Example sentences of "[was/were] a really [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , down the lawn and through the orchard and then , if it were a really fine evening , out , up the hill . |
| 2 | My little boy Connor , who is five , took to Gemma straight away and we were a really happy family . |
| 3 | ‘ It was a really cool guitar . |
| 4 | ‘ He was a really friendly guy who regularly watched our games from the stands . |
| 5 | A glance inside showed that someone had taken trouble , and there was a really friendly feeling about the place . |
| 6 | I think the final Ziggy Stardust tour was in England — that was the big tour — and by the time we returned , everyone was talking about it because Ziggy Stardust was a really good show . |
| 7 | ‘ There was a really good vibe between us , it was a real case of mutual respect . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It was a really good energy , ’ he avows . |
| 9 | I mean , we we had , for instance , at th I do n't know if I 'm allowed to say this , but the Tennants sixes were , were on recently , there was an international match at the half time between , er Scotland and England which was was a really good game ! |
| 10 | Or — this was a really good one — he had fled to the Northern Territory by boat sent by Aussie sympathisers . |
| 11 | I actually thought it was a REALLY good move buying him , but now … well , I say say bin him , and go for broke and get Ferdinand ( f*** the bank balance ! ) . |
| 12 | There was a really good profile of all the youngsters which I could reproduce if people want . |
| 13 | ‘ We thought it was a really good cause , ’ said Mrs Cowper , who dressed up as Grotbags . |
| 14 | It was a really good night . |
| 15 | It was a really good night that . |
| 16 | I thought that was , that was a really good line in that cook thief his wife their lover film where he went , he said something about she 's great except she will keep popping to the John and then he went she 's got a bladder like a leaky marrow |
| 17 | The thing that , that annoys me about Nigel , I did think he was a really good actor but he 's only ever angry |
| 18 | I understand that your institution covers not only Cambridgeshire but also Norfolk and Suffolk , so my welcome is a particular one to those delegates who have travelled here from neighbouring counties today , and I trust that your journey on such a pleasant morning was a really good one and that you 'll find that this symposium is going to be very worthwhile . |
| 19 | And we carefully chose some unusual groceries , such as mango chutney and batteries , as well as the obvious basics , so that it was a really thorough test . |
| 20 | It , it was a really nice size shop Walsall Wood was , but my sister , remember is eighty-two , I asked her , I told her you were coming and I asked her if there was anything she could tell me but er she do could n't tell me much more than myself . |
| 21 | She was a really nice lady she was . |
| 22 | He made a beautiful job of it , it was a really nice machine and he was talking about making another one . |
| 23 | There was a really nice nurse with me and I said : ‘ Please will you not leave me . |
| 24 | I just thought it was a really nice picture , so I bought it , and erm , my dad came in and said , that 's spooky , |
| 25 | Creation was a really small label at that time and they had n't been successful for about two years , so there just was n't the money . |
| 26 | ‘ It was a really long-winded affair . |
| 27 | Habibi was a really greedy horse ! |
| 28 | Earlier , my husband had been slumped in his chair , furtively picking his nose behind a detective story : now he was sitting upright , looking bright and alert and ten years younger , telling Flora that the Palais Jamai was a really marvellous old palace , an excellent example of Moorish architecture — Richard is often a little didactic . |
| 29 | He agreed with The Times that imprisonment at the discretion of the creditor was a really powerful engine for extracting from the debtor any property he had concealed or done away with . |
| 30 | ‘ He was a really powerful figure for people like me ’ , says Lloyd , ‘ who were looking for something new , and we were n't sure what . ’ |