Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [was/were] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too much excitement , she warned herself , because of course that was what it was . |
| 2 | But of course that was what hooked her . |
| 3 | So of course that was it . |
| 4 | In part this was their own fault , as they were naturally rather solitary , particularly my father . |
| 5 | For one department this was its major role . |
| 6 | What distinguished the Court of Napoleon III was its brilliance and verve , for he was determined that it should in no way resemble the moribund courts of Europe , stifling under the weight of tradition , except in so far as etiquette and good order must prevail . |
| 7 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |
| 8 | Money from England that was nothing to do with this voyage . ’ |
| 9 | Er no not , not National Trust , R S P B that was it , . |
| 10 | One of the main strands of the government 's preparation for the single European market by December 1992 was its large-scale privatization programme , launched in 1989 [ see pp. 37590-91 ] . |
| 11 | His family evidently had existing contacts with royal administration , and he may well have been a Chancery clerk as early as June 1379 , enjoying church preferment regularly thereafter , although only on 7 February 1387 was he first called ‘ king 's clerk ’ . |
| 12 | Well actually a girl friend of mine came round here yesterday , oh , lunch timeish was it , and erm , Henry forget his ball , he got so excited of the though of going out he put it down in the hall , came here and was thoroughly miserable all the way round , without his ball his lost , you know , a dog walk is n't a dog walk for Henry . |
| 13 | Question two was something like er , yeah , question two |
| 14 | We had no fear of crossing the roads and at times these were our playgrounds , playing cricket in Kent Road with an upturned box as wicket , a long stop watching for the 'bus leaving Halling Bottom . |
| 15 | The years 1794–1806 were something of a honeymoon for the Prussians and their Poles : a spirit of co-operation flourished as the Prussians sought to secure the affections of their Polish subjects . |
| 16 | But though the Nazgûl ironically proves Boethius right by throwing back his hood — ‘ and behold ! he had a kingly crown ; and yet upon no head visible was it set ’ -his deadly laughter shows that ‘ nothingness ’ can still have power and control . |
| 17 | The principal difficulty with an officer 's place in an East Indiaman was its insecurity and the difficulty of obtaining advancement in rank . |
| 18 | What in the name of all things wonderful was he doing to her ? she wondered hazily . |
| 19 | ‘ To me the Lotus Seven was everything a sports car should be . ’ |
| 20 | Dorothy , Margaret 's daughter , looked round the two-room flat that was their home , and groaned . |
| 21 | More than any other wartime figure he addressed himself to the conscience of middle-class radicalism , arguing that the only worthwhile victory possible was one based on the common ownership of the means of production and a moral revolution in which selfishness and the profit motive would give way to an ethic of service to the community . |
| 22 | In recent weeks his perky figure has turned up twice in the winners enclosure on Northern tracks and when Dance of Words went in for Mick O'Toole last Friday night at Downpatrick this was his seventh winner since his return to Ireland . |
| 23 | If it was claustrophobia this was its first appearance in her life . |
| 24 | His other relations present were his stepmother Elisabeth Countess of Caledon , his sister Lady Jane Alexander , with her fiancé Mr Andrew Dobbs ; and his cousins Earl and Countess Alexander of Tunis . |
| 25 | The fighting season 1346–7 was one for the English to remember . |
| 26 | Paula said the reason she would not go back Turn to Page 10 From Page 1 was she was frightened of him because he used to beat her . |
| 27 | Only when Polish intelligence made a gift of its work to GCCS in August 1939 was it able to break its first German messages . |
| 28 | Bit iffy was it ? |
| 29 | He knew that she was not making much headway with finding the nonce , but in fairness neither was he . |
| 30 | As I read the judgment of the assistant recorder this was his true ratio on that part of the case wherein the absence of consideration was raised in argument . |