Example sentences of "that [was/were] [adv] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind of job , he thought , that was simply an admission of defeat . |
| 2 | That was neither an end , nor a beginning . |
| 3 | He asked me to resign , but I think that was just an excuse to get rid of me because he 's jealous of my work ! ’ she finished baldly , quite unable to dress up the truth . |
| 4 | That was just an excuse to throw us together so you could seduce me ! |
| 5 | I kept thinking that perhaps you were still in Australia , but I expect that was just an excuse ! |
| 6 | Huge amounts of people have gone , I mean Andy , him being expelled , that was just an excuse |
| 7 | Getting it out and that was just an armchair do n't know what they 'd do if they had to move the settee , but erm , that 's the difference in |
| 8 | True there 'd been found in Alicia 's desk , but everyone thought that was just an accident , now they began to wonder if someone had put them there , not Alicia , Lizzie would n't do a thing like that , but somebody , it was getting near half term and new the girls were excited because some of them were expecting visits from there parents . |
| 9 | She also looked very young and unsure of herself , but Kate knew that was just an illusion . |
| 10 | That was indeed an honour after all THEY played with the great man himself . |
| 11 | So that was indeed an location . |
| 12 | So that was quite an experience and quite a contrast from er life in good old England . |
| 13 | And that was quite an experience . |
| 14 | Half the force had been at the match , of course , although that was hardly an excuse . |