the paint on the side , and on a couple of occasions he was painting that window and suddenly this cat appeared outside |
| 27 | The main intention of the new poor law was to redress that balance , and to persuade those who were able-bodied , but without work , to travel north to find it . |
| 28 | It was recommended that energy conservation be made the responsibility of the Department of the Environment , and that the government 's Energy Efficiency Office be taken out of control of the Department of Energy and made an independent agency . |
| 29 | She was walking that way , and I could hardly ignore her . |
| 30 | And me dad was walking that way . |