Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pron] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seemed like it was the hardest decision I ever had to make in my life . |
| 2 | Of course there was a very large element of luck involved , but unless or until something better came along it was the only option she had . |
| 3 | The nearest it came to one was the abortive National Plan . |
| 4 | What happened to them was the not-so-mystery ailment that cuts down more pop stars than drugs or fast cars ever do : overwork . |
| 5 | She was disconcerted to find that she walked into what was the main bedroom , dominated by a four-poster bed already turned down for the night . |
| 6 | One of the most noticeable tendencies that Alexander observed in himself was the constant tightening of his neck muscles , the sterno-cleido-mastoid and trapezius . |
| 7 | She looked at Peter , gravely answering the teasing of one of the lovers , and wondered if what she felt for him was the same quality of feeling that her parents had known and relied upon . |
| 8 | And then he was gone down the stairs , running lightly , for all his limp , and the last which she saw of him was the sandy-blond head before he turned the corner of the first landing . |
| 9 | The half-a-poster you sent to us was the FIRST half of a two-part poster which appeared in issue 79 of ZZAP ! |
| 10 | His body took it in , took her in , and the desire which reared in him was the strongest he had ever experienced . |
| 11 | Well erm erm had a word with erm who was about oh fourth in line in the erm education hierarchy in those days and erm then spoke to who was the Chief Education Officer and er , I think they were a bit erm , bit apprehensive about employing a blind typist because erm it was something that they had never had any experience of but in the end they thought it was worth a try and er especially after supporting me at the College and erm also perhaps they had in mind that many of the erm employees would be leaving if war broke out and erm , in fact by that time war had probably started |
| 12 | All she ever had from him was the biting lash of his tongue . |
| 13 | But the figure that stood before her was the last she had expected to see . |