Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [det] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But outwardly I was all sweetness and patient understanding , continually being congratulated on my competence in the role of ‘ little mother ’ . |
| 2 | Her mood had changed , it seemed , and she was all lightness and joy . |
| 3 | He said she was more trouble than she was worth . |
| 4 | I tried to explain , and she was more understanding than I had expected . |
| 5 | If we had a splinter oh go to auntie my other mm she was n't our aunt really but er she was she was some relation but we used to call her auntie and we 'd have to go to her to take a splinter out of our own finger she us she could n't touch us , was n't that funny ? |
| 6 | it was they was that panicking cos tomorrow morning , the ministry are coming and |
| 7 | It was easy to see why Rose found him so attractive ; whether he cared for her was another matter and nothing to do with Melissa or her present mission . |
| 8 | It was heartfelt and deep , but Theo should not run off with the idea that it was all laughter and light and the cooing of turtle doves . |
| 9 | In the event , Burnley won and it was all sweetness and light . ’ |
| 10 | You started , I forget one , you know they 'd put them on the bo It was all board and slates , there were no books , you know , no papers . |
| 11 | He said , it was all vanity and childishness : and that such objects were , to those who patronised them , mere mirrours of their own superiority . |
| 12 | But afterwards it was all relaxation as her prize also including the chance to spend the Saturday night at Wimpey Homes ’ prestigious Granby Village development . |
| 13 | It was all family and friends , you know . |
| 14 | It was all teamwork and I would say there was a great deal that can be brought into your work from the weekend . ’ |
| 15 | Yeah it was all time and a half , double time . |
| 16 | She was taller than he by at least four inches , and , even though he outweighed her , it was all gut and no muscle . |
| 17 | It was all lightness and air . |
| 18 | But it was that voice that really nailed it ; that languid , partly-formed Brooklyn drawl moving somewhere in the area of the tune . |
| 19 | Now the I 'm just trying to think of some some of those pictures that are in there now there was one , it was that size or in a pair like that lovely looking pictures |
| 20 | Yeah it was that girl that erm that 's why it 's so strange . |
| 21 | It was that year that the world was introduced to the idea conceived by Sir Rowland Hill — postage stamps — the first of the one penny stamps , black in colour , which could be used to send a letter through the postal system called the Post Office . |
| 22 | I said I thought it was that way but , you know , agreed with them . |
| 23 | And as far as in the appraisals I mean I found when I did the three s part staff and , and I was , it was that pilot and , and I know |
| 24 | It was that speculation and accompanying doubts about the ability of the private practitioner to meet this need which led to the rapid growth of interest in alternative means of providing legal advice . |
| 25 | It was that night that Fenna had taught her to fly . |
| 26 | It was that money that she used to pay the mortgage . |
| 27 | Anyway , it was that programme where this man comes on half-way through and asks some catch question and if you know the answer you have to phone in quick before the end of the programme . |
| 28 | I 'm sure it was that meeting that was scaring him . ’ |
| 29 | Because it was that point that erm David Berlow made about howthe Condensed Century was done , where he took the Torino serifs and put them on . |
| 30 | ‘ It was that advert that did it , I think . |