Sentence examples of "how it was that" in English

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Tom was wondering what it was that dragged her so, towards the end of all sentences and thought: "Come to me, Mary!" Tom fragte sich, was sie an all den Satzenden so anziehend fand und dachte: "Komm zu mir zurück, Mary!"
She was surprised that it was that late. Sie war überrascht, dass es schon so spät war.
Lord, I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing. O Gott, ich frage mich, welcher Narr das Küssen erfunden haben mag.
This is how it stands. Das ist der Stand der Dinge.
Who the devil was that? Wer zum Teufel war das?
It was cold yesterday, but it is still colder today. Gestern war es kalt, aber heute ist es noch kälter.
I'm telling you – that's how it happened. Glaube mir - so ist es passiert.
The problem was that I had nothing to say to him. Das Problem war, dass ich ihm nichts zu sagen hatte.
Even though it was very cold, we went out. Wenngleich es sehr kalt war, gingen wir aus.
How it blows! Wie das bläst!
I knew he was angry, but I didn't think he was that angry. Ich wusste, dass er wütend war, aber ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass er derart wütend wäre.
It was very considerate of Mr. Yamada to send his secretary a bouquet of flowers on her birthday. Es war sehr aufmerksam von Herrn Yamada, seiner Sekretärin an ihrem Geburtstag einen Blumenstrauß zu schicken.
Tom gave Mary a detailed explanation of how it worked. Tom erklärte Maria eingehend, wie es funktionierte.
Was that not clear? War das nicht klar?
It was a great victory for Jackson. Es war ein großer Sieg für Jackson.
That's how it is. So ist es eben.
The reason both brothers gave for remaining bachelors was that they couldn't support both airplanes and a wife. Der Grund, den beide Brüder dafür angaben, Junggesellen geblieben zu sein, war, dass sie nicht sowohl Flugzeuge als auch eine Frau unterhalten könnten.
All of it was delicious! Alles war köstlich!
This is how it all came about. So hat es sich gefügt.
Was that you on TV last night? Warst du das gestern Abend im Fernsehen?
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