Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] of [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the Nene Valley potters were capable of much finer work than the Wisbech example is clear from a fine figure on a large vessel from Bannaventa ( fig. 14.26a ) . |
| 2 | Maud , who was afraid of exactly this possibility , glowered whitely at him . |
| 3 | It was full of even more weasel and imprecise words than usual . |
| 4 | Although the room and the whole house was full of really good stuff made or renovated by Dadda , secretly he valued nothing more than this bust . |
| 5 | He was aware of only one pay-out to a salmon farm , and he was not sure if that money had come from the emergency fund . |
| 6 | The acting superintendent-nurse , Miss Worthington , was brought before the committee and questioned about the condition of certain bed-ridden patients , to which she replied that she was aware of only one case with a bedsore , and of two others who had already had them when they were brought in . |