Example sentences of "[adj] was [pron] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	( The little road going off to the left here , towards Host a , I certainly do n't advise ; it scared the wits out of me one afternoon , so steep , narrow and broken was it ) .
2	Why he was interested was his own affair at the moment .
3	In particular , what was wrong was their idea that ‘ science ’ should consist of demonstrative syllogisms , and their view of what the premisses of these should be like .
4	What was wrong was whatever made her suffer ,
5	So self-conscious was he that he was banned from seeing the ‘ rushes ’ , the daily lengths of film shot .
6	how well had they understood what was required by the review , how adequate was their guidance , how much preliminary discussion there had been and how competent they had felt to conduct a review ;
7	No less distinguished was his achievement as a portrait painter , his approach extending from the satirical to the deeply affectionate .
8	So wet was his shirt that the stencilled words , now reading ‘ I 'm an Essex Man ’ , had no doubt transferred themselves to his chest .
9	It was n't pre-arranged was it ?
10	So how reliable was his judgement ?
11	and er this window was muddy was everything , and a wee bit round my eye , and I was goi urgh urgh !
12	How old was I then , nine or ten .
13	Er about , how old was I , I was
14	Oh they wanted Tom then cos er the deputy I think it was old was it or something like that oh they did n't want to talk to him oh they wanted to talk to Tom and all this and Tom was n't available .
15	But why was it placed there , and how old was it .
16	Oh it was old was it ?
17	How old was she ? ’
18	How old was she ? ’
19	How old was she ?
20	How old was she ? ’
21	How old was she when she died , or how long had you had her ?
22	How old was she exactly ?
23	How old was she in Tibet ?
24	" How old was she ? "
25	How old was she ?
26	‘ How old was she ? ’
27	How old was she ?
28	How old was she ?
29	How old was she ?
30	How old was she ?

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