Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What did he care about getting rid of the Corn Laws either — which was what the whole argument had been about — since they 'd been created in the first place for the benefit of his land-owning friends ? |
| 2 | But she was none the wiser for what came out of the speakers : a soft sea of hiss , a hint of ultrasonics , and a persistent , repetitive creaking noise . |
| 3 | It was depressing to have to admit to herself that after four days together she was none the wiser , that , if she made the mistake again of leaving her vulnerable heart unguarded , he might once more strike her a casually cruel blow , and this time she might not recover . |
| 4 | She was none the wiser . |
| 5 | She 'd let herself go , last night — but she was none the worse for it , was she ? |
| 6 | However , there was nothing the elderly woman could have done to prevent her departure with the two children , who had been clearly delighted to be leaving their grandmother 's house . |
| 7 | There was nothing the big , anxious woman could do to investigate the matter further and although she played the beam of the torch on every inch visible to her , she could n't see whatever it was that might have made her daughter scream other than the damp and secret darkness of the place . |
| 8 | It must have begun to seem that there was nothing the British film producer could do to challenge the place of American films on the nation 's screens . |
| 9 | It was what the entire day had been about . |
| 10 | It was not that she minded the hard work ; it was what the hard work did to her poor hands . |
| 11 | It was something the competitive society logically needed … |
| 12 | Er it was I the only thing that that brought it to mind was Ann herself stumbled over it as she said it you know playwright |
| 13 | But it was she the older , the larger and clumsier , who listened to him over supper . |
| 14 | The awful thing was that all this time Lewis had never had any doubts he was himself the new owner of Wyvis Hall . |
| 15 | He was himself the first discoverer of that ‘ morbidity of temperament ’ . |
| 16 | He explained to me that the interview had been cancelled on the order of his superiors — and he was himself the head librarian ! |
| 17 | He was what the 1960s were supposed to be about : rich , successful , well placed in the media , what the cant of the time regarded as classless . |
| 18 | He did not recognize the other two rabbits and when Blackberry told him their names — Speedwell and Acorn — he was none the wiser . |
| 19 | Now what were they the other week from |
| 20 | What was it the air-raid wardens shouted when they saw a house with a chink of light showing ? |
| 21 | ‘ What was it the last critic said , darling ? |
| 22 | What was it the old boy had said ? |