Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [was/were] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first Star printer I owned was a 80-column thermal machine that was connected to an Osborne 01 CP/M machine . |
| 2 | what I lacked was a foreign accent , almond eyes , straight or springy black hair , a black skin , a muscular physique , a mind full of difficult alphabets , a sense of rhythm , a pitiful history of slavery and oppression , and a massive member — though not necessarily in that order . |
| 3 | My object , which I trust was a fair one , was never suspected , my position never questioned . |
| 4 | The material that I used was a lovely heavy cream bridal fabric , chosen because it was the closest equivalent I could find to the bride 's dress — surprisingly enough , she would n't let me chop a hole in the real thing ! |
| 5 | Returning on the bus from Medenine I noticed a solitary blonde whom I assumed was a stray package tourist from one of the hotels on the west of the island . |
| 6 | One area I photographed was a huge field of sugar beet . |
| 7 | On arrival in Johannesburg , the first thing I noticed was a young , fresh , smiling face , who turned out to be the Second Secretary at the Consulate . |
| 8 | In what I hope was a rare lapse into intolerance , I asked the reporter next to me : ‘ Does that little sod always talk like that ? ’ |
| 9 | I knew that the Falkland Islands were similar to Shetland in that both were a group of treeless islands in the middle of an ocean , and I wanted to see just how wild creatures — and birds in particular — had adapted as different species in what I imagined was a similar environment . |
| 10 | All I received was a dry little bow in return . |
| 11 | For years the Government I served was a popular one with the people — but not with the British Government . |
| 12 | The first thing I remember was a slight buzzing in my ears . |
| 13 | ‘ All I remember was a huge bang and it careering into us . |
| 14 | The first egglayer I bred was a Siamese Fighter . |
| 15 | Then somehow we did get romantically linked up and some people , right near the end of the situation with that band , singled us out as potentially more interesting than the band , which I suppose was a cruel situation really . |
| 16 | What I needed was a solid holder that would n't let pencils bend or break , and a retainer that would expand and contract a million times . |
| 17 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 18 | After winning ‘ New Faces ’ , the first thing I needed was a musical director . |
| 19 | Of course all I needed was a two-minute sit-down and in two and a half minutes I was not only fully recovered and ready to carry on , I had adrenalin pumping out the top of my hat in anger that my man had left me to die . |
| 20 | What I desired was a grand conception , one which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature . |
| 21 | The first flowering plant I saw was a familiar one — the purple mountain saxifrage , Saxafraga oppositifolia to give it the scientific name . |
| 22 | What I saw was a bewildering jigsaw puzzle of textual fragments , some of them recent , others ancient ‘ fossils ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ Hulme ’ it said — though all I saw was a rubbled |
| 24 | What I saw was a beautiful country with a lovely climate ( it was summer of course ) . |
| 25 | The first man I saw was a Daily Mirror photographer and he said , ‘ I 'm surprised to see you here , ' ’ and I said , ‘ I 'm quite surprised myself . ' ’ |
| 26 | Under the existing law , helping someone to die was a criminal offence punishable by up to 12 years ' imprisonment , but this had rarely been invoked in recent years amid great public debate and controversy on the ethics and possible modalities of euthanasia . |
| 27 | I thought were a little bit uptight . |
| 28 | so that I thought was a nice tale |
| 29 | Call Me Old Fashioned , I thought was a good title , and A Licence to Print Money would have been another good title for a bestseller , but it had rather a rapacious sound do n't you think ? |
| 30 | ‘ I had worked out what I thought was a good routine for him and had his personal stunt man run through the scene for him , ’ said Cannutt . |