Example sentences of "was [adv] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The background of one was recognizably Santa de Nogueira , and she was locked in struggle with an ordinary-looking man about whom a dark cloud was gathering . |
| 2 | From then until the Battle of the White Hill in 1620 , Bohemia was effectively Europe 's first Protestant state . |
| 3 | The Suffolk side had the perfect start , as the impressive Fry waltzed through the visitors ' defence to settle any early nerves and just six minutes later the title was effectively Tuddenham Road bound . |
| 4 | There was little Luch could do , apart from laying aside a few blocks of honeycomb for her . |
| 5 | The area premised was Little Langdale and Tilberthwaite , and this would include the Greenburn valley . |
| 6 | The first dog I recall from my childhood was little Meg . |
| 7 | If anyone was to blame I suppose it was little Marisa Leicester . |
| 8 | There was little Coleman could do in the circumstances except fill out an IAP-66 authorization form for Syrian George and take him over to the embassy for a J-1 visa to admit him to the United States for a course of study at UAB . |
| 9 | Looking after others , children or adults , was little Miss Fogerty 's chief source of pleasure . |
| 10 | The eldest was little Joe , then Anna , Sam , Ruth . |
| 11 | One of his most enterprising productions was Little Mary Sunshine in 1962 . |
| 12 | There was Little Liz , the rose-bloom on her cheek , avid for leather and narcotics . |
| 13 | However , the earliest worthwhile baby-linked recording was arguably Bessie Smith 's 1923 recording of Clarence Williams ’ ‘ Baby Wo n't You Please Come Home ’ . |
| 14 | The irony is inescapable : the trade union that brought down communism has toppled what was arguably Poland 's most reform-minded and pro-union government while achieving few of its aims and alienating a large part of Poland 's voters in the process . |
| 15 | Despite his matter-of-fact analysis , the Scottish success story was arguably Mr Major 's greatest personal triumph of the entire election . |
| 16 | Robert Less ' Jump into Hell ( 1952 ) , with a story concerning paratroopers ordered to relieve a besieged fort , was arguably Hollywood 's only attempt at that time to portray French military involvement in any detail . |
| 17 | It was presumably Bruce Davidson , who admired and was annoyed by Francesca in about equal measure , and therefore took an unremitting interest in all her activities , who had favoured him with this . |
| 18 | ‘ He was so God damned drunk with the blood of baby dolls … |
| 19 | Later , the man who always insisted he was merely Fergie 's adviser would be left without a leg to stand on |
| 20 | But IBM immediately realized it faced a possible unexpected success , redesigned what was basically Univac 's machine for such mundane applications as payroll , and within five years became the leader in the computer industry , a position it has maintained to this day . |
| 21 | Houghton was not briefed on how to break the news to the media but gave the impression that it was basically Charman 's decision . |
| 22 | He was obviously Garry 's brother-in-law and he had mistaken her for Dana . |
| 23 | One was obviously Colin Chapman . |
| 24 | Even from this distance it was obviously Peter Young . |
| 25 | The idea was obviously Tylney 's ; but who arranged it ? |
| 26 | This was very self-conscious imitation , as is proved by the peculiarities of some epigrams which celebrate the family 's achievements : a surviving pair commemorates the Persian victories in the strange order Salamis-Marathon ; it was perhaps Kimon himself who thus sought to remain Athenians , in verse , of his father 's great battle , just as painters were to remind them of it by their Marathon in the Painted Stoa built in the middle of the fifth century : Oinoe , a deme close to Marathon , was the title of one of the subsidiary hoplite engagements depicted . |
| 27 | The union representative is looking into the case to see if the company have a negligence claim to answer , but at the moment it rather looks as if it was entirely Len 's fault . |
| 28 | Entering the competition was entirely Barbara 's idea and when the phone call came through to say they 'd won , Betty was quite shocked to discover that she , too , was going to London to have a makeover — but she soon came round to the idea ! |
| 29 | Thankfully , Maxim reflected that that was entirely Sims 's problem . |
| 30 | I know that my hon. Friend will recognise that this case is very much a management matter for BR , and the decision to dismiss Mr. Brand was entirely BR 's . |