Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] was [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean that was always a milkman used , there used to be er James was one of the milkmen down Palfrey , he used to come . |
| 2 | I mean that was really a breakthrough . |
| 3 | Theodora realised this was rather a lame attempt on her part to steer clear of what was increasingly looking like a nasty piece of wreckage . |
| 4 | I kept thinking that perhaps you were still in Australia , but I expect that was just an excuse ! |
| 5 | I was surprised when I found out about the interim order , but I assumed that was only a convenience measure , because you 're resident in Scotland and I 'm not . |
| 6 | Frightened , but believing this was only a passing sense of panic , Monika ran to the church hoping she could calm him . |
| 7 | When the Lockington railway disaster happened that was just a few miles from here . |
| 8 | erm from yesterday er I think meself personally I 'm very methodical sort of person and I felt what was most important the revelations meself was thought patterns and the use of most structured structured in a presentation and also the importance I could n't believe how that using them made such a difference actually to yourself when you 're standing there and the audience participation erm thought patterns well I 've always used that was just a revelation I mean I 've never |
| 9 | I would have thought this was rather an enlightening view to take , but Semites erm , but there we are . |
| 10 | He is often lambasted for his failure to give the works he conducts structural cohesion ; I have never thought this was either a fair or a perceptive criticism . |
| 11 | Yet she sensed that was only a beginning . |
| 12 | People in Walton believe that was just a ruse by the youths . |
| 13 | You , you feel that was definitely a , a wrong move |
| 14 | She also looked very young and unsure of herself , but Kate knew that was just an illusion . |
| 15 | Later , back up the shore beside their picnic blanket , beside Karen 's sun dress that was now a mass of creeping black , the girls lay on their stomachs and talked again of Parr , desultorily . |
| 16 | They had had £10 : 1s. : 0d. advanced to them but divided between the two men for the 2½ months labour that was scarcely a good wage … average perhaps . |
| 17 | True there 'd been found in Alicia 's desk , but everyone thought that was just an accident , now they began to wonder if someone had put them there , not Alicia , Lizzie would n't do a thing like that , but somebody , it was getting near half term and new the girls were excited because some of them were expecting visits from there parents . |
| 18 | I thought that was rather a lot . |
| 19 | The midwife said to me , ‘ This child has been on this earth before ’ and I thought that was rather an odd thing to say , but the midwife seemed quite adamant . |
| 20 | Denise said she would n't buy erm the Nescafe because of the baby milk you see , so I thought that was slightly a different topic t er to the one we were asking about fair trade . |
| 21 | Please continue to send papers for any relevant meetings and an attempt will be made to respond to appropriate issues , if there is any specific topic you wish to be considered , please do not hesitate to get in touch so I thought that was quite a nice letter seeing as I practically read them all |
| 22 | Yeah I was just looking at erm I thought that was quite a bit of resolute defending there from er Whitlow . |
| 23 | Dr Kallman of the Osborn Laboratory in New York felt this was probably an unwarranted addition to the list as its range had not been fully studies . |
| 24 | And knowing this was just a beginning . |
| 25 | He could get a job and earn some money to buy some clothes — but he knew this was just a dream . |
| 26 | But all the time — from the moment I began to speak , in fact — I knew this was partly a lie : I enjoyed the intrigue of politics , the excitement , the feeling , if only in a limited way , of power . |
| 27 | She would rather talk to Pilade though she knew this was only a sophisticated way of talking to herself . |
| 28 | Hungry for political office , they knew this was only an inoculation . |
| 29 | Anyway , I thought this was strictly a business trip , ’ she added , a glint of mischief in her eyes . |
| 30 | I thought this was rather a shrewd point . |