Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me out , and I was more than pleased to accept . |
| 2 | Reflecting on that marvellous performance Jim Nelson said : ‘ With five minutes to go we were trailing by four points and I was more than happy to get a share of the points . |
| 3 | Last time she was the agent for the then-MP , Mr Ian Wrigglesworth , and she was more than willing to step into his shoes . |
| 4 | An awkward silence came between them and he was more than grateful when Mister Tom called out to him . |
| 5 | He was speaking Norse , and it was more than insulting . |
| 6 | Reid the player took no active part in City 's biggest win of the season — it was also Leeds ' biggest defeat — and it was more than coincidental that McMahon , his recent recruit from Liverpool , produced possibly his most influential performance since that £900,000 transfer . |
| 7 | When Raft came to , he flew at Beery and it was only after several punches were exchanged that they were separated by the crew . |
| 8 | She never told her husband about her relationship with Phillip Levy and it was only after both men had died that she made the difficult decision to confess her secret life . |
| 9 | I was part of the furniture , yes , but I was more than that : I was part of the family . |
| 10 | But she was presumably as capable of lying as Ursula . |
| 11 | But she was less than pleased when the truth finally came out . |
| 12 | But they were less than competent in certain areas . |
| 13 | There was a steely ring in Iris 's voice that dared Harris — or anyone else — to delay them further but he was more than equal to the challenge . |
| 14 | This was partly because he was not exceptionally bright while being at the same time exceptionally unimaginative , but it was also because odd carvings and perilous tunnels were all in a day 's work . |
| 15 | But it was less than two thousand years ago in actual fact that the first emperor Julius Caesar into Great Britain was n't it ? |
| 16 | But it was only when these first rehearsals began that two more problems reared their heads . |
| 17 | But it was more than that . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , I know , ’ said Constance , ‘ but it was more than that . |
| 19 | But it was more than that . |
| 20 | But it was more than that . |
| 21 | It was a clever illusion , but it was more than that . |
| 22 | But it was more than that . |
| 23 | The practice was as old as the Middle Kingdom itself and formed one link in the great chain of tradition , but it was more than mere ritual , it was a living ceremony , an act of deep respect and celebration , almost a poem to the honoured dead . |
| 24 | But it was more than these to those in the quarrel . |