Example sentences of "that [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Oh , but of course , ’ she added harshly , ‘ I forgot ; that was just a whim on your part , was n't it ? |
| 32 | Perhaps that was just a case where , in the early stages of the life-cycle , corporate managers acted more like private consumers than industrial purchasers of large-scale equipment . |
| 33 | That was just a couple I did . |
| 34 | Anyway , that was just a symbol . |
| 35 | The hand-claps sometimes seemed to be keeping time with my leisurely steps as I wandered under the arcades in the hot night , but that was just a coincidence . |
| 36 | That was just a pretence to cover up her real affaire . |
| 37 | And I do n't know it was truth he said I 'm just collecting all the mole skins for somebody 's mo For a coat , but that was just a story I think . |
| 38 | In fact I cried when I got to the top , but I think that that was just a release of emotion . |
| 39 | That was just a gimmick , like when they stopped the holiday trains . |
| 40 | That was just a slip . |
| 41 | But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me . |
| 42 | and that was just a bowl of soup and a , a roll |
| 43 | If that was just a warning I did n't want to be around when they got really nasty . |
| 44 | People in Walton believe that was just a ruse by the youths . |
| 45 | That is just wicked , using his arse as an ashtray , that was just a classic that was . |
| 46 | That was just a dream . |
| 47 | Unless all that was just a dream , after all , and nothing to do with what really happened . ’ |
| 48 | No I do n't , no that was just a nickname they give him for years ago , matter of fact I the other day , I was walking up and he called me , so I took me father 's name you see , nickname , that was . |
| 49 | erm from yesterday er I think meself personally I 'm very methodical sort of person and I felt what was most important the revelations meself was thought patterns and the use of most structured structured in a presentation and also the importance I could n't believe how that using them made such a difference actually to yourself when you 're standing there and the audience participation erm thought patterns well I 've always used that was just a revelation I mean I 've never |
| 50 | That was just a symptom . |
| 51 | ‘ That was … that was just a joke . |
| 52 | Yeah well that was just a comment , silly . |
| 53 | I I th I thought I thought it was I S actually from the way you said it the first time , but that was just a guess . |
| 54 | But that was just a full-dress rehearsal . |
| 55 | Right that that was just a letter for reference anyway |
| 56 | ‘ That was just a figure of speech , ’ said the doctor . |
| 57 | Oh well , that was just a waste of break . |
| 58 | We er we got very close to beating Bellevue at Bellevue which was okay I mean everybody 's a bit rusty so and we were experimenting with tyres and everything and er it was only a challenge , but it was nice to get the first meeting on the way and er I was very impressed by some of er the team members of what I saw , I knew er team mate Dean Bargger was doing particularly well scoring 11 points and er he 's really a promising er youngster which I think we can get a lot of use out of , and er in general I mean you know Ellis Stevens was doing particularly well as well , so if those two can keep doing well during the season , then okay mine had a few problems , she only scored 3 points , but that was just a one-off so yeah I thing we look quite strong on paper again now . |
| 59 | Erm , oh god , the next item is the Essex Region and erm that was just a report from Norfolk on the success of it . |
| 60 | I 'm not bothered , I do n't even know what 's on , that was just a suggestion . |