Example sentences of "that [was/were] [adv] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old colliers used to say that in the mines sometimes you could hear noises that were not just the noise of settlement or movement but something different , the feeling that someone else that you could n't see was working near you . |
| 2 | All the vacuum tubes that I know of that are made today — every single one of them — come from countries that were behind either the Iron or Bamboo curtain — Russia , China , Yugoslavia to be specific . |
| 3 | All the vacuum tubes that I know of that are made today — every single one of them — come from countries that were behind either the Iron or Bamboo curtain — Russia , China , Yugoslavia to be specific . |
| 4 | POPE John Paul this weekend starts a trip that was once only the stuff of his dreams and prayers his first visit to the former Soviet Union . |
| 5 | Starting a trip that was once only the stuff of his dreams and prayers , the Pontiff said Lithuanians could now enjoy freedom ‘ after a long period of sufferings , trials and martyrdom . ’ |