Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was probably a man called Michael Sidnell , from Bristol , who had carved a memorial tablet in Alderly Church in 1732 , and had later gone on to make designs for the court-house at Westbury on Severn . |
| 2 | I can remember as a boy walking to Rochester via the ferry and Wouldham on many occasions but this was only a stroll compared with some of the older inhabitants efforts . |
| 3 | This was usually a person undergoing great emotional strain , such as a girl experiencing a particularly traumatic puberty . |
| 4 | This was once a world reserved for specialists . |
| 5 | This was originally a flexiblestrip used by railwaymen to get smooth curves when laying railway lines . |
| 6 | Perhaps this was merely a ruse to trick them into a crossing at Forteviot . |
| 7 | ‘ That was simply a letter delivered at the gate just before dusk . |
| 8 | That was just a pretence to cover up her real affaire . |
| 9 | Oh that was almost a classic build up was n't it ? |
| 10 | With a new rabbit and a short-haired piebald guinea pig in a box , Victoria arrived at a once-grand Queen Anne house in Wiltshire that was now a school devoted to raising the daughters of the gentry . |
| 11 | I mean that was always a milkman used , there used to be er James was one of the milkmen down Palfrey , he used to come . |
| 12 | As for the argument that money would follow patients and so make it possible for hospitals to treat more of them , that was always a non-starter given that the total amount of cash available to purchasers was not going to be increased . |