Example sentences of "that [was/were] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when we got it home I realized it was the battery lead that was just a little bit of lead |
| 2 | But it was just on the , on the margin er er o o of something that was already a large factor below the international limit , so it was er there were very large safety factors involved in that in fact . |
| 3 | That would be to postpone something that was already a considerable difficulty . |
| 4 | There was a fractional gap in time in which she went blind and deaf and limp , a second that was almost a miniature swoon in essence , but so infinitesimal that she was n't even aware of the fleeting relief , the madness in her again instantly , the craving , unbearably heightened by this first knowledge of his nakedness in contact with hers . |
| 5 | Antinou went on fondling the piece of cloth that was once a fluffy ball on the flat delta . |
| 6 | In effect a miscarriage of a pregnancy that was never a real pregnancy . |
| 7 | And mine matey and bess be about me that was quite a long exclamation but it was something surprise them terribly , Oh bess be about me , just sort of , Oh God come to me help , sort of thing . |