Example sentences of "was [adv] [noun] 's [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just Beethoven 's sense of what was going on outside triumphing over our own . |
| 2 | It was not Alice 's idea of a Bloomsbury hotel . |
| 3 | The Ironbridge Gorge Museum is an extensive open-air museum embracing the buildings and industrial remains of the former cradle of the Industrial Revolution , centred on Coalbrookdale ( q.v. ) , now part of the new town named after the great civil engineer Thomas Telford ( q.v. ) who was once Shropshire 's Surveyor of Public Works . |
| 4 | It was probably Charlotte 's frown of puzzlement that prompted her to add : ‘ Emerson 's wife . ’ |
| 5 | But , more than anybody , Powell recognised that whatever the business opportunities Event presented , it was also Branson 's way of exorcising the journalistic instincts — the excitement of chasing stories and airing issues — which had been thwarted by the failure of Student . |
| 6 | It was n't Jazzbeaux 's idea of a hobby , but there were more dangerous people in the world . |
| 7 | It certainly was n't Foster 's idea of an easy tour , lurking in a cold , draughty doorway in a poorly lit service alley , in weather conditions more suited to a horror movie set . |