Example sentences of "was [adv] [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This was obviously his way of expressing his displeasure , ’ Mr Woodcock said . |
| 2 | It was perhaps their awareness of this , rather than their arrogance , which led them to emphasize the relationship so strongly after Edward IV 's death . |
| 3 | It was perhaps their awareness of this , rather than their arrogance , which led them to emphasize the relationship so strongly after Edward IV 's death . |
| 4 | People at Etten had recently commented on his habit of walking along while staring straight ahead , and this was perhaps his protection against unfriendly glances . |
| 5 | The big Southampton striker does n't score enough for his country ; this was only his second for Northern Ireland — but it was Hughes tried a shot off the edge of the box , the ball cannoned off a Lithuanian defender and into the path of Dowie who rifled an unstoppable drive past Martin Kenas from 14 yards . |
| 6 | In May 1975 , at Wembley , the site of Haffey 's worst nightmare , Scotland entrusted the role of goalkeeper to Stewart Kennedy , a keeper of such startling mediocrity that many Scotland fans believed it was only his association with Rangers that led to him being chosen . |
| 7 | In fact , the envelope the film sample came in carried a completely different company name and it was only our knowledge of the market that allowed us to recognise the source . |
| 8 | One thing I know for certain is that after completing the first pitch it was only my experience as a climber to the lower E grades that got me through , and I wondered how a non-climber might have got on using the same information . |
| 9 | Since the late 1940s the Queen Mother had been the darling of National Hunt racing : it was largely her enthusiasm for the sport that raised its status from that of a poor relation to the Flat to , by the mid-1950s , a position of near equality — in popularity if not in the prize money available . |
| 10 | And that was exactly my remedy for him earlier this year when , face down on a bench in Augusta 's locker-room , Olazabal shielded the grief of failure in the US Masters . |
| 11 | It was already his nickname with fellow-writers such as Ezra Pound ; and , in adopting it for use by the youngest generation , he may have again wished to convey , though with slightly less emphasis , the elusive character of that animal , with its instinct for feigning and dissembling . |
| 12 | From the wave point of view this is hardly a surprise , because it was just they component of the oscillation which got through . |
| 13 | I see now that it was just his way of keeping me on my mettle and making sure I did n't get big-headed . |
| 14 | Barbara was confident that he would , it was just his sort of evening , but I was n't sure if I knew what John would enjoy any more . |
| 15 | Whitaker had more reason than most , since Morton was once his apprentice on the Daily Star . |
| 16 | What he said was always what part of me felt . |
| 17 | It was always my dream to be in that situation . |
| 18 | ‘ This was always my favourite as a child , ’ said Ilsa . |
| 19 | ‘ The Queen Mother was always my favourite after that first invitation to play before her , ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ It was always my intention after the first two years of trying things out to get a more stable situation after the European Championships . |
| 21 | An evening in the company of William Bremner was hardly her idea of night-school . |
| 22 | ‘ That was hardly my idea of fun and games . ’ |
| 23 | Its monopoly of the Asian trade was still its reward for being one of the main holders of the national debt , and after Robert Clive 's victory over the French at Plessey in 1757 it was the virtual ruler of Bengal . |
| 24 | ‘ She was clearly my mistress in the Swiss hotel , though he did n't name her . |
| 25 | Glyndebourne 's ‘ Love of Three Oranges ’ was one of the most spectacular productions they undertook in nineteen eighty two , and the Farnham Maltings ' biggest production of the year was probably their version of the Royal Shakespeare Company 's ‘ Piaff' . |
| 26 | The main reason for this discrepancy was probably their method of testing which only used very small amounts of the test foods ( see p 91 ) . |
| 27 | ‘ McCabe was probably my favourite at the time because he was so intense for three or four years . |
| 28 | Clearly he was against setting aside the international competition and had no particular liking for Gothic , but the chief reason was probably his relationship with Palmerston . |
| 29 | It was also its insight into the a-rational nature of life itself . |
| 30 | This was also our experience in one patient in whom ‘ fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis ’ was seen in the first transplant at 20 weeks and progressed to require retransplantation at 32 weeks . |