Example sentences of "[vb past] was an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the injury sustained was an inherent risk of the procedure , then the doctrine will be inapplicable . |
| 2 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 3 | We were downstairs , laid out like sardines under the Morrison shelter , but when this happened my Dad was up like a shot and racing up the stairs with a bucket of sand , ready to throw it over what we assumed was an incendiary bomb which had come through the roof . |
| 4 | On Oct. 20 Japan expressed regret over what it claimed was an alleged breach by France of an agreement not to disclose preparations for the shipment . |
| 5 | Some of those taking ; part were already in costume : Jilly Fox was wearing what looked like an Iranian chadour , contrived from a sheet , Karen Gray was dressed up as a nurse , and Bob Saxby who taught pottery was encased in a Michelin-man spacesuit which he claimed was an Arctic explorer 's sleeping bag . |
| 6 | In a bay where the two arms of the L joined was an open vintage car . |
| 7 | The ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ tour that followed was an enormous amount of work for everybody involved and in some ways , it began to break down . |
| 8 | They performed their task conscientiously under solemn oath and they placed what they thought was an accurate valuation upon every pot and pan , every piece of furniture , each farm animal and even the manure . |
| 9 | Because after you listen to the evidence will be that these are professional officers doing a very difficult job and members of the public , members of the jury create very dated job they have the one objective I 've told you about to protect members of the public from further harm from what they thought was an armed criminal on the run . |
| 10 | We go to Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire now and Mrs Jennifer 's written to us er with a puzzle because she 's found what she thought was an interesting plant growing amongst a raspberry bush in her garden . |
| 11 | This hangar was all closed up apart from one door , so he drove in in the semi-dark and reversed rapidly into what he thought was an empty corner without checking it first for parked vehicles . |
| 12 | The President of the D T I chose to ignore what I thought was an excellent report from the special committee , which was headed by Dick . |
| 13 | He was buffeted from side to side , and swore in what Anne thought was an Australian accent . |
| 14 | In the context of German Hellenism as a whole , what it meant was an ever-widening gulf between classics as a study and the creative art and life of the time . |
| 15 | It would also have meant he could not take up his place at Yale Law School , which he felt was an essential part of his preparation for political life . |
| 16 | And you could be sure that every dog you saw was an excellent example of their breed — they had to be the most consistent winners throughout the year before they could qualify for an invite . |
| 17 | Then she looked at Luke again , and hurt was an intrinsic part of her response to him now , a relentless ache that went on and on , without respite . |
| 18 | There were conflicting accounts of clashes between Issa and Oromo groups in Djibouti and Ethiopia on July 9-15 ; the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ' representative in Djibouti apologized to the government for what he said was an incorrect report from the UNHCR that as many as 250 people had been killed . |
| 19 | ‘ Where is he ? ’ he said , heading towards the door with what he hoped was an heroic stride . |
| 20 | I turned with what I hoped was an innocent smile on my face . |
| 21 | Blanche had her face in what she hoped was an alluring pout of disappointment when the wine arrived . |
| 22 | A thin dog sidled up to them , stopping just out of range of a kick , and looked at them with what it hoped was an appealing expression . |
| 23 | ‘ I learned something from Ana when we were leaving Granada , ’ she began , looking up with what she hoped was an intelligent determination to talk . |
| 24 | The animal tested was an Asian elephant , but it was soon confirmed that African elephants produce infrasound as well . |
| 25 | The first man I met was an old fellow sitting on the church wall smoking a pipe . |
| 26 | She wanted harshness , remote ritual , a difficult kind of virtue ; what she got was an upholstered smile and an approach like a cosy London policeman 's to a well-bred drunk on Boat Race night . |
| 27 | She tried the Moebius Strip , but all she got was an answering routine . |
| 28 | All I wanted was an exceptional career for Jean-Claude , for that was what he wanted for himself . |
| 29 | The one thing he never wanted was an acting career — ‘ I 'd seen that … ’ |