Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [was/were] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we do is take the , the day of the week and the , the calendar date , it might be the say it was the fourth day of the week Thursday |
| 2 | Kee looked at Karen and said quietly , ‘ Some people say he was the strongest houngan of all , the houngan we call Baron Samedi . ’ |
| 3 | Oh no look it was the invisible man driving the car . |
| 4 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ I still maintain we were the best team in the tournament until injuries caught up with us . |
| 6 | Now one of the things that was on the you know there was the great Radio City Music Hall . |
| 7 | . And er we were truthful , we tried to put our side of the argument , you know there were the few people who said , well I do n't really care , and drove in . |
| 8 | I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 9 | I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 10 | I know it was the last straw of many . |
| 11 | but in those days it was n nobody thought i you know it was the done thing . |
| 12 | And I think it was really rather refreshing to see the kids not know what was the right idea and actually dream up all sorts of fantasies for themselves , many of which were had their own validity . |
| 13 | Now , I do n't think we know what was the exact Sterling equivalent of the fall in our reserves during the last financial year , but it can only have been a minority of that total of £1and1/2 ; billion of public expenditure which was met neither by the product of taxation nor by borrowing from the public . |
| 14 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 15 | I suppose we were the first people in the 1960s to target our market and bring to people things that were well designed at an affordable price . |
| 16 | I suppose it was the poor tax payer ? |
| 17 | ‘ I liked him ’ , one daughter summed up a grandfather who had been orphaned in the Irish potato famine : ‘ he was an old man , and I was only nine when he died , but as our father was at the [ First World ] War , I suppose he was the only man in the house . |
| 18 | I believe he was the Wandering Jew , doomed to live forever . |
| 19 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 20 | Police believe it was the same man . |
| 21 | And they reckon it was the best class of of er Douglas fir they ever had . |
| 22 | My brother reckons it was Beeney 's fault for not coming off his line but I reckon it was the two centre halfs again . |
| 23 | I reckon it was the hardest job next to coal-mining . |
| 24 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 25 | He would n't say what was n't working out , though I guess it was the sexual frustration and not being able to put a date on setting up home together . |
| 26 | Once again , we ask what was the French response ? |
| 27 | We have only to consider what happened to East Germany and ask what was the underlying reason for secession from the Warsaw pact and reunification with West Germany . |
| 28 | I think we were the only house in the village which had no damage whatsoever . ’ |
| 29 | because , well I get paid off when the receivers come in , I was about three month out before I got sent back for and er the starting wage was , I think we actually got a wee rise , I think we were the only section that |
| 30 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |