Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have watched Eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have watched the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial instruments . |
| 2 | We have watched eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have heard the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial intruments . |
| 3 | Growth follows the direction of the arrow — perhaps to meet the other half-span if this were truly a bridge . |
| 4 | The 1890s were also a period in which deaf art flourished . |
| 5 | I sat and pondered these options for some time before deciding that numbers 1 and 2 were probably a bit over the top ( especially if it WAS Darren White that she really fancied ! ) . |
| 6 | well they are now , my daughter now has a proper bum bag , but this was just a school , purse for school , just for break time . |
| 7 | Here I am not trying to give the impression that I am a Test Pilot as such , not in the way of Roly Beamont , or a host of other of my friends in this particular field ; this was just a question of an air test rather than a flight test . |
| 8 | I warned you this was just a fling |
| 9 | Diane told herself that this was just a kind of paranoia on her part , an over-apprehension that came from reading too many doctor articles in women 's magazines , but it did n't make her any less uneasy . |
| 10 | This was just a warning . |
| 11 | ‘ In case you were thinking , ’ he concluded , ‘ that this was just a quarrel among blacks , a spot of faction-fighting . |
| 12 | He could get a job and earn some money to buy some clothes — but he knew this was just a dream . |
| 13 | This was just a back seat and very determined to stay that way . |
| 14 | This was just a continuation of the baseline . |
| 15 | And knowing this was just a beginning . |
| 16 | But this was just a dentist 's waiting room and it made him wonder what the rest of the house would be like . |
| 17 | But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas . |
| 18 | This was just a routine visit to an elderly patient to check that she was happy , and not in any pain , and also to stock her up on her medicines . |
| 19 | But , this was just a bang , sort of knocked |
| 20 | But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas . |
| 21 | er and I 'll be the first to recognize that and this was just a sort of the ball park stats that you were looking for . |
| 22 | This was just a wind-up , a tease for his pleasure . |
| 23 | This was just a reconstruction — but answering the door to a stranger in this way cost phylis her seven hundred pounds life savings : |
| 24 | This was n't , this was just a programme |
| 25 | The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine . |
| 26 | Is that what it is– ’ Or if I was to see the doctor and my girlfriend happened to be seeing the doctor as well , this was just an excuse , according to them , for us to be together . |
| 27 | This was just an excuse : the real reason they wanted to come was that they very much needed food at home . |
| 28 | But surely this was just an aberration ? |
| 29 | To Gosse , this was just an appearance ; and his book was ‘ an attempt to untie the geological knot ’ , though it might seem rather to cut it . |
| 30 | Some Ministers felt that this was wholly a matter for the conscience or judgment of the individual , and that Ministers who held strong views on the moral issue should not be asked to subordinate those views to a collective decision of the Cabinet . |