Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you do it in the cabin or was there a bed made up in the back ? |
| 2 | ‘ God witness , ’ said Llewelyn , drumming his long fingers on the arms of his chair in a hard-driven rhythm that was always a key to the stresses of his mind , ‘ it could not have come at a worse time . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd already stretched my credit to the maximum when the bank gave me a cheque guarantee card that was also a credit card . |
| 4 | She looked down with a fear that was also a pleasure at his stained , scarred hand . |
| 5 | And now here was a pleasure that was also an irritant . |
| 6 | This , therefore , showed the company to have a much larger credit turnover figure than was actually the case . |
| 7 | It is not possible to demonstrate adequately a specific hypothesis but one fact is certain : Wilfrid so earned the enmity of Ecgfrith that despite an appeal to Rome which endorsed the justice of his case , he remained in exile and was still an outcast from his church when Ecgfrith fell in battle against the Picts on 20 May 685 . |
| 8 | The United States might have argued that Nicaragua 's concealment of its incapacity constituted fraud and was thus a ground for invalidating its consent . |
| 9 | An order was also sought to strike out the Crown 's application to strike out the taxpayer 's appeal because , in addition , it had delayed a fair trial of the action and was otherwise an abuse of process . |
| 10 | Even so , she had meekly done as they wished and taken on a responsibility that was clearly a bit of a burden . |
| 11 | Last week they played a new noise that was obviously the sound of a ball dropping into a roulette wheel . |
| 12 | Politically orthodox Bulgaria may have more or an interest in good trading relations with the West than was once the case ; but would she alter anything by way of political character , or even policy , to this end ? |
| 13 | Welfare benefits currently form a higher proportion of many individuals ' income that was formerly the case , because of the rise in unemployment to levels unheard of since the 1930s , and because of the increase in the number of old people who are dependent upon state pensions . |
| 14 | Mrs MacDonald was a Calgarian by birth , and her husband had been moved north by his firm to run the huge refinery that was now the pride of Tollemarche . |
| 15 | This consisted of one box with a battery connected to the thin electric cable that was also the ferret 's line . |
| 16 | With a sigh that was almost a gurgle of gratification , she found the slippery spread . |
| 17 | Luke gave a shuddering sigh that was almost a sob and a tear rolled down his cheek . |
| 18 | He had just provided some polish for a machine that was already a miracle of design . |
| 19 | Later that day , Mrs Knelle declared that she 'd take me for a drive , to see Ashford Castle , a local stately home that was now an hotel . |
| 20 | She returned to the bar and was soon the centre of attention . |
| 21 | The rate seems to have been about half that of an ordinary return and was perhaps a day ticket , although no mention of that condition is made . |
| 22 | The British rejection weakened the force of the proposal and was probably a factor in its slow progress . |
| 23 | The work was totally different to the volunteer work I had done at home and was quite a challenge . |
| 24 | He had money and was always a bit of a dilettante . |
| 25 | On the whole , despite sporadic resistance , the hands of public censorship and outrage lie more lightly on the author and playwright , the cinema and the television director than was once the case . |
| 26 | That it had made contact was evident , for Sister Mary let out a cry , a weird sound that was rather a yell not a scream . |
| 27 | Gosstandard , a body that was once a bane of exporters to the Soviet Union has again raised its ugly head . |
| 28 | Wright 's winner against his old club needed no hyperbole and was arguably THE highlight of a soccer-saturated weekend when Sky 's £304 million alliance with the BBC clearly came top of the entertainment stakes , if not the viewing figures . |
| 29 | This I discussed at once with my Scoutmaster , who had served as an officer in the Gordons during the war and was now a schoolmaster . |
| 30 | He was formerly a trustee of the World Wide Fund for Nature and was also a founder and trustee of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge . |