Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [det] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 For an unpretentious suburban Gasthof it was all rather a surprise .
2 At the end he asked me about myself , curtly , as if it was all rather a bore .
3 It was all rather a relief .
4 It was all just a moment 's mental aberration !
5 It was all just a wee misunderstanding . ’
6 Perhaps , he concluded , in his letter terminating their correspondence for months to come , it was all just a terrible nightmare which would only be understood later ?
7 It was all just a big adventure .
8 Ruth was beginning to feel it was all just a dream ; part of her mind felt detached , quite separate from her body .
9 Helen replied enigmatically that it was all just a question of experience .
10 It was all just a sort of angry joke because the rest of the gang , and Ashton in particular , would n't agree with him about the best way to fill holes in .
11 But he was n't frightened , because he knew that it was all just a joke , a little comedy of the kind fathers like to play with their sons .
12 Maybe it was all just a game to him , these stirring pulses and loaded glances , and chemical reactions .
13 Meanwhile , a self-declared ring-leader , Paul Taylor , shouting from the roof tops , has claimed that it was all just a sit-in protest that got out of control .
14 He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game .
15 It was all only an excuse .
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