Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] a joke " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Not a snigger to suggest that anybody in the audience even knew this was a joke . |
| 2 | This was a joke between them , and Lizzie retorted , ‘ No , sir , thank you ; as you said , a gin and lime . ’ |
| 3 | She wondered if that were a joke . |
| 4 | And that was a joke , because I was half-dead with worry myself . |
| 5 | That was a joke — a bad one , she knows that now — because little Cymby accidentally nipped Mummy 's bosoms — accidentally , with those new teeth of hers . |
| 6 | ‘ That was a joke . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ That was a joke . |
| 8 | They did repeat the rush goal from every angle and it DID hit him on the head … more later … they also discussed the penalty and concluded that was a joke . |
| 9 | Well , that was a joke in itself . |