Example sentences of "that [pron] was [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is nothing in the later history of this laconic diarist ( who was my maternal grandmother ) that would suggest that she was other than a normal ‘ teenager ’ of her time . |
| 2 | She was aware of her body , realising that it was taut as a lute string with anticipation . |
| 3 | Nobody pretended that it was other than a one-way process . |
| 4 | Although its size is not yet known , suggestions have been made that it was larger than a normal auxiliary fort and may have accommodated either a vexillation , possibly of Legio IX , whose tile-works may have been situated some 8 km ( 5 miles ) south of Carlisle at Scalesceugh , ( though the stamped tiles from there may belong to a slightly later period ) , or the Ala Petriana before its transfer to Stanwix over the river . |
| 5 | That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about ! |