Example sentences of "that [pron] [was/were] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | More recently the revelation that I was also a Punch columnist has provoked an equally predictable and ill-informed reaction . |
| 2 | ‘ Just because I was a very talented and precocious child did n't mean that I was also a happy one , ’ says Danielle . |
| 3 | So I was selected as company runner , which meant that I was also a kind of servant , I forget the word … ’ |
| 4 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 5 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 6 | That I was just a father , a husband — I 'd somehow ceased to exist as a person in my own right . ’ |
| 7 | He thought that I was still a little mad . |
| 8 | What last thin pretence had remained that I was merely a guest lay discarded . |
| 9 | On leaving GLF in 1972 I did n't realize that I was now a separatist ; those of us who were did n't use the word . |
| 10 | When I first saw her again I was surprised to find that I was now a little taller than Daphne but that she had lost almost as much weight as I had . |
| 11 | As I looked sadly at my hands and boots , I remembered that I was only a common working boy , and wished I could be different . |
| 12 | I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house . |
| 13 | Recently , I was very surprised to find that I was willing to go to bed with a guy and have intercourse , but then discovered that I was really a bit repelled by the idea of having him kiss me . |
| 14 | From being a child to being an adult this apparent choice changed to the overriding , deep-rooted belief that I was actually a boy , that nature had somehow made a mistake biologically but that I was really a boy . |
| 15 | I get it form most of his kind , who remember that I was once a private investigator , and so to them not far removed for law . |
| 16 | From being a child to being an adult this apparent choice changed to the overriding , deep-rooted belief that I was actually a boy , that nature had somehow made a mistake biologically but that I was really a boy . |
| 17 | ‘ Fenella and I would set out a day later , ’ he said , looking at Fenella and thinking that she was rather a nice sort of companion to be having on a journey . |
| 18 | Only gradually did it emerge that she was rather a miniature whirlwind , perhaps an inch shorter even than Charlotte , but so slender that she escaped looking like a pocket edition . |
| 19 | Her prolonged treatment as an in-patient meant that she was nearly a year in Addenbrookes hospital , over a year in Hinchinbrook hospital and a further year at Hunstead Park rehabilitation and medical centre . |
| 20 | Posh Porky knew exactly when and where she was born and never stopped reminding us all that she was nearly a year younger than anyone else in the class . |
| 21 | Her mother said that she was normally a physically active girl , enjoying sports and walking , who usually fell asleep with no difficulty and slept soundly for 7–8 hours . |
| 22 | It was rumoured that she was also a poisoner and a witch . |
| 23 | He comforted himself by assuming that she was just a mother-figure to the young man and there could n't possibly be any sex in it . |
| 24 | It was then , when she thought about it , that she decided that she was just a little fed up with the bossy brute . |
| 25 | ‘ Exactly , and it did n't improve matters from Alfred 's point of view when he discovered that she was already a couple of months pregnant by Matthew when she married him . ’ |
| 26 | I think , actually , that she was always a snake during the daylight hours , which is why I never saw her except at night . |
| 27 | ‘ With this one there was very little injury and as well as that she was quite a big girl and it may very well be that at the end of the day we could say that she did n't resist to the last and if she did n't then of course it 's not rape it 's a different crime , indecent assault . ’ |
| 28 | Mounting the pulpit , I explained that she was merely a listener . |
| 29 | Doreen 's eyes continued to dart from one to the other ; then she made an attempt to put Lucy in her place by reminding her that she was merely a member of the staff . |
| 30 | Luckily the ambassador had with him his master 's ring ; by the light of the diamond in it , he was able to see Roksanda , and he returned to tell Doushan that she was indeed a girl on whom the heavens might smile . |