Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But sitting up in the bedroom looking down towards the river , she was asking herself more often of late whether meat and clothing were all there was to life . |
| 2 | Not if that were all there was to it . |
| 3 | But there were many who were under no illusion that the victory had been won and the tide had turned . |
| 4 | Kruk ( 1989 ) referring to non-custodial fathers in divorce , claims that those who arrived at some level of resolution of their grief were those who were in fact able to maintain regular contact with their child . |
| 5 | Yeah they 'd done the buffet and it was all it was in blue red blue and white . |
| 6 | And that was all there was to it . ’ |
| 7 | I just did n't fancy her and that was all there was to it . |
| 8 | He was suffering from third-degree ennui , and that was all there was to it . |
| 9 | If this was all there was to Soccer Rivals it 'd just be another mediocre management game , but the board-game aspect is a lot of fun , especially with three human players . |
| 10 | If that was all there was to it , we could be pardoned some uneasiness ; we might feel that we have n't been shown much reason for supposing that there are any sentences such that all who understand them will agree on their truth-value no matter what the circumstances . |
| 11 | He would be the doctor attending me , and that was all there was to it . |
| 12 | " That was all there was to the message , but then she got chatting . |
| 13 | Barbara Coleman did not sell much work and that was all there was to it . |
| 14 | If that was all there was to it , we should simply be highly sophisticated digital computers . |
| 15 | ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time . |