Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm I say he was n't er he would n't go to ACAS , Will and our Glyn from erm they went to ACAS , and they said oh everything 's fine in our quarry but they were side stepping the main issue that we 'd been sacked and there 's the boys are out and majority of . |
| 2 | For shareholders in Hard Rock Cafe , originally Harvard 's best OTC stock , a perk was permission to jump the long queue outside the Hard Rock Cafe off Piccadilly . |
| 3 | There were some people , some schools , who said ‘ yes , it 's absolutely vital , we just could not get on without it at all ’ and there were others who were questioning whether that was money spent the best way for special needs . |
| 4 | The Thames at Maidenhead - a name that provoked Dana 's hilarity — looked wintry , and there was snow obliterating the white horse at Uffingham . |
| 5 | At that time in the fifties , it was heresy to extend the Romano-British period beyond AD 400 . |
| 6 | In two cases intubation failed and in four there was failure to cross the lower oesophageal sphincter . |
| 7 | The Conservative government of Edward Heath had expelled one hundred and five KGB agents in 1971 who were operating under diplomatic cover and there was reluctance to have the old situation restored . |
| 8 | By the time another male child followed the first , almost exactly a year later , it was time to perpetuate the maternal grandfather 's Christian name . |
| 9 | In the build up to her first ever world tour , the now seasoned campaigner decided it was time to kill the cutesy girl-next-door and reflect the reality of what had happened to her over the previous two years . |
| 10 | After several months , she felt it was time to lay the troublesome lady ( and her own nerves ) to rest . |
| 11 | But by 1957 he had become disenchanted with government service and decided it was time to join the private sector . |
| 12 | It was time to join the Zommerfest in town . |
| 13 | He was always happy to help her keep her hair beautiful , even when it was time to use the greenish-brown powder that reminded him of warm cow-dung when she mixed it with water . |
| 14 | It was time to open the next package . |
| 15 | It was time to clarify the confused political situation in Berry . |
| 16 | I stayed at the Cove watching cloud shadows racing across the great limestone cliffs until the sun moved round to the west when it was time to race the old ladies back to the village for the tea and scones of Beck Hall . |
| 17 | After lunch it was time to don the wet suits and to ‘ run the gauntlet ’ . |