Example sentences of "[adj] was [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus now the Germans , after the costly failure of their first series of attacks on the Mort Homme , decided they could proceed no further until Côte 304 was theirs . |
| 2 | ‘ Big Lurch is a beefy bastard , ’ Rab said , and quite loudly : this was him they were speaking about ? |
| 3 | This was him laughing , I was certain . |
| 4 | This was him , all right . |
| 5 | And er this was him trying to get off the subject when he was getting a bit nervous I think . |
| 6 | The only reason I did this was I did n't want anyone to know where I really went which was to a flat in Park Town where I am ashamed to say I watched some sex videos with three other people . |
| 7 | bloody waste of time this was I did n't get any business out of it or er I did well out of this |
| 8 | Another group just said , they were rooms one through ten , and er one of the tank farm group said , we did n't know exactly where we were but this was I think the assumptions that Group two told me were er , were about that . |
| 9 | But when I went up to er , was called as a witness I , this was I amazed me , the Jury Judge said I wish to affirm , he wanted to know why . |
| 10 | ‘ But this was you . |
| 11 | Charles was fiercely proud of his wife and son , and felt that if there was any point to life at all , this was it . |
| 12 | I thought that this was it … |
| 13 | This was it . |
| 14 | This was it , babe . |
| 15 | If ever a house cried out for a woman 's hand , thought the lady dramatically , this was it ! |
| 16 | It was the first suitable wind free morning since they had reached first jump status , and this was it . |
| 17 | He wanted to live , he 'd put in long years , he 'd been champion three times , it no longer excited him to race , this was it , goodbye and thanks . |
| 18 | This was it , the confrontation-point which he had been dreading for the best part of a week . |
| 19 | This was it , then . |
| 20 | This was it ! |
| 21 | Something he had done rarely and with no great sense that ‘ this was it ’ . |
| 22 | This was it . |
| 23 | This was it . |
| 24 | This was it . |
| 25 | On each occasion , every available manservant had been posted to keep watch for soldiers , and she knew that if ever there was a night Tristram should not come visiting , this was it . |
| 26 | So this was it . |
| 27 | If ever there was a case for respecting the discretionary decision of the judge who had heard the witnesses , including W. , this was it . |
| 28 | many times , at one time I thought it would never happen again , I thought this was it forever , but life is n't like that , things happen and it does change . |
| 29 | Wondering whether this was it , I told him I had a mustard suit , too . |
| 30 | If there were a colonial mentality that could covet territory across the species barrier , this was it . |