Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was no comfort at all to know she was probably the only female in existence who did n't thrill to its rich , deep tones , who was left completely unmoved by its huskily sensual undertones . |
| 2 | Just as Rachel gave Hollywood an inkling of his class , and Desert Rats reassured them as to his reliability , The Robe showed that he could almost carry what were really the worn-out carcases of a clapped-out era . |
| 3 | Here a building is shown which was probably the old Vicarage , later to be the first Halling school . |
| 4 | I know it was only the extra weight of the Cross that got me up that hill . |
| 5 | All right , I know it was hardly the All-England championships ; I know it was only the badminton club doubles competition . |
| 6 | He was speaking very much more quietly than when he first came in and occasionally looked reproachfully at the door as if the thing which had depressed him was just the other side of it . |
| 7 | ‘ In reality , we believe he was simply the perfect rapist . ’ |
| 8 | I believe it was once the private property of Tsar Nicholas . |
| 9 | As a result , Haslam inherited what was then the plastic-film group , which was at an embryonic stage of development . |
| 10 | He said , with his back to me , until you went away I thought it was just the usual thing . |
| 11 | I thought it was probably the other one who had rung , on the cadge . ’ |
| 12 | That is , he thought he was still the amiable , easy-going champion he had been , when in reality he was a harried man who was beginning to learn about defeat and humiliation . |
| 13 | Thaw , 50 , admitted it was probably the huge success of the opera-loving sleuth Morse that clinched the award . |
| 14 | He gave her a wide toothy grin , and immediately realized it was exactly the wrong approach . |
| 15 | In my case , for four or five years I think I was probably the only person that played with digital delays and two amps and all that , and it was like a new thing . |
| 16 | I think it was just the final end of a long line of demands that he 'd been making . |
| 17 | I think it was probably the other day because erm the wa the ducks were swimming on the road at er six o'clock just on the road near the baths |
| 18 | No I think it was purely the financial aspect of the thing . |
| 19 | And I remembered it was here the dumb woman lived . |
| 20 | It extends to musicians , singers , managers , electricians , waitresses and doormen — all those who supported what was once the major leisure activity in our country . |
| 21 | Several times he apologised for using what was perhaps the wrong word . |
| 22 | Maybe she wished it was still the young man who shared her bed instead of a man who-was almost old enough to be her father . |