Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] it [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TELEVISION reporter Tim Ewart told last night how he left ITN for a new career at a rival station and then slowly realised it was all a terrible mistake . |
| 2 | Next door , through the partition wall , some shouts were audible , so muffled it was impossible to tell whether it was a violent assault or someone asking for his bath to be turned off . |
| 3 | This was another of those naked spaces , so exposed it was useless — putting a chair out there to sit in the sun seemed unthinkable , there were none of the nooks and crannies or spaces that invited use . |
| 4 | I suddenly decided it was all petty , stupid , useless . |
| 5 | From the small town of Urubamba the fifty kilometres , journey from Pisac to Ollantaytambo was in a colectivo so packed it was difficult to see anything . |
| 6 | The expectations of some more exacting living sellers were also whittled to realistic levels , and , faced with good property at tempting estimates , collectors apparently decided it was safe to come back . |
| 7 | While Christie 's toyed with the idea of another Spanish sale , they quite rightly decided it was better not to overplay one market , which had in fact exhibited some weaknesses amidst the strengths . |
| 8 | So he obviously thought it was worthwhile doing that |
| 9 | Joe obviously thought it was all very daring and suitable for us both . |
| 10 | He obviously thought it was funny , what he was doing , but it was n't at all . |
| 11 | She did n't want to swim this afternoon , but only said it was slight indigestion . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah , so said it was that spaghetti Bolognese that did it . |
| 13 | Critics generally agreed it was funny , but some admitted to feeling uneasy about laughing at Frank Spencer as his world collapsed around him . |
| 14 | I just I just saw it was pure virgin olive oil and I thought oh that 'll do |
| 15 | I just thought it was worthwhile making that point as it is made to be very . |
| 16 | I mean that comes off it , I can see that much , I just thought it was good anyway |
| 17 | Yeah well I did n't know you could change gear I just thought it was automatic . |
| 18 | I just thought it was interesting . |
| 19 | Personally , he just hoped it was some headcase from the funny farm up the hill who 'd been let out on parole too early with a meat axe . |
| 20 | Last year the federal government finally said it was sorry and handed out some compensation . |
| 21 | I just said it was stupid . |
| 22 | He would n't say why , just said it was one of his morbid moods . |
| 23 | I did n't say , I just said it was gettable . |
| 24 | The CO just said it was advance n-notice . ’ |
| 25 | Well it just depended it was snowy . |
| 26 | By the end of the campaign a majority of 12 per cent amongst Conservatives claimed the BBC was anti-Conservative and even more claimed it was pro-Labour . |
| 27 | When Luv opened at the Booth Theater in 1964 ( with Wallach , Jackson and Arkin ) , Walter Kerr over-enthusiastically claimed it was better than Waiting for Godot . |
| 28 | ‘ I always felt it was difficult for me to find films . |
| 29 | I mean , that 's really funny , is n't it — we did n't have anything to play it on but we still thought it was great . |
| 30 | But he still thought it was crazy , and he 'd been right . |