Example sentences of "that was a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was a chargeable transfer but nevertheless becomes chargeable to more inheritance tax on his death because he did not survive the gift by seven years . |
| 2 | ‘ So clever that you are , my darling , did n't you guess that was a typical bachelor 's reaction to danger ? |
| 3 | Well that was a typical Forest move of old was n't it ? |
| 4 | ‘ That was a narrow escape , ’ said Zanya . |
| 5 | ‘ That was a damn silly thing to do at this time of night . ’ |
| 6 | See like erm l l l lorries and all like that , caravans , I mean I , caravans , we used to load the small ones and er we used to have two bars go underneath with a bit of wood on top and we used to have one hand on one end while they cos that was a damn nuisance . |
| 7 | When Minton painted alongside students in the life class ( ‘ That was a marvellous adrenalin shot , ’ recalled Greaves ) he taught by example that a picture has to have a lively activity right up to the four edges of the canvas , and that if the background is treated merely as a secondary constituent to the model , areas of the canvas will become inert . |
| 8 | So that was a first . |
| 9 | That was a first . |
| 10 | There was a similar letter from Glasgow ; this time the writing was marginally more educated , and the paper of slightly heavier stock , but the letter was couched in the same guarded terms : a half-yearly profit that was a substantial increase on the same period last year . |
| 11 | In those days that was a substantial threat , but Sepabhodi took the risk . |
| 12 | The TV interviewer , Stewart Hart , a former golfer of middling talent , spoke into his microphone : ‘ Well , Jack , that was a splendid round . |
| 13 | That was a crucial part of turning the Royal Family into no more than a diversion for the public . |
| 14 | ‘ That was a crucial call , ’ said McEnroe . |
| 15 | ‘ That was a crucial error which could even have made his injury worse , ’ said Wilkinson . |
| 16 | ‘ They had loyalty to those teams and that was a crucial factor in our decision . |
| 17 | That was and that was a grand shop . |
| 18 | shove them up their trousers and pull the trousers up , expose the leg and wrap round paper around and that was a amazing |
| 19 | ‘ That was a complete accident , ’ Andy volunteers , modestly . |
| 20 | Goodness , that was a familiar face ! |
| 21 | That was a familiar sound . |
| 22 | Somehow that was a comforting thought . |
| 23 | That was a set-piece . |
| 24 | I thought that was a four . |
| 25 | That was a four armed roundabout . |
| 26 | ‘ That was a great meal . |
| 27 | ‘ That was a great day , ’ said a happy but exhausted lance-corporal , ‘ and look what i 've got . ’ |
| 28 | That was a great horse of his , Hans Andersen , that was a horse with character and guts . ’ |
| 29 | Whitehall did not understand him , and he certainly did not understand Whitehall — That was a great pity . |
| 30 | He added : ‘ That was a great season from a playing point of view and the foundations were laid . |