Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] was [adv] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept thinking that perhaps you were still in Australia , but I expect that was just an excuse ! |
| 2 | She also looked very young and unsure of herself , but Kate knew that was just an illusion . |
| 3 | True there 'd been found in Alicia 's desk , but everyone thought that was just an accident , now they began to wonder if someone had put them there , not Alicia , Lizzie would n't do a thing like that , but somebody , it was getting near half term and new the girls were excited because some of them were expecting visits from there parents . |
| 4 | Hungry for political office , they knew this was only an inoculation . |
| 5 | He asked me to resign , but I think that was just an excuse to get rid of me because he 's jealous of my work ! ’ she finished baldly , quite unable to dress up the truth . |