Example sentences of "was [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had always been appalled by the ease with which men seemed able to separate sex and love and now here was I building a high wall around myself and saying , ‘ I will let you into my body but stay out of my mind . ’ |
| 2 | Then and only then was I given a real dose of chloroform ‘ for the afterbirth ’ I was told . |
| 3 | Not only was I indulging a harmless pleasure , I was also doing her kids a favour . |
| 4 | A capable woman , nobody 's fool ; but was she adopting a deliberate pose ? |
| 5 | Was she having a sly laugh at his expense , talking nonsense and then cornering him with a sudden question ? |
| 6 | And I remember one year , we 'd had some Webbs Curly lettuce and I was We had a good crop and I remember one lady who stayed in and she come used to come Well practically every other days for six of these . |
| 7 | Thing was we had an awful lot of complaints last July , so it may not show an increase overall . |
| 8 | The gossip was they lost a fair bit in the stock market . |
| 9 | I think it was they wanted a complete reply for each consultant file , or case file did n't they ? |
| 10 | Not that he found them conflicting , still less was he offering a comparative mythology . |
| 11 | Was it to establish a quasi-religious movement , one of such moral earnestness as would in the minds of the Owens among the Owenites exercise a compelling influence for beneficial change , one which would establish first alternative and exemplary societies where amity and reason would prevail , and hence would point inevitably to the creation of a co-operative commonwealth ? |
| 12 | was it updated a second time or did you ask for it to be updated a second time ? |