Example sentences of "was [num] [prep] [art] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also had a rich enjoyment of the comedy of human character , which was one of the things she shared with Lewis . |
| 2 | She never had been when he was ill ; that was one of the things he disliked about her — unwomanly , he called it . |
| 3 | They went into politics because it was one of the things that a certain type of person in a certain station did . |
| 4 | ‘ That was one of the things , ’ he says . |
| 5 | That was one of the things with black and white , the shadows , the dimension that you can get . |
| 6 | That was one of the things I liked about him . |
| 7 | The garden was one of the things Bert and Nellie liked about the Home they now live in . |
| 8 | She had instructed the maids not to disturb her for she valued her privacy and having staff constantly on hand was one of the things she had found most difficult to become accustomed to . |
| 9 | ‘ It was one of the things I hated most . |
| 10 | The apathy of the people towards unemployment was one of the things that caused so little notice to be taken of it . |
| 11 | After completing the questionnaires , Susan felt that working in a library would not only fit her answers but was one of the things she 'd always been interested in doing . |
| 12 | Before they met she had accepted her call-up into the armed forces because it was one of the things that happened in wartime ; accepted it because it was a moral necessity . |
| 13 | Tool using was considered an indicator of intelligence , and it was one of the things that separated Homo sapiens from the rest of the animal kingdom . |
| 14 | He could n't give a damn about anybody — that was one of the things that was so attractive about him . |
| 15 | As well as how to unpick a faded coat or dress and sew it up again inside out , that was one of the things mrs so and so suggested . |
| 16 | The Yoko-like presence of a Greek Cypriot called Osmand Raif , Justin 's martial arts ‘ flexibility instructor ’ and personal masseur , was one of the things that helped rub Cloughie up the wrong way . |
| 17 | Use of plant I think was one of the things you were concerned about ? |
| 18 | That was one of the things we did not know . |
| 19 | Constanza found him uncouth and a bore — that was one of the things being with Simon did to one — she broke it off and went to parties again . |
| 20 | No , I mean , strangely enough that was one of the things that almost put me off the relationship in the first place because I 'd never had any desire to be a mother . |
| 21 | An annual further education programme was one of the things which became possible thanks to the availability of full-time professional staff . |
| 22 | And must have been I think it was one of the things that that helped to lead to a more settled period . |
| 23 | And also because the whole issue of all age worship , was one of the things that we put on the list of what we want to discuss . |
| 24 | The indignity of peering into other people 's intimacies had appalled me , quite overpowering the acquired , accepted knowledge that reading other people 's letters was one of the things that was n't done . |
| 25 | He began to study this idea , and he was to think later ( ‘ When I could think sanely again , ’ he said ) that this was one of the things that saved his reason . |
| 26 | It was one of the things that had disappeared from Renascia towards the end and it gave Fenella an odd , rather out-of-balance feeling to see dawn light again . |
| 27 | But er that was one of the things er he kep it was an enjoyable trip and the roads were in these days , er you get the motorways today , I just think on the roads , what they were in these days , there was even some places we went through a ford in the middle of the road , with the water about two or three inches deep . |
| 28 | You could get er pineapple jam , that was i tins of pineapple jam , that was one of the things . |
| 29 | Because of her loving nature Eva would have enjoyed having children and a family but feels it " was one of the things God required me to give up " . |
| 30 | They all had miseries , it was one of the things in their family . |