Example sentences of "[adj] was [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Full skirts — goodness knows how many petticoats made walking very hard , so all this almost enforced leisure upon them , and this was again part of the duty of the woman to show that she did n't need to work , she did n't in fact even have to lift a finger because the man or her servants would do all this for her . |
| 2 | This was only part of her character . |
| 3 | This was only part of a general sort of pattern as it were , where people were beginning to impinge on their lives , there was another well-known local alcoholic there who was knocking on doors trying to get money off people , and there 's several elderly people who gave this woman money , because they were frightened that if they did n't something would happen to them . |
| 4 | This was obviously anathema to Ricardou , in particular , and a fairly acrimonious exchange erupted during the conference sessions surrounding this question of referentiality . |
| 5 | It is also worth noting that , as the analysts became immersed in the detailed examination , there was a tendency to forget that this was still part of the systems thinking stage , and that the models , activities and related information needs were those that were desirable in systems terms , and not did not necessarily reflect the real situation . |
| 6 | Recognising that this was hardly fodder for mainstream publishers , he and Pope promptly set up their own publishing company , X Press . |
| 7 | This was hardly music to Britain 's ears : the Labour government had vigorously resisted all such overtures since 1945 . |
| 8 | In return for this support in times of need , it demanded contributions from everyone , in labour and in wealth , although the latter was often payment in kind . |
| 9 | But the rhetoric of those who defended government policy in the early 1680s was explicitly legalist in nature . |
| 10 | Each was temporarily leader of his respective peer-group and power-base , but each had less than unanimous backing , especially in the long term . |
| 11 | I had a real tan to show off to everyone , when I got home , and that was tomorrow morning at 4.00am . |
| 12 | Mhm , that was just part of the job then |
| 13 | That was just exuberance on the part of the children and teachers when they chopped off all her hair and Super Glued it to her chin . |
| 14 | ‘ But I do n't even mean anything like that ; that was just background for the film . |
| 15 | We reckoned that was about quarter of a page . |
| 16 | That was never part of my business or intention . |
| 17 | That was only part of the story . |
| 18 | But that was only part of the reason . |
| 19 | Neither was there evidence of anything more than superficial surface treatment . |
| 20 | In only two cases was there a demolition against the advice of the Advisory Board ; neither case involved a listed building and in neither was there objection from the planning authority . |
| 21 | What happened next was evidently part of a carefully rehearsed rigmarole . |