Example sentences of "[vb base] that [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I mean that was really a breakthrough . |
| 3 | I kept thinking that perhaps you were still in Australia , but I expect that was just an excuse ! |
| 4 | People in Walton believe that was just a ruse by the youths . |
| 5 | Later , back up the shore beside their picnic blanket , beside Karen 's sun dress that was now a mass of creeping black , the girls lay on their stomachs and talked again of Parr , desultorily . |
| 6 | ‘ From what Valesio 's widow has told me , it 's dear that her husband 's contacts with the gang began with a telephone call that was simply a signal for him to go to some prearranged meeting-place . |
| 7 | He asked me to resign , but I think that was just an excuse to get rid of me because he 's jealous of my work ! ’ she finished baldly , quite unable to dress up the truth . |