Example sentences of "was [adv] [det] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We escaped just in time and it was downhill all the way to Narvik . |
| 2 | This route would necessitate only one climb to the ridge above the village , from where it was downhill all the way to Rainbagh , whence I could complete the journey to Naini Tal by car . |
| 3 | From that point on it was downhill all the way , fitting and fielding panels , gluing the assembly , treating with wood preservative , umpteen coats of wax polish . |
| 4 | From now on it was downhill all the way , with a marvellous view of Lake Vyrnwy and the possibility of finding goosander , dipper , grey wag tail , sandpiper and kingfisher on its shores and waters to entice us on . |
| 5 | It was downhill all the way to the hotel , and as such , was easy walking . |
| 6 | From then it was downhill all the way . |
| 7 | But that was only half the message . |
| 8 | But that was only half the trick . |
| 9 | Cost-cutting was only half the story . |
| 10 | Nigel was left with just one woman in his life to torment , which was only half the fun . |
| 11 | But starting the Reformation was only half the battle : turning its principles into practicable policies and maintaining momentum in the face of opposition from determined vested interests was much more difficult . |
| 12 | The French replied that the devastation and terrorism that continued was not all the fault of ‘ dissident ’ nationalist Vietnamese or bandits and although it might not have the status of an ‘ official ’ armed struggle the results were indistinguishable . |
| 13 | The Bf110 , he thought , as he flew sedately north towards Denmark , was not half the plane the 109 was . |
| 14 | It 's hard hard to say how much that would have helped the situation out there I mean it definitely would have helped in some degree , but I mean there was still all the oil that was present on the platform in the separators except those which were left under pressure all that would have had to burn . |
| 15 | It was probably all the worry over his unfeeling attitude , his intention to evict her , that had rekindled the dream in the first place . |
| 16 | Her guard was up all the time and she lacked a sense of humour . |
| 17 | Erm , I was up half the night typing this stupid report . |
| 18 | Their army was about half the size of Dara 's , although highly trained and confident . |
| 19 | Er that was really all the advice we could give . |
| 20 | it 's not the illusion it promised to be the answer was here all the time . |
| 21 | ‘ But I was here all the morning . |
| 22 | ‘ I was here all the evening . ’ |
| 23 | The Gnomes were very interested in this ; as Flaherty said , you could not know too much about these things , although it was a pig 's pity that such a jewel could n't be worn by the King of the day when he went about his reigning , because was n't that the purpose of crowns and jewels anyway ? |
| 24 | Was n't that the plan ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Was n't that the name of your old guardian , Harry ? ’ |
| 26 | Was n't that the trial where only about a quarter of the patients were actually randomised ? |
| 27 | How lucky she had been to meet Violet , but was n't that the story of her life ? |
| 28 | Now was n't that the truth ? she thought , as she watched him striding away . |
| 29 | Was n't that the truth ? |
| 30 | Was n't that the time when the Bank of England stepped in to avoid the whole City suffering ? |