Example sentences of "that [was/were] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a real tan to show off to everyone , when I got home , and that was tomorrow morning at 4.00am . |
| 2 | That was generally punishment enough for any offender . |
| 3 | That was strictly business as far as I was concerned . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd read my Gervasutti on the Olan adventure of course , in Gervasutti 's Climbs ( Diadem , 1978 ) , but that was strictly dreamer 's stuff . |
| 5 | That was just slavery . |
| 6 | Mhm , that was just part of the job then |
| 7 | And that was just birthday |
| 8 | That was just exuberance on the part of the children and teachers when they chopped off all her hair and Super Glued it to her chin . |
| 9 | Erm but that was just group leader stuff really . |
| 10 | ‘ But I do n't even mean anything like that ; that was just background for the film . |
| 11 | We reckoned that was about quarter of a page . |
| 12 | Critics say that was merely Hallucination . |
| 13 | That was never part of my business or intention . |
| 14 | That was basically spite , of course , but you always start as you mean to go on . |
| 15 | That was only pub that was allowed to keep open till This is af this is after the er licence come in like closing them up and opening in afternoon . |
| 16 | That was only part of the story . |
| 17 | But that was only part of the reason . |
| 18 | It is also worth remembering that when they put in for an application for ten flats , the advice from the Authority was that was only development and no parking , |
| 19 | Course that was only time it was ever fired because it was , it had caused that much disturbance and disruption with the gun . |
| 20 | Dr Nanayakkara , consultant paediatrician at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital , had diagnosed blood poisoning and pneumonia in Liam , and under cross-examination agreed that was possibly life threatening . |
| 21 | Now you could say that was perhaps maintenance , but it 's all been cleaned , it 's been repointed , there are new lanterns , they 've done all the paintwork and they made such a beautiful job of it , it 's really almost for the craftsmanship and the care that we gave them a certificate for that as well . |