Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] was [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Maybe they did n't think that was worth a car . ’ |
2 | ‘ Do you think this was through choice ? ’ |
3 | And I 've I 've known I 've heard of the Glen Islan m men would walk out the hill to the market of Braemar , the Castletown market they used to say , likely going there for sheep or something , I do n't know that was beyond my stories . |
4 | did you know that was in the brochure ? , that it was a preliminary guide only ? |
5 | will the management charges greatly increase page fifty six , the answer is no and then we 've read this several times , did you know that was in the brochure ? |
6 | You would n't even know that was in there would you ? |
7 | Do you know this was on Food and Drink last week on er , on the television . |
8 | The only way that Father could do this was by giving his son the head of the first living creature he met , which happened to be an elephant . |
9 | The bastard tried to pay me for it , the only way he could get excited was by the thought of buying me . |
10 | What do you say that was for then ? |
11 | he did say that was after the pantomime . |
12 | I would say that was in the Independent . |
13 | So could you say this was in the modern society effect . |
14 | From the look of him , I 'd say mid-fifties was about right . " |