Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [was/were] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This curious animal has what was probably a gut and a set of tubules arising from it ; below this are curious pointed structures . |
| 2 | She says she was only a courier in an operation organised by Lock . |
| 3 | ‘ Jefferson reckons it was just a touch of colic . |
| 4 | PC World chairman Jan Murray reckons it was only a matter of time before PCs lost their premium product status and started being treated like any other commodity item . |
| 5 | FOOTBALL ace Franz Beckenbauer has gone potty — he thinks he was once a flower . |
| 6 | Aside from the usual collection of press releases there was also a letter from an A.N . |
| 7 | In a flash all has disappeared ’ , as the narrator realizes it was only a vision of his youth , now past ( ex.4 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Although George Graham is not condoning what I 've done , he knows it was just a bit of over-exhuberance and a bit of silliness . |