Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We have watched Eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have watched the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial instruments .
2 We have watched eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have heard the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial intruments .
3 Growth follows the direction of the arrow — perhaps to meet the other half-span if this were truly a bridge .
4 well they are now , my daughter now has a proper bum bag , but this was just a school , purse for school , just for break time .
5 Here I am not trying to give the impression that I am a Test Pilot as such , not in the way of Roly Beamont , or a host of other of my friends in this particular field ; this was just a question of an air test rather than a flight test .
6 I warned you this was just a fling
7 Diane told herself that this was just a kind of paranoia on her part , an over-apprehension that came from reading too many doctor articles in women 's magazines , but it did n't make her any less uneasy .
8 This was just a warning .
9 ‘ In case you were thinking , ’ he concluded , ‘ that this was just a quarrel among blacks , a spot of faction-fighting .
10 He could get a job and earn some money to buy some clothes — but he knew this was just a dream .
11 This was just a back seat and very determined to stay that way .
12 This was just a continuation of the baseline .
13 And knowing this was just a beginning .
14 But this was just a dentist 's waiting room and it made him wonder what the rest of the house would be like .
15 But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas .
16 This was just a routine visit to an elderly patient to check that she was happy , and not in any pain , and also to stock her up on her medicines .
17 But , this was just a bang , sort of knocked
18 But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas .
19 er and I 'll be the first to recognize that and this was just a sort of the ball park stats that you were looking for .
20 This was just a wind-up , a tease for his pleasure .
21 This was just a reconstruction — but answering the door to a stranger in this way cost phylis her seven hundred pounds life savings :
22 This was n't , this was just a programme
23 The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine .
24 Is that what it is– ’ Or if I was to see the doctor and my girlfriend happened to be seeing the doctor as well , this was just an excuse , according to them , for us to be together .
25 This was just an excuse : the real reason they wanted to come was that they very much needed food at home .
26 But surely this was just an aberration ?
27 To Gosse , this was just an appearance ; and his book was ‘ an attempt to untie the geological knot ’ , though it might seem rather to cut it .
28 Some Ministers felt that this was wholly a matter for the conscience or judgment of the individual , and that Ministers who held strong views on the moral issue should not be asked to subordinate those views to a collective decision of the Cabinet .
29 Yet this was also a society with its own code , its own strict tempo of liturgical observances , its own rituals of rank and solidarity , honour and shame .
30 Though it was little discussed , this was also a problem among girls .
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