Example sentences of "[noun sg] that was [adv] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flunkey hesitated , then responded by answering the last question first — with a figure that was nearly four times larger than the largest sum I had thought I might try asking . |
| 2 | At school they concealed it automatically from masters and other boys : the secrecy was enjoyable for its own sake , and in any case Emor would have been labelled ‘ childish ’ — the sort of behaviour that was only one step removed from taking a teddy bear to bed with you at night . |
| 3 | He gave Pakistan another ball that was also 32 overs old . |
| 4 | Nell 's fears grew that this living creature that was neither one thing or truly the other , would never understand her . |
| 5 | Then she saw another door , a door that was only forty centimetres high . |
| 6 | Maybe if they took a chance and played a song that was over three minutes long , the audience 's attention span would grow . ’ |
| 7 | We headed north to Port de Centuri on a trip that was only 35 miles yet seemed like 135 as a result of the sheer concentration needed on the mountain roads but it was worth every second because of the incredible views . |