Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry I was a long time I did n't |
| 2 | In this I was no different from Michael , but where he thought of eagles , I thought of dolphins . |
| 3 | Not in the grocery , I suppose there would be , I mean erm as I say I was never thrilled with the clothing department and when I did get involved with the deals , er I 'm afraid I was a political animal and I would 've have been more interested in the political side . |
| 4 | ‘ I — I 'm afraid I was a little bit bossy in those days , ’ she admitted contritely . |
| 5 | They were not always easy or comfortable either , despite her infectious humour , but they were empowering — at this she was the best . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ I can think of a couple of occasions when patronising you was the last thing on my mind . ’ |
| 7 | As early as 1895 he was a regular contributor to the Engineer and Engineering , taking the great engineers of the day to task over technical issues , and he soon became well known . |
| 8 | In this it was a great but short-lived success and provoked Germany into refusing to buy Polish coal , which in turn provoked Poland into putting an embargo on all German trade . |
| 9 | It 's all a bit confusing now cos we 've I 've just finished altering the whole of the middle of it but this It was a twenty four foot long main lounge . |
| 10 | It finally became clear it was a false alarm . |
| 11 | It is clear it was the reform-minded Mr Modrow and his supporters in the Central Committee who urged the leadership to press ahead swiftly with fundamental change , including the decision to allow free travel . |
| 12 | By the 1890s it was the established practice for Nonconformist ministers , along with local clergymen , to stand for election to the Boards . |
| 13 | ‘ With Hamed it was a real search . ’ |
| 14 | I would n't say it was brave it was a normal thing to do , was n't brave , there was nothing brave about that . |
| 15 | For some it was a reassuring catch-phrase like ‘ You Never Had It So Good ’ . |
| 16 | These children would be billeted out among local families , and for some it was the only holiday they ever had . |
| 17 | By the 1830s he was a revered scientist and had invented an electromagnetic coil machine . |
| 18 | At one year old he was the ideal age for breeding and although he 'd never been with another bird before , his first mate produced eggs within two months . |
| 19 | And I oh I fought hard I never wanted a baby to be born in the wok house cos the word workhouse to me in the old it was a terrible name . |
| 20 | Apart from the few wives and daughters of master printers who had picked up something of the trade in the family firm , the first women compositors in Britain to receive anything like a " systematic training " were apparently taken on by the firm of McCorquodale of Newton-le-Willows in about 1848.12 It was a little-known experiment that did not last . |
| 21 | While we are on the subject of money , in 1991 you were the first art historian to be awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz Prize . |
| 22 | In 1888 she was the first woman in Britain to earn the degree of LLB from the University of London . |
| 23 | It extended society 's consideration for deprived children towards those groups that had previously excited anger rather than compassion and as such it was a progressive and humanitarian measure . |
| 24 | However , the government insisted that the ritual was only an extension of the Niinamesai ceremony ( a 2,000-year-old annual tradition in which the Emperor offered a token of the new rice harvest to the Sun Goddess ) , and as such it was an integral element of Japanese culture . |
| 25 | By the 1900s it was an established chain with marble-topped counters . |
| 26 | Under the Local Government Act 1929 it was the positive duty of the local authority to recover the whole of the expenses ( or as much as the person could afford ) . |
| 27 | And they were very fortunate it was a fine night and they were able to take refuge down among the reefs and the hole . |
| 28 | And if anything fell into the category of being impossible it was the former BR standard pacific Duke of Gloucester . |
| 29 | So whereas he had treated with the pro-English party in Scotland in the first half of 1543 , in 1544 it was the pro-French faction which was uppermost in his mind . |
| 30 | Its monopoly of the Asian trade was still its reward for being one of the main holders of the national debt , and after Robert Clive 's victory over the French at Plessey in 1757 it was the virtual ruler of Bengal . |