Example sentences of "was [adj] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	The hot shine must have cut to black as he was soft-footing it up the stairs , because when he turned around on the half-landing and crouched behind the angle of the banister the only light in the hall was the inward spill from the porch , and that was getting less as the door slowly closed on its hydraulic arm .
2	What happened was the man erm went to sleep and while he was asleep something in the room fell on his neck .
3	Well I 'm not we , well did they was that one in the fog last night ?
4	‘ Was that you on the phone last night ? ’
5	‘ Was that you in the woods a while ago ? ’ asked Lydia .
6	and there was another one across the way and she was deteriorating , she was getting nervous right there , see if I had to be brought away you know
7	There was another one with a name new to us .
8	Oddly enough — those of you who may recall what it was like in the Ruhr ( or as crews called it " The Happy Valley " ) — on this occasion there was one searchlight waving about near the top of the Ruhr , and for one agonising moment it waved over the Whitley , and there was another one at the bottom by the Cologne end .
9	Alongside the notice was another one from the cricket club stating that the offer to the rugby club had been made on on April 9 and , as joint owners of the ground , the cricket club had been informed .
10	Her brother Jeff was guiding them alongside the jetty now .
11	Although Carlson felt there was some connection with the chaos and anarchy erupting over the Althosian system he was sure none of the Freedom Party supporters would have devised such a ruthless method for annihilating the elite .
12	What happened next was all something of a blur .
13	It was all something of an anticlimax .
14	There was sweet nothing in the way of nectar and what duped flowers had burst out of the ground were in for a shock when the frosts came .

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