Example sentences of "was [noun] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All it had done was grant her professional membership ‘ on the same basis as everybody else — i.e. , specifically on her qualifications and experience as a chemist ’ ! |
| 2 | Many grammatical processes involving re-ordering of constituents are ruled out for semantic reasons , particularly those whose semantic function is to highlight a specific semantic constituent : thus , What John pulled was his sister 's leg has no idiomatic reading , whereas What John did was pull his sister 's leg , which leaves the idiom ‘ physically ’ intact , has . |
| 3 | All Angus did was pull his robe tighter around him and slump in one of the high-backed chairs to glower at us . |
| 4 | Before , we knew you should save energy , but all we could do was wave our hands . |
| 5 | Then at the end of the scene we noticed the Indians were n't doing what they normally did which was stick their poles in to stop the raft . |
| 6 | Now all I did was park my car in the garden centre , buy a small cactus and walk across the road to X-ray . |
| 7 | In fact the first thing I did was ring my 35-year-old daughter who has been a ‘ fitness freak ’ ever since Jane Fonda took to jumping about our TV screens and warned her not to overdo it if she intended to buy the tape — which I am certain she does . |
| 8 | The Court then decided that the Tribunal 's decision was perverse , because there was no material from which to conclude that the hypothetical man guilty of misconduct would not have been dismissed in the same way as was S. Her appeal was dismissed and leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused . |
| 9 | The next thing was one of lift , right , her shirt right up , she had a black , like silk bra on and pushes her tits together and the next thing was waves her bra about ! |
| 10 | She do n't want to be on her own , even at night , so what I done was drag my mattress and sleeping bag into her room , and that 's where I 'm sleeping now — on her floor . |
| 11 | Jenna had never heard her own name said with so much accusation and all she could do was nod her head , words sticking in her throat at the blast of displeasure in the dark voice . |
| 12 | Dolly , er was Dolly her real name ? |
| 13 | All we had to do was bump our uglies . |
| 14 | I felt it was security yer wanted . |
| 15 | All she did Was outstretch her hand And sprinkle Cheese crumbs On the palm . |
| 16 | As well as the FA Cup final he refereed a EUFA final , three European Cup semi-finals and was linesman his last game in the 1971 European final at Wembley . |
| 17 | There was some shuffling and the sound of people speaking , as if a small crowd was gathering , but all she could do was place her head against his shirt front and sob . |
| 18 | In the middle was Boris my bear . |
| 19 | ‘ I was askin' yer mother , ’ he said , ‘ but she 's — ‘ |
| 20 | Was Christ his surname or his Christian name ? |
| 21 | All she could do was twine her arms round him and try to anchor him by her weight against the still-shuddering rubble , so that at least their backs were protected . |
| 22 | ‘ The first thing I did was clap my hands . |
| 23 | The first serious attempt was made as early as 1869 by a young Swiss doctor , Johannes Friedrich Miescher ( 1844–1894 ) , whose uncle was Wilhelm His ( 1831–1904 ) , a most unusual anatomist who maintained the forward-looking proposition ‘ La solution finale du problème du développement tissulaire se trouve dans la chimie ’ ( The final solution of the problem of development of organs is to be found in chemistry ) . |
| 24 | All she could do was raise her voice higher , the train was coming in now , and she screamed at the child , screamed at him Come on , Johnny , fucking come on . |
| 25 | Was Life his transgression ? |
| 26 | Towards the top of the pitch feeling began to return agonisingly to my hands , my head was spinning , and the white world was doings its best to darken . |
| 27 | And also in the house was Uncle my grandfather 's brother , Uncle Bill , who was er a winder at Colliery . |
| 28 | All he did was shoot his mouth off a little . |
| 29 | She got her assignment , and the first thing she did was leave her area and roam around the rest of the organization , talking it over with nearly everyone she could find , regardless of field , looking for new directions , new perspectives , new ways to approach it — so what she could bring back would be new and creative . |
| 30 | All Spike did was call her back from Greece on St Valentine 's day to say that he had to find out who he really was . |