Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adv] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was just presumably Education Committee ? |
| 2 | This was n't just altruism . |
| 3 | This was somehow still Alain 's task , still his right . |
| 4 | [ This was no longer law under the amended Code ] . |
| 5 | In view of the evidence of the early Fathers of the Christian Church , this was most probably Peter . |
| 6 | This was not simply professionalism . |
| 7 | This was not only vengeance for a lost son , but an invasion . |
| 8 | And this was not only Walsall Co-op , it was the Co-ops as far as I can remember , because er er you know I would n't take that for gospel could I 'm not not sure because I was only child . |
| 9 | This was so obviously Ace 's bathroom that she felt uncomfortable . |
| 10 | If this was so then Sir Thomas exuded friendship and goodwill . |
| 11 | Ah this was really just Yona and and me you know I mean Yona obviously felt very strongly about her father standing in the rain on the picket line worked hard all his life an it had come to this really being sacked er they were just newly sacked then . |
| 12 | This was really just shorthand I suppose , but we undoubtedly er respect |
| 13 | The main reason for this was that neither management nor the union had gone out of their way to provide workers with information on the hazards of asbestos . |
| 14 | This was almost certainly Neil 's only chance of becoming an Olympian and his partner 's decision means he has lost it , almost certainly for ever . |
| 15 | That these were not just accidents which inevitably happen in modern travel and industry , was pointed out by the director general of the British Safety Council , James Tye : |
| 16 | But these were not just facsimiles of Big Ted and Little Ted , no : this time Hamble was dressed head to toe in leather astride a miniature Harley Davidson . |
| 17 | An important point to note here is that these were not really arguments against correctionalism as such . |
| 18 | These were not only Britons and Germans , but also Belgians , French , Italians , Swiss ; they were diplomats and political persons of high rank ; distinguished clergymen ; retired military gentlemen ; writers and thinkers . |
| 19 | North listened to this impassively ; when it was over his eyes filled with tears , but these were not necessarily tears of compunction . |
| 20 | The end-of-the-year demonstrations appeared to be caused by ‘ racial ’ conflict between Chinese and African students , but it will be argued that these were once again expressions of the Chinese students ' general discontent and disappointment after ten years of reform . |
| 21 | Alison was n't keen to take hers , but I managed to persuade her , pointing out that since I had n't been asked for any more money these were almost certainly aspirins . |
| 22 | How many were there then Mick do you know ? |
| 23 | But the latter were clearly hopelessly reductionist in relation to a concept such as this which at once opens up the possible significances of what was once merely seen as the aesthetic . |
| 24 | And that was why only boys , yet a-growing , could be recruited and not adult men . |
| 25 | And then in September the battle of the Marne — that was no longer cricket . |
| 26 | That was not just vanity . |
| 27 | That was not really Kezia 's name . |
| 28 | That was how much Adam appreciated the beautiful old house he had had the unheard-of good fortune to inherit at the age of nineteen . |