Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] was [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For she was pleased , just as she always was when people pointed out how much she looked like her adored older brother . |
| 2 | There was always a place for the camp characters who asked : ‘ Are you being served ? ’ and ordered ‘ Shut that door ’ , but about them there was always ambiguity . |
| 3 | But trading standards officers Peter Pawlowski , David Ravenscroft , Kevin Mitchell and Tony Quigley plus pal David Smith decided it just was not cricket . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , let's say that I 've heard of married blokes who always had to go to the office on Saturdays , and it usually was n't office work they were doing . |
| 5 | It still was n't time to let them come and go as they pleased . |
| 6 | Lunch was as dreary as it always was when Stephen 's presence was lacking . |
| 7 | In the morning , everything was just as it always was when Mother went away ; much pleasanter , with nobody quarrelling even in that dreadful quiet way of just looking and going out of rooms when other people came into them , and Gran told them several good long stories in the evening . |
| 8 | that and it probably was n't oak at all it was probably just |
| 9 | He developed Truscott in Ken 's image , but it really was n't Ken . |
| 10 | But whoever they were hiding their affair from , it certainly was n't Danson 's wife Casey , 54 . |
| 11 | It certainly was n't Caroline . |
| 12 | It certainly was n't meanness — he was the most generous of men with his money , his time and his affections . |
| 13 | It certainly was n't Foster 's idea of an easy tour , lurking in a cold , draughty doorway in a poorly lit service alley , in weather conditions more suited to a horror movie set . |
| 14 | The trouble was , Maggie 's legs were trembling , and it certainly was n't fear . |
| 15 | But airport official Frank Walton , who is in charge of private plane facilities , said : ‘ I spoke to the man who said he was the pilot of the plane several hours after the landing and he definitely was n't John Travolta . ’ |