Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] was [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Nanayakkara , consultant paediatrician at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital , had diagnosed blood poisoning and pneumonia in Liam , and under cross-examination agreed that was possibly life threatening . |
| 2 | Critics say that was merely Hallucination . |
| 3 | They seemed part of the Castle 's fire , each flame a plunging spear ; and Ruth was beyond remembering this was only magic . |
| 4 | We reckoned that was about quarter of a page . |
| 5 | What happened next was evidently part of a carefully rehearsed rigmarole . |
| 6 | Now you could say that was perhaps maintenance , but it 's all been cleaned , it 's been repointed , there are new lanterns , they 've done all the paintwork and they made such a beautiful job of it , it 's really almost for the craftsmanship and the care that we gave them a certificate for that as well . |