Example sentences of "was [adj] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was strong enough next morning to go and look out of the front window . |
| 2 | I was eight o'clock last night you know . |
| 3 | Was that slightly pooped gentleman with the waving arms who had ( oh God ! ) told Lord Boddy that his views were absolutely fascinating , and ( oh God oh God ! ) lit another of the television company 's cigarettes with their silver butane table-lighter every time he had seen the red light come up on the camera pointing at him — was that exuberantly shameful figure really identical with the anguished mortal man who now lay here stretched as taut as a piano-string in the dark ? |
| 4 | There was that very nice place in Keswick where he 'd always longed to take a smart woman to stay a day or two . |
| 5 | Initially on that first night after the operation there was that very finite feeling : ‘ Oh my God I have cancer that means death . ’ |
| 6 | Was that about two foot four ? |
| 7 | Was that apparently empty fisherman 's hut an abandoned home or a gun emplacement ? |
| 8 | Coventry manager Bobby Gould , who moved in after Quinn was transfer-listed earlier this week , would have to pay about Pounds 200,000 to land him . |
| 9 | Ace thought that was another suspiciously lucky break , but she had no complaints . |
| 10 | Mayne was another immensely tall man endowed with tremendous physical strength . |
| 11 | This was another enormously successful sale . |
| 12 | The second effort was another wonderfully alert piece of rugby . |
| 13 | There was another more serious development : the dramatic change in the structure of taxation . |
| 14 | The sex scene apart , there was another more fundamental reason why the film was a commercial disaster . |
| 15 | The scent of shampoo , clean and tangy , still clung to him , but there was another more masculine note to the aroma , a note that made her heady with its faint hint of warm male skin . |
| 16 | There was another very good performance in the Pacific which produced a profit of $1.8m against a loss in the same period last year of $1.4m . |
| 17 | But there was another very important influence on policy . |
| 18 | But there was another very significant aspect of adaptability which indicates the continual blurring , by almost everyone concerned , of economic and social ( moral ) issues . |
| 19 | He reads : ‘ 1995 was another highly encouraging year for your company . |
| 20 | The manufacture of faience objects was another highly specialized craft closely associated with temple worship ; many of these objects have a religious significance and were probably made for cult use . |
| 21 | Not unless there was another damned good reason for her flight , Guy concluded grimly . |
| 22 | There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him . |
| 23 | Now added to that by our wall there was this ruddy great lorry again it 's a great bit thing with an open back right ? |
| 24 | Was this too some part of the Scarabae plot ? |
| 25 | The common denominator was this very strong sense of a deep humanity . |
| 26 | Now there was this very disquieting development in one of the most sensitive areas , the gas fields in the southern North Sea . |
| 27 | Throughout 1967 there was this polarization going on , and when 1968 came along there was this very rapid divergence . |
| 28 | There was this very formal letter from the Prime Minister 's office , giving me notice of the award and , in the normal way , I understand , asking if I would accept it . |
| 29 | I think I took a lot of my ideas about class from my dad and not from my mum who was this very ladylike woman , who was involved in the church and never really wanted you to say anything nasty about class or anything like that . |
| 30 | What was this very special place that only a few hours ago I had cursed myself for entering ? |