Example sentences of "[vb past] it was [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar Station , said he believed it was only the third time a crew at the station had received a medal in the 190 years since the Zetland was first launched from Redcar . |
| 2 | She assumed it was only a temporary lapse in character while he nursed his head but she still determined to keep the conversation going for as long as possible . |
| 3 | In 1928 Green and Mellanby noted that though vitamin A was then known as the growth promoting vitamin , evidence from animal studies showed it was also an anti-infective vitamin . |
| 4 | As far as quality of play went it was probably the worst since I took over . ’ |
| 5 | He said , with his back to me , until you went away I thought it was just the usual thing . |
| 6 | I thought it was probably the other one who had rung , on the cadge . ’ |
| 7 | However , he thought it was probably the second language of no fewer than ninety per cent of Tanzanians . |
| 8 | I thought it was rather a bad sign that I was told I could , as a family friend , go in at any time . |
| 9 | I felt sorry for them , thought it was quite a decent thing to do . |
| 10 | So would you mind describing how you got it up there again cos I thought it was quite a good story . |
| 11 | Erm , very briefly , erm , Councillor passed over to me , erm , a report from the planning committee about planning policy guidelines , the countryside and the rural economy , and I thought it was quite a good paper , so we 've copied it and sent it round to you . |
| 12 | I thought it was quite a good joke myself |
| 13 | At first , when I did , I thought it was purely a physical dependence I 'd been afraid of , because I was so slow to understand . |
| 14 | I knew she kept her statements at the bank and went and saw the bank manager now and again , but I thought it was only a few hundred . |
| 15 | I never re realised we 're doing a module in the eighth year was environment , I always thought it was always the ninth year ? |
| 16 | There was something rather reckless in my attending the present lectures at all , because it was in the depths of winter , and from where I now lived it was rather a long walk to the town — over a mile , at any rate . |
| 17 | Thaw , 50 , admitted it was probably the huge success of the opera-loving sleuth Morse that clinched the award . |
| 18 | He gave her a wide toothy grin , and immediately realized it was exactly the wrong approach . |
| 19 | And I remembered it was here the dumb woman lived . |
| 20 | I hoped it was just a passing phase , sparked off by her catching me fooling around in the Plaster Room , and thanked my guardian angel for the way Old Red had just covered up for me . |
| 21 | The contingent is almost the smallest possible force Britain could meaningfully provide to a major UN force , but Mr Rifkind said it was nevertheless an important contribution . |
| 22 | I said it was probably a good thing Cas. was always so busy , and Gwenellen , having already worked in Cas. , advised me to avoid the splint room on the rare quiet night . |
| 23 | He says : ‘ No , I thought you said it was just a hot flush . ’ |
| 24 | They said it was just a 15-minute nightmare . ’ |
| 25 | They thought it was broken , then they said it was just a bad sprain , but apparently they want to do another X-ray , so I simply do n't know what 's happening . |
| 26 | They said it was just a racing accident . |
| 27 | You said it was incontestably the best ? |
| 28 | Today 's judgement said it was essentially a political question . |
| 29 | yeah and she said it was quite a good thing |
| 30 | Maybe she wished it was still the young man who shared her bed instead of a man who-was almost old enough to be her father . |