Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [subord] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if a great machine had been left running so long that no one had noticed , or cared , that it was running down . |
| 2 | All the air shrilled , and it was as if a great wave broke over her . |
| 3 | It was as if a great load fell from his shoulders . |
| 4 | It was as if a great void had opened and I could not at first believe that there would be no more visits to the balere with him . |
| 5 | It was as if a great burden had been lifted from the shoulders of the people . |