Example sentences of "[adj] was [adv] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was exactly what Angel One wanted . |
| 2 | From the time Quinn ran out of that apartment , this was wholly his affair . |
| 3 | This was also our experience in one patient in whom ‘ fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis ’ was seen in the first transplant at 20 weeks and progressed to require retransplantation at 32 weeks . |
| 4 | He found them socially and administratively anomalous , but this was also his opinion of Poles . |
| 5 | The big Southampton striker does n't score enough for his country ; this was only his second for Northern Ireland — but it was Hughes tried a shot off the edge of the box , the ball cannoned off a Lithuanian defender and into the path of Dowie who rifled an unstoppable drive past Martin Kenas from 14 yards . |
| 6 | No doubt this was only his manner . |
| 7 | This was obviously their local . |
| 8 | ‘ This was obviously his way of expressing his displeasure , ’ Mr Woodcock said . |
| 9 | Baldwin had intended to resign at once if Labour got a majority and this was still his instinct , but now he retired to Chequers where on 1 June came Davidson , Eyres Monsell , Austen Chamberlain and Hoare . |
| 10 | ‘ This was always my favourite as a child , ’ said Ilsa . |
| 11 | She concluded that Veronica Puddephat , if this was indeed her house , was out . |
| 12 | This was indeed his year for honours since in January he had been awarded the Order of Merit by George VI ; some have said that this gratified him more than the Nobel , and certainly he seemed to enjoy wearing the medal and ribbon on ceremonial occasions . |
| 13 | Sitting there in the regulation dressing gown waiting for the results of these critical proceedings , this was certainly my moment of truth . |
| 14 | This was apparently their destination . |
| 15 | People at Etten had recently commented on his habit of walking along while staring straight ahead , and this was perhaps his protection against unfriendly glances . |
| 16 | He was important for all that , because his reign does much to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the late Anglo-Saxon state , and because the political situation which Cnut inherited late in 1016 was partly his creation . |
| 17 | So much had changed , so much was new , and yet so much was still my childhood Berkhamsted . |
| 18 | A settlement between the Chelonians and the eight twelves was still his aim , after all . |
| 19 | That was strictly my idea . |
| 20 | Gumboots , muck , I 'll buy you a pint … that was clearly her level . |
| 21 | They replied formally that that was exactly their object . |
| 22 | Yes , that was exactly my reaction when I first saw this set announced . |
| 23 | And that was exactly my remedy for him earlier this year when , face down on a bench in Augusta 's locker-room , Olazabal shielded the grief of failure in the US Masters . |
| 24 | But er that was practically your conference . |
| 25 | ‘ That was just their work . |
| 26 | Yet that was just what light seemed to succeed in doing . |
| 27 | That was presumably his stage debut , because although his teacher Marjorie Sturman started the Johannesburg Festival Ballet Society about that time , it did not give its first public performance until the following year , when he was already in Cape Town and unable to get away . |
| 28 | The upshot was that Hauptmann Alfred Horn — if that was indeed his name — had been transferred next morning from the Tower to a miserable country house near Aldershot called Mytchett Place , where he was being held under extremely heavy guard . |
| 29 | That was certainly my understanding and certainly |
| 30 | That was really my point . |