Example sentences of "was [adj] [subord] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Times were not so hard for businesses then and I was grateful when a year of events raised £107,000 . |
| 2 | That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about ! |
| 3 | That was clear as a succession of batsmen joined Gooch in the ignominy of having their stumps knocked over . |
| 4 | Astronomers know that the early universe was uniform because a remnant of that period , the cosmic microwave background radiation which bathes the Earth from all directions , is remarkably uniform . |
| 5 | It was uncertain whether a ballot in 1984 would obtain the needed support , and so Scargill developed an alternative strategy to achieve a national strike without calling one . |
| 6 | ‘ I was disappointed when a move to the club fell through earlier in the season because I believe my style would be suited to the English game . |
| 7 | There we were , messing around with his things , and all the time he was dead as a doornail in Paris . |