Example sentences of "[vb past] was of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huge cresset torches were placed high on the walls , the tables had been covered with white linen and the only plate used was of the best thick silver . |
| 2 | Was that the ar was that the area that you felt was of the most of er benefit to you ? |
| 3 | The turquoise dress she wore was of the kind of stretch cotton which showed up any figure fault and which in this instance merely demonstrated the perfection of her body . |
| 4 | Everything we did was of the very lightest weight however heavy the humour . |
| 5 | The other piece of extra-curricular casting I did was of the young boy playing the grandson — ‘ voice like an angel ’ — Oliver . |
| 6 | His visit lasted for a few hours at most — taking into account the time spent asleep — and the only really detailed description he gave was of the accommodation in which he slept in General Gowon 's home . |
| 7 | No there was a vision and I think the , the Apostle had was of the third heaven |