Example sentences of "[vb past] was [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The measure used was simply the total number of accidents reported at a junction in this period . |
| 2 | The awe I felt was probably the first phase of hero-worship — the sort of thing some people call a crush . |
| 3 | The last bit we did was only the small numbers . |
| 4 | Yet in essence what she said was always the same . |
| 5 | Despite this it was found that in all three areas of Wales the amount of land owned was almost the same . |
| 6 | This is probably a good idea , but it means that you may never know if the food you avoided was indeed the guilty party , because the child is likely to have outgrown the sensitivity by the time the food is eaten again . |
| 7 | The last thing she wanted was even the smallest degree of intimacy in this relationship . |