Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [pron] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | US President Ronald Reagan 's visit to the military cemetery at Bitburg in 1985 , and the subsequent Historian 's Debate , for example , were exactly what the new right thinkers had in mind . |
| 2 | Was n't there a tiny nagging feeling on watching the re-runs of Butterflies that perhaps he would have been better off sticking to television comedy series and enjoying their rich rewards ? |
| 3 | ‘ But if it 's the giants you 're wanting to fool , then it 'd be the grand old Draoicht Suan , ’ said Pumlumon , and the Gnomes nodded sagely and said that would be it , the Draoicht Suan it would be , the spell that had kept the Trees fast asleep for so many years now , and was n't it a powerful strong spell and Pumlumon the fellow to be spinning it for them all ? |
| 4 | They thought that Goibniu was looking happy ( although it was always difficult to tell with giants ) and thought , was n't it a fine old thing to see how well the designs were being received and was n't it great , altogether , to see how well received the Oakapple 's sketches were , because had n't he been the guiding light behind most of the work ? |
| 5 | Was n't it the then Prime Minister who provided the recipe for her husband 's favourite salmon fishcakes ? |