Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun sg] was [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another free kick was almost a repeat of the Wimbledon one , only approx 4 inches wide . |
| 2 | She thought she 'd found the perfect place to live , yet already it was slipping away and this cosy compartment was only a stage on to something else . |
| 3 | This increased professionalism was undoubtedly a benefit , but a shift away from the old ‘ connoisseurship ’ approach . |
| 4 | ‘ But this first guitar was just a $20 acoustic , and as soon as I could I bought an Ibanez SG , then that was stolen and I went to a Les Paul . |
| 5 | To understand the terms in which this settlement was progressively forged it is necessary to consider the major critical and scholarly strategies of the Review of English Studies as a whole , of which this incipient settlement was only a small feature . |
| 6 | This two-hour concert was just a competent , well-structured history lesson by the king of the Armani blues . |
| 7 | This whole building was merely a hologram . |
| 8 | I imagine such harmless make-believe was quite a comfort . |
| 9 | If you do n't believe in religion , you might think that er , the world was just kind of here for no particular reason , and er , that human existence was just a kind of accident or something happen happened , and er , has no has no greater significance . |
| 10 | All this musing was simply a way of deflecting the inevitable moment when she had to face her . |
| 11 | Southerners say , ‘ When two people fight , the third rejoices , ’ and that third man was usually a lawyer . |
| 12 | That whole day was just a wreck . |
| 13 | That original production was just a compilation of fairly amateur footage , but now Havis has moved into the big league with broadcast TV-quality programmes featuring the pilot's-eye view of a number of interesting routes flown by different airlines worldwide . |