Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So as not to have to watch the empty road for the postman on the day that the results were due each girl went separately deep into the fields but they were n't able to stay alone for long ; and each time they came back to the road it was still empty . |
| 2 | Our hopes were high this morning after the Red Cross said he was in good spirits . |
| 3 | They were prettier that way . |
| 4 | But they did not realise that they were making errors ; the subjects were convinced that hypnosis had actually helped them to remember the poem accurately . |
| 5 | While commentators have dismissed her as a serious contender , those who worked intimately with the Prince and watched Mountbatten 's machinations at first-hand were convinced that marriage between Prince Charles and Amanda Knatchbull was a virtual certainty . |
| 6 | Things had been moving so slowly in recent months that some Conservative MPs , like Robert Adley , the railway buff who chairs the Tories ' backbench transport committee , were convinced that privatisation was about to be dropped altogether . |
| 7 | If we were convinced that conversion would be in the Ayoreo 's interests , it nonetheless should be entered into willingly . |
| 8 | Stimson and US secretary of state Cordell Hull were convinced that world peace and prosperity were two sides of the same coin , with " unhampered trade " as a major means to those ends . |
| 9 | Not all were convinced that empire was the right policy . |
| 10 | In addition , some were convinced that family allowances would result in lower wages , although the danger of that happening was thought to be considerably less if they were financed by the state and not by employers ' contributions . |
| 11 | The decision was not costly for India — Marsh was bowled shortly afterwards — but most onlookers were convinced that Boon , when 1 , must have been lbw to Kapil Dev . |
| 12 | They were nervous all day and could n't concentrate on their schoolwork ; not even when Mr Litmus spilt a chemical on the floor and it started to fizzle , turning an incredible glowing blue , then splattered against the wall . |
| 13 | BOMB squad detectives were early this morning investigating reports of two small firebombs at London 's Imperial War Museum . |
| 14 | ‘ You were lucky that time . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , you were lucky this time , ’ her uncle said sternly . |
| 16 | We were privileged this year to have Mrs MacNaughtan as book adviser . |
| 17 | THATCHED HOUSE LODGE 2 October : Princess Alexandra and Sir Angus Ogilvy were present this evening at a Reception given by the Prime Minister and Mr Denis Thatcher at 10 Downing Street to launch the Harold Macmillan Trust . |
| 18 | simply because the roads were better that side , when it was Northern Rhodesia |
| 19 | We 're always fucking late I did n't think we were late this morning . |
| 20 | Congratulations are due to four couples who were married this year : , quality controlled to . |
| 21 | Any one would think that you were tired all day ! |
| 22 | They were saying about they keep asking her because she could be like page three models in the newspaper , she was like very even this really and then she just said I keep on going toilet and she 'd , she 'd then puke up in the toilet and she 'd come back and there were all these bite marks so her parents could see when she was doing it . |
| 23 | But when we got to the studio , the first thing we saw were all these picture frames suspended from the ceiling — we just looked at each other and burst out laughing . |
| 24 | By his death , the membership had doubled , the MCC was developing its role as the judicious lawgiver of the game , and there were many more cleaner-cut fixtures , with schools and the universities , for example . |
| 25 | The headlines were smaller this time and Bayly 's religion did n't merit a mention in the Press . |
| 26 | This lesson had been reinforced as far as the railways were concerned each spring from 1918 to 1920 , when urgent orders went out from the highest level to rehabilitate them in order to cope with the influx of vital foodstuffs and fuel to the towns . |
| 27 | So far as Gassendi and ( as we shall see ) Locke were concerned this objection is misplaced for , having a modest and moral view of our proper concerns , they retain an element of scepticism about man 's ability to know . |
| 28 | So far as the Yek were concerned any man who was not of the race of the True people — the Yek , the N'pani , the Ch'noze — was an alien , barely human , and as such was forever suspect . |
| 29 | As far as the Shiite ulama were concerned any Shah ruling before the return of the hidden Imam does so unlawfully , unless he has ben licensed by the chief priests , the ayatollahs . |
| 30 | The pilchards were in that week , and the wives and daughters of Polruan were busy all day , gutting , salting and packing the fish . |