Example sentences of "[vb base] it [was/were] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't agree with people who say it was just a leadership personality cult effort . |
| 2 | So and smashed all the windows and everything in it erm so what 's that and as I say it was only a scrap van er and now he 'd bought the little chapel on the corner . |
| 3 | They say it was only a part of it , you know , because we only had half an hour , did n't we , there and then |
| 4 | To rugby now and on saturday Gloucester enjoyed their biggest and best win of the season … they beat Bristol thirty … eight eleven at Kinghsolm … shame it was only a club match |
| 5 | I know it was only a reaction to shock but it was hardly admirable . |
| 6 | A spokeswoman for the Guides Association said yesterday : ‘ She worked here for a short while and I suppose it was just a job to her . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I mean it was merely a study of kinship , ’ he added , seeing before him now the outraged faces of his colleagues at his letting the side down by describing such work as ‘ nothing much , really ’ . |
| 8 | in Australia , you know , I mean it was really a competition |
| 9 | well I mean it was still a Peugeot three O nine , its definitely Peugeot |
| 10 | They caved in ; I mean it was only a sister and a niece , and they 'd both been provided for during his lifetime and the niece got a couple of hundred thou in his will . |
| 11 | ‘ I think it was just a build-up of ongoing tension between them , ’ Gina admitted unhappily . |
| 12 | I do n't , I think it was just a flash in the pan . |
| 13 | I think it was just a bug and I think it was caused by |
| 14 | Er erm I think , I mean they all eat most of them eat the ham , there were a few that sent it back I think it was probably a bit much for them . |
| 15 | ‘ I think it was probably a score-draw between Robert and myself . |
| 16 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 17 | I think it was almost a relief to him — after all this time . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think it was quite a victory , looking at ‘ The Aztecs ’ , that they allowed me some leeway there : having me chosen as the wife of the Warrior , which more or less said , look she 's marriageable now . |
| 19 | I , I think it was only a drop in the ocean really towards the national effort , but , but I remember erm at Darlaston , they used to build tanks over there and they , they used to pay us visits in sometimes they 'd send some of their men over in the tanks to give us a pep talk about the war effort and all that but er , they used to do things like that then to gee you up erm |
| 20 | And they had what they called a floating shop , you know just a bit of a s a boat that came , Oh I think it was once a week , and they used to go and get supplies off of it . |
| 21 | It 's only later on , when you look back at something you 've done , that you see it was really a milestone and you could have gone off in some quite different direction . |