Example sentences of "was [adj] [noun] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her face was flaming red and her eyes sparkled darkly into his . |
| 2 | If minds of the calibre of Krupskaia were so firmly closed so soon , there was little hope that her pedagogic instructions would serve to open the minds of the temnye liudi in the Smolensk or any other guberniia . |
| 3 | There was little doubt that his bellow would reach them . |
| 4 | There was little danger that his pictures ( which were valued at hundreds of pounds ) would devalue the currency or be torn out of their frames and passed off as real banknotes : his jury acquitted after retiring for only ten minutes . |
| 5 | Erm and I did n't like the way erm she got a few of them 's , a few of the gir I know there 's only the two lads there , but how she was doing a lot of things with the girls dressed up as boys like that w er what was that song that me dad hates that they did ? |
| 6 | Like the election , that was another occasion where his nerve held — and he proved his critics wrong . |
| 7 | There was some delay before our train arrived . |
| 8 | It was obviously a popular haunt — and not just with the boating fraternity — so it was some while before their food was brought to them . |
| 9 | If regional officers were to take more than a passing interest in this pattern of change the writing would have appeared to be on the wall , but as the comments of the regional medical and nursing officers cited above revealed , it was some time before their interest was kindled . |
| 10 | It meant taking Weenie and Co. , who had to be made tidy and neat , so it was some time before their caravan set forth . |
| 11 | In our elation there was some suspicion that our experience had been secret , adventurous , and unique . |
| 12 | I was n't sure whether a distant haziness was dark vegetation or my vision being hazy . |
| 13 | It was six months before their debut album was in the shops and by that time public interest in them had waned . |
| 14 | But there was widespread feeling that his current production of ‘ The Tempest ’ , panned by the critics , could turn out to be his last . |
| 15 | Understandably there was continued suspicion that their lower levels of pay would be used by the shipowners to " stabilise " wages for the period of the war and after . |
| 16 | After his death in July 1960 Jennie was desolated and there was great apprehension that her morale would be destroyed . |
| 17 | But afterwards it was all relaxation as her prize also including the chance to spend the Saturday night at Wimpey Homes ’ prestigious Granby Village development . |
| 18 | Her birthday was 25 May and her parents had been married in November , though not perhaps the previous November . |
| 19 | There was medical evidence that her life could have been saved had she arrived at hospital earlier . |
| 20 | ‘ And I thought it was those rats or my silly old brain and all the time it was you , young man . ’ |
| 21 | His hair was dyed orange and his white face made ghostly by his dyed russet beard . |
| 22 | Montagu apart , there was unanimous agreement that his challenge must be resisted , and that Asquith could best do this by resigning . |
| 23 | And it was several minutes before her quick ears picked up , from somewhere well ahead of her , the snap of a broken branch under a trampling foot . |
| 24 | After a moment , he pulled the T-shirt away ; his face was streaked red and his mouth was wide open in a silent howl of laughter . |
| 25 | What he watched for anxiously was any sign that his father found fatness unprofessional . |
| 26 | The other matter which Chapman could not accept was any charge that his cars had been ‘ dangerous ’ , despite the fact that an inordinately large number of people had been killed or injured in his cars . |
| 27 | None of his friends admitted knowing him and it was two weeks before his mother knew of his death . |
| 28 | Her sharp nose was icy cold and her face wet with rain . |
| 29 | Practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train and walked along those roads again was Hairy Back and his dog , the Great Dane . |
| 30 | This includes 7 years with L.D.P. Warwick , where he was Head Tuner until its closure . |