Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [was/were] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably this was a mistake . |
| 2 | But that 's a , apparently that was a long way and they have transport difficulties to go from here to the Wandsbergh Hospital . |
| 3 | Perhaps that was a good thing . |
| 4 | All the evidence seems to indicate that he had become a half-hearted Anglican — perhaps that was a safer way , after all , of establishing yourself as a respectable tradesman than anything which smacked in any way of revolt or radicalism ? |
| 5 | Melanie had had fifteen merry Christmases , when they tied wreaths of holly to the doorknockers and fed visiting choirboys on mincepies , and perhaps that was a sufficiency of merry Christmases . |
| 6 | Perhaps that was a good thing . |
| 7 | Because yes , we did say we were n't going to use tropical markets , erm perhaps in the view of some of the things Bob Plumtree 's been saying , perhaps that was a little bit premature , perhaps we would want for some countries tropical woods , might want to reconsider , but erm I think that 's something for the future , that 's not for this afternoon . |
| 8 | Er , I thought personally that was a bit too but I 'm forever trying to organize |
| 9 | So that was a na er that was a naked eye examination ? |
| 10 | Tt so that was a shame , |
| 11 | So that was a strange thing too , with this er alphabetical thing . |
| 12 | So that was a problem . |
| 13 | So that was a contrast from the people near the hospital where I was and , what happened was , we used to do a little service and then anybody that wanted to be seen used to come along and we needed an interpreter and it was a bit like a surgery really , and they would come with any problems , and anyone who was severely ill we would then take back in the Landrover back to the hospital . |
| 14 | So that was a simple one , that one was a compound one . |
| 15 | So that was a whole days work often . |
| 16 | So that was a first . |
| 17 | The second er reason which he gave me , of course I should have thought for myself , he said , but the accountants more accurately represented the human form than did the rats , so that was a clear one to him , but it was the third one that really floored me , when he told me that their staff had been getting really attached to the rats . |
| 18 | She ca n't stand idiots and inefficiency ; nor can I. So that was a bond between us . |
| 19 | So that was a brave thing to do ? |
| 20 | No , no blind consumers as it were so that was a disappointment |
| 21 | So that was a , that is at , that constant speed there is much faster than , than this one . |
| 22 | Erm Foxes in the Garden with the R S P C A photos I had rejected yesterday as well , so that was a good day . |
| 23 | So that was a deliberate strategy , in fact , they did it early anyway . |
| 24 | Er so that was a market place that we really were n't tapping from this region , they have been tapping into London . |
| 25 | Oh so that was a simple one was it ? |
| 26 | So that was a benefit to people outside and people inside the church . |
| 27 | So that was a possibility . |
| 28 | So that was a shame really as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 29 | So that was a living . |
| 30 | So that was a bit of a giggle ! |