Example sentences of "[det] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this it was only a step to the French and English abbreviation ‘ jade ’ . |
| 2 | ( For some it was simply a road to oblivion . ) |
| 3 | It just slows you down so that there are no longer enough hours in the day , and then some things get put off and other things are only half-completed and you 're told you need help — an assistant priest , no less , to concentrate , as the Bishop with his unfailing instinct for the wrong word put it , on ‘ the donkey work ’ ( well , perhaps after all I was only a beast of burden , Father McGiff conceded ) to give you ‘ a chance to relax , take life more easily , think a bit more , pray a bit more , meditate ’ . |
| 4 | But most of all it was just an excuse for an orgy . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Lots of reasons , the main one being that he was basically a crook with a number of little operations going at the factory . |
| 6 | To a few he was a nuisance , to most he was merely a curiosity . |