Example sentences of "that was [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was simply a letter delivered at the gate just before dusk . |
| 2 | ‘ From what Valesio 's widow has told me , it 's dear that her husband 's contacts with the gang began with a telephone call that was simply a signal for him to go to some prearranged meeting-place . |
| 3 | So it 's not the six thousand figure , that that 's not really relevant as I see it to the debate about the forecast because that was simply a partial opening the bypass . |
| 4 | A face that was simply the front skin of the self concealed and separate |
| 5 | The kind of job , he thought , that was simply an admission of defeat . |
| 6 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 7 | That was nearly a |
| 8 | But that was generally the practice of settled people : Zuwaya were scattered over a vast territory , and although they owned land they were not permanently resident on it . |
| 9 | Certainly we had a minority of outright failures , whose grasp of their work was negligible , but that was generally the case . |
| 10 | Gillian looked at me as if that was rather a stupid question . |
| 11 | Then I was expected , that was rather a nuisance . |
| 12 | Sorry , that was rather a long answer . |
| 13 | That was rather a cheekiest thing to do . |
| 14 | I thought that was rather a lot . |
| 15 | oh that was rather a nice thing to do though for Easter |
| 16 | ‘ That was rather the impression that I gathered , sir , ’ the lawyer said with a lift of one ironic eyebrow . |
| 17 | May be I 'm being a little unkind but that was rather the impression I got . |
| 18 | The midwife said to me , ‘ This child has been on this earth before ’ and I thought that was rather an odd thing to say , but the midwife seemed quite adamant . |
| 19 | ‘ We were criticised in '91 for our lack of marketing expertise … that was both a disappointment and a learning experience ’ , reflected Rowlands in Catania . |
| 20 | That was neither an end , nor a beginning . |
| 21 | They had had £10 : 1s. : 0d. advanced to them but divided between the two men for the 2½ months labour that was scarcely a good wage … average perhaps . |
| 22 | Er I as I recollect it , that was largely the view the the Secretary of State took when he when he approved the plan and indeed there is a relationship between most of the policies . |
| 23 | That was effectively the end of Liverpool 's challenge , and Spartak confirmed their greater class with a second three minutes from time . |
| 24 | That was evidently the conclusion reached by the magistrate in the present case . |
| 25 | That was clearly a catastrophic way to run a modern mixed economy . ’ |
| 26 | Influenced by our strong local-government showing in Birmingham and the Midlands , I advised June and that was clearly the majority view . |
| 27 | In 1923 , when the Liberals found themselves in much the same situation as Mr Ashdown is hoping for today , Asquith told them that they ‘ were not sent here by your constituents to play the part of soldiers of fortune ’ , but that was exactly the part they found themselves playing then , and will find themselves playing now if we get a hung Parliament , and they will be unsuccessful mercenaries at that . |
| 28 | Eventually he bent over and told the Head Girl to kick him ; she was amazed but she did so — just stepped forward and kicked him and that was exactly the step he wanted . |
| 29 | Nor was it a fluke , as the bass player in the band , not to be outdone , bought a Fender Precision from Selmer 's a week later that was exactly the same colour . |
| 30 | That was exactly the point . |