Example sentences of "was the [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those who claimed to have had this experience , the exemplary manner in which they met their death was the ultimate proof they were indeed saved . |
| 2 | ‘ It was the unkind way you told him . ’ |
| 3 | This was the fifth time I had him on the floor , so the referee was right to stop it ’ . |
| 4 | He was the blond man she had first seen when she opened her eyes under the tree . |
| 5 | All the man could smell was the nasty smoke he was making . |
| 6 | He was the finest man she had ever seen ! |
| 7 | I thought when I first saw Mr. Belville at the masquerade that he was the finest gentleman I had ever seen . |
| 8 | The major advantage of the new proposal , from Ivan 's point of view , was the additional revenue it would bring to the central treasury , for his offer was conditional on a steep rise in the rate of taxation . |
| 9 | K was Ketone-Etone-Methyl-Tri-Di-Meta-post-Oxy-Chlorane , which was the toxic chemical it had actually been sprayed with . |
| 10 | So it was the Dark Ireland you feared , madam … |
| 11 | It was the twentieth time he had confessed such ignorance , but for the twentieth time it did not satisfy Jane Sharpe who sat naked to the waist at the room 's small dressing-table . |
| 12 | One aspect of the Lewis regime about which the majority of his pupils had some misgivings , however , was the termly dinner he gave for them . |
| 13 | But first they had to look for a camp site so Mr was the chief engineer I was employed by him , to have a look round and we discovered Lyness farm to be a suitable place . |
| 14 | ‘ He was the greatest bowler I ever faced or saw , and in my opinion certainly the best bowler Australia ever produced . ’ |
| 15 | I can honestly say it was the greatest thrill I have ever experienced . |
| 16 | The famous Swedish Don Giovanni , John Forsell , declared that the young Tauber was the greatest Ottavio he had ever heard , and he was noted for the intense conviction with which he declaimed to his Donna Anna ( in the German text then still generally in use , even at festivals ) the solemn oath , ‘ Ich schwöre ’ . |
| 17 | Outside the family , being Welsh was the greatest blessing he had and he held to it . |
| 18 | ‘ It was the greatest incentive I could think of . |
| 19 | It was the foremost achievement of my career up until then , and it was the greatest feeling I had ever had . |
| 20 | They all loved it , thought it was the greatest thing they 'd ever drunk . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I went on a submarine trip when I was 16 , and it was the greatest thing I could imagine then to serve my country in a submarine . |
| 22 | ‘ But without doubt he was the greatest player I have been in the same side with and he helped me improve myself no end . |
| 23 | In fact , it was the extra revenue she brought in at the baby end that enabled the charity to open up units for cervical cancer , and fund other research into unappealing but equally vital conditions . |
| 24 | I though it was the eleven D's you were talking about . |
| 25 | For a start there was the gloomy news he had to pass on to Jacqui . |
| 26 | It was the irritating Alec I remembered as a boy , perched twig-high in a tree . |
| 27 | Surely , if she was the caring person she makes out , she would insist on paying her dues . |
| 28 | When it was the right shape she blew on it , then closed her fist around it and began to massage the bull 's neck and shoulders and back and rump , tapping it hard and rhythmically with the knuckles of the clenched fist . |
| 29 | They say when are you going to stop it , and I say , when am I going to stop it , when am I — it was the second night they were in the bar together after their week of absence I remember . |
| 30 | that was the second summer I 'd been there when you used to come down , do n't you be silly , cos he said to me , you remember Roy do n't you and I said yeah , and he use to er , like if he used to come back without me , |