Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] a [adj] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , a number of students suggested that this type of cataphoric reference was a common enough characteristic of the openings of literary texts . |
| 2 | Top marks to Fender for continuing to care for us , the poverty-stricken masses , but while the Squier Hank was a nice enough guitar , we felt that the pickups and hardware were not really up to the standard of an early-to-mid '80s Squier or Tokai . |
| 3 | Jack was a common enough name , but the sound of it , and the touch of mystery associated with the call , made the image of a man swim into Doyle 's mind . |
| 4 | They talked about a project together with director Hal Ashby , who was trying to raise finance for a film based upon a remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice ( which Nicholson later made with Jessica Lange ) , but MGM pulled out because they did not think Michelle Phillips was a big enough name , not apparently appreciating that she was once a starring member of a world-famous singing quartet . |
| 5 | So he created a smokescreen , making the excuse that he did n't think Steve was a good enough guitarist by himself and that we needed a second guitar . |
| 6 | Oh , Shelley , Clive was a nice enough person and he was always good to me , but he was n't right for me , and although I appeared to live happily I used to long for things to be as they were between Felipe and me . |
| 7 | Mardood was a first ever runner at Pontefract for former jump jockey Paul Leach , who trains at Taunton , 250 miles away . |
| 8 | But Jeh 's 20 overs for 74 runs was a decent enough performance in the conditions . |
| 9 | Billy Norfolk was a nice enough bloke , but it was n't much of a marriage . |
| 10 | I knew that Ben was a good enough footballer to play effectively where we wanted him . ’ |
| 11 | Jacqui was an attractive enough bit of stuff , but there were hundreds more like her and why should he stick to one ? |