Example sentences of "and [adj] was [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But doctors did notice that the epidemics usually happened in the hot months of the year ; and that was when the miasmic smells from primitive or non-existent sewerage were at their worst . |
| 2 | During the whole time I was anorexic , there is only one reference in my diary to feeling cold , and that was when the school heating system failed . |
| 3 | Only one thing she drew the line at and that was when the prostitution took up bairns . |
| 4 | And that was when the nightmares had started . |
| 5 | Some water came up and hit my bum , and that was when the phone went . |
| 6 | And that was when the university was very much on the British Council circuit . |
| 7 | They had a post office in that location ; it had been there protected under Treaty and by the League of Nations for nearly 20 years , and that was where the stamps had been issued . |
| 8 | And if she got half a pig 's head she used to cut the pig 's head in half and used to use the top half , and that was where the ears was , and everything , boil it until all all the meat dropped off and then she used to put in er a big basin , scrumple it up in her fingers , put some of the juice in , and put a seven pound weight on it , and a saucer , and make brawn . |
| 9 | And that was where the stables was . |
| 10 | She might be able to convince herself that the momentary flash of madness she 'd experienced , in thinking that she was falling in love with Luke Calder , was merely the result of stress , but it did n't change the fact that she was greatly attracted to him , and that was where the true danger lay . |
| 11 | Gloucester were roared out and that was where the hospitality finished . |
| 12 | Garbo , Garland , Gardner , Garson and Gable were there — and that was just the Gs — but the old grey Mayer was n't what he used to be , and he had been ousted from MGM by the time Nicholson arrived as a messenger boy . |
| 13 | AND THAT WAS JUST THE START OF A THOROUGH RENOVATION THAT 'S TAKEN 20 YEARS TO COMPLETE . |
| 14 | And that was just the first shampoo ! |
| 15 | And that was just the second post . ’ |
| 16 | And that was n't the only eye-opener which Jane had that day . |
| 17 | And that was n't the Prime Minister , was it , being nasty about the Germans in the Commons last week but the editor of the Daily Beast ? |
| 18 | And that was n't the first day , that was eight days er eight days solid from Sunday to the Monday following Monday . |
| 19 | Er er and and and that was n't the case . |
| 20 | And that was n't the only dark cloud on the horizon . |
| 21 | ‘ We feel a defender has to be able to defend well first and foremost and that was n't the best part of Jeff 's game . |
| 22 | ‘ We feel a defender has to be able to defend well first and foremost and that was n't the best part of Jeff 's game . |
| 23 | Mary herself had to sign her act of revocation in 1555 , and that was not the only matter for which the queen 's signature was necessary . |
| 24 | And that was not the end of it , for there were permutations . |
| 25 | But joint Charlton manager Alan Curbishley said : ‘ Nobody begrudged Robert his move — and that was not the case with a couple of players when they left . ’ |
| 26 | And that was not the feeling engendered by her relations with either of the Crumwallises , for example , or with Mr McWhirter . |
| 27 | One lick led to another , in her experience , and that was not the idea this afternoon , there were serious things in train . |
| 28 | Chapman did not score over the three games and that was probably the biggest single practical reason — among many — why we did so well . |
| 29 | And that was probably the main complaint overall was the noise in the small hours . |
| 30 | Then I should think you came up here , and that was probably the first time you realised what had happened . |