Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have watched Eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have watched the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial instruments . |
| 2 | We have watched eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have heard the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial intruments . |
| 3 | Growth follows the direction of the arrow — perhaps to meet the other half-span if this were truly a bridge . |
| 4 | When the National Curriculum was first unveiled , in the shape of Mr Baker 's celebrated ‘ Little Red Book ’ , I wrote a piece which began : ‘ If this were genuinely a consultative document , I should reply to its chief begetter that 20 per cent of it is potentially helpful , 20 per cent unexceptionable , and 60 per cent either foolish or dangerous or both ’ . |
| 5 | And knowing this was just a beginning . |
| 6 | But this was just a dentist 's waiting room and it made him wonder what the rest of the house would be like . |
| 7 | But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas . |
| 8 | But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas . |
| 9 | This was just a warning . |
| 10 | However , Patrick Eggle assured me that this was just a spooky coincidence , and even that some players had remarked upon a tendency for the bottom string to slip off the bridge , so he was going to move it anyway . |
| 11 | This was just a continuation of the baseline . |
| 12 | But this was just a shrewd touch that came off . |
| 13 | This was just a little added bonus — Alan also received a 27 per cent pay rise . |
| 14 | ‘ In case you were thinking , ’ he concluded , ‘ that this was just a quarrel among blacks , a spot of faction-fighting . |
| 15 | This was n't , this was just a programme |
| 16 | er and I 'll be the first to recognize that and this was just a sort of the ball park stats that you were looking for . |
| 17 | And this was just a beaten track ? |
| 18 | Diane told herself that this was just a kind of paranoia on her part , an over-apprehension that came from reading too many doctor articles in women 's magazines , but it did n't make her any less uneasy . |
| 19 | I warned you this was just a fling |
| 20 | This was just a quick note . |
| 21 | This was just a back seat and very determined to stay that way . |
| 22 | Perhaps this was just a new form of indigestion . |
| 23 | This was just a routine visit to an elderly patient to check that she was happy , and not in any pain , and also to stock her up on her medicines . |
| 24 | This was just a very brief interlude in her life . |
| 25 | The republican Interior Ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill and was in no way linked to speculation in the Croatian press that the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) , in connivance with the Serbian authorities and Serb minority leaders in Croatia , was preparing a coup against Tudjman 's adminstration . |
| 26 | Here I am not trying to give the impression that I am a Test Pilot as such , not in the way of Roly Beamont , or a host of other of my friends in this particular field ; this was just a question of an air test rather than a flight test . |
| 27 | This was just a tempting addition to that . ’ |
| 28 | This was just a wind-up , a tease for his pleasure . |
| 29 | This was just a reconstruction — but answering the door to a stranger in this way cost phylis her seven hundred pounds life savings : |
| 30 | ‘ This was just a small leak from a valve on the side of the tanker , ’ he said . |