Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LEFT Home computers were unheard-of only a couple of decades ago ; now they have become routine magic' . |
| 2 | If this were true then the fact of having to report the indicators may encourage managers to achieve their targets . |
| 3 | Was that just a shadow by the house , or was someone hiding there , watching her ? |
| 4 | Was that even a tear in his eye ? |
| 5 | Was that quite a kind of regular thing ? |
| 6 | Now , now you were saying before your father er was unemployed quite a lot of the time during your childhood erm did he actually get any Unemployment Benefit while he was on the dole ? |
| 7 | Helen replied enigmatically that it was all just a question of experience . |
| 8 | Maybe it was all just a game to him , these stirring pulses and loaded glances , and chemical reactions . |
| 9 | It was all just a sort of angry joke because the rest of the gang , and Ashton in particular , would n't agree with him about the best way to fill holes in . |