Example sentences of "[adj] was [adv] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Full skirts — goodness knows how many petticoats made walking very hard , so all this almost enforced leisure upon them , and this was again part of the duty of the woman to show that she did n't need to work , she did n't in fact even have to lift a finger because the man or her servants would do all this for her . |
| 2 | It is also worth noting that , as the analysts became immersed in the detailed examination , there was a tendency to forget that this was still part of the systems thinking stage , and that the models , activities and related information needs were those that were desirable in systems terms , and not did not necessarily reflect the real situation . |
| 3 | Mhm , that was just part of the job then |
| 4 | That was just exuberance on the part of the children and teachers when they chopped off all her hair and Super Glued it to her chin . |
| 5 | ‘ But I do n't even mean anything like that ; that was just background for the film . |
| 6 | That was only part of the story . |
| 7 | But that was only part of the reason . |
| 8 | In only two cases was there a demolition against the advice of the Advisory Board ; neither case involved a listed building and in neither was there objection from the planning authority . |