Example sentences of "was [adv] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She used to give them Pedigree Chum too , but it was mostly cat food . |
| 2 | It was mostly Crown land , divided into ‘ Rayles ’ ( enclosed areas for herding deer ) . |
| 3 | He called meetings to solicit their views and thus began his own experiments with what was effectively community architecture . |
| 4 | ‘ It was constantly party time , ’ he recalls . |
| 5 | While their sales of SelecTronics ' product was entirely mail order two years ago , it now represents only about 30 per cent of the total . |
| 6 | More importantly , it was only Biscuit Bomber left in Australia . |
| 7 | No I was only garrison artillery on guns . |
| 8 | Because you see that surface water , it was only surface water , because when that boat was drifting there was an awful lot of movement . |
| 9 | It was only Operation Eagle that saved him and his men from the penal unit they were serving in . ’ |
| 10 | She was tearing herself away from him and spinning round to face him , a storm in her eyes that was only part fury . |
| 11 | It was only tomato sauce , after all ! |
| 12 | There was only booking Amnesty ? |
| 13 | He thought that the Capra film had made ‘ greenish grass grow where there was only alkali dust before ’ because it consistently preferred ‘ the light touch to the heavy ’ and used actors ‘ who are thoroughly up to the work of acting ’ . |
| 14 | It was only summer timber thing , you know . |
| 15 | Before it was only pet shop owners who were entertained ! |
| 16 | Luckily the weather was so awful that nothing was flying , so there was only routine work to attend to . |
| 17 | I 'm sure I seen it , or was it , less it was only club book I seen it in . |
| 18 | It was only family loyalty that prevented Lucy from admitting that her aunt 's references to her dear Tom had never sounded convincing , and , giving a small sigh , she said , ‘ Perhaps I understand more than you realise . ’ |
| 19 | He 'd forgotten about the booklet that he put forward on building regulations , the forward that he 'd put forward , so what he was asking to do was already Council policy that he initiated but forgot about . |
| 20 | He was already master mason to the cathedral and about 1310 undertook the new work of the presbytery , at the joint cost of the bishop and priory . |
| 21 | The same approach could be taken with regard to the Maastricht Treaty : when it was signed there was already Community legislation on , for example , consumer protection , tourism , energy policy , European networks , health protection , and ( to a limited extent ) education . |
| 22 | While water certainly found a place in the past in the landscapes of famous gardeners like Capability Brown , this was scarcely water gardening as we know it today . |
| 23 | Erm but that was just group leader stuff really . |
| 24 | This was Home Road School now Cumberland School . |
| 25 | After about 100,000 years or so , the needle of the compass would abruptly become unstable and then swing round to face in the opposite direction , so that what was once compass north would become compass south , and vice versa . |
| 26 | There was always pub rock , in sweaty drinkers like The Kensington , The Torrington , The Hope And Anchor The Greyhound and The Nashville . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , it was always charity work or his campaigning . |
| 28 | Although there was always precision team work , they also had solo spots within the number , called ‘ individuals ’ by the Girls . |
| 29 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |
| 30 | ‘ You knew that there was still Darkfall activity when you sent us in ? ’ |