Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] was [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean that was always a milkman used , there used to be er James was one of the milkmen down Palfrey , he used to come . |
| 2 | I mean that was really a breakthrough . |
| 3 | People in Walton believe that was just a ruse by the youths . |
| 4 | You , you feel that was definitely a , a wrong move |
| 5 | Later , back up the shore beside their picnic blanket , beside Karen 's sun dress that was now a mass of creeping black , the girls lay on their stomachs and talked again of Parr , desultorily . |
| 6 | They had had £10 : 1s. : 0d. advanced to them but divided between the two men for the 2½ months labour that was scarcely a good wage … average perhaps . |
| 7 | ‘ From what Valesio 's widow has told me , it 's dear that her husband 's contacts with the gang began with a telephone call that was simply a signal for him to go to some prearranged meeting-place . |
| 8 | We had run one in an earlier year , erm , I think that was slightly a different type , but that , er , the idea was the same . |