Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was taller than him in those days , would you believe . |
| 2 | She was taller than he by at least four inches , and , even though he outweighed her , it was all gut and no muscle . |
| 3 | He was taller than she by only a few inches , and slenderly built , an athletic lightweight in a heather tweed sportscoat and grey cords . |
| 4 | When I was ill or anything like that then your on hang cause they just come over , well they phone over , and off you go . |
| 5 | It was fine when one in five of the population was involved in farming but today we need a ‘ new spirit ’ . |
| 6 | It was n't an ideal situation , but it was educational provision of a sort , and local people thought that was better than nothing at all which was what the girl was being offered at the time by the authorities . |
| 7 | Even one night with Patrick Kelly was better than none at all . |
| 8 | After two years I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was better than anything in the university . |
| 9 | OK , I knew I was better than anyone in my school , but it never occurred to me that I might do it as a profession . ’ |
| 10 | I was sure that everyone in Hollywood knew I had holes in my shoes and my underwear . |
| 11 | He remembered the dream where he had been riding north with Jinneth into the mountains , and he was sure that something of that figure had been Jenny . |
| 12 | And by now it was all or nothing for both teams … |
| 13 | It was 1977 and everyone under the age of 21 was allegedly pogoing like crazy to The Sex Pistols and The Clash . |
| 14 | He was Greek or something like that . |
| 15 | I was pleased that he at once took to the idea . |
| 16 | If Burun 's refusal to place himself in a position of prominence by acting as Artai 's proposer was a subterfuge to disclaim his influence , then it was apparent that none of the Khans recognised it . |
| 17 | Vague information was worse than none at all as far as we were concerned , as we were obliged to do something about it , however hopeless it might seem . |
| 18 | She was stronger than him in every respect save the purely physical . |
| 19 | So I thought it was nice that we in the Women 's Guild declared Women 's Lib this year and held our own . |
| 20 | Sergeant Allen Jenkins was disappointed that none of us had been pancaked under rubble , but quickly learned to live with it . |
| 21 | Water levels in the drains had been reduced to only about one foot and , in view of the conditions , it was surprising that anything at all was caught . |
| 22 | It was genuine because nobody with insincere motives could look that happy . |
| 23 | It was true that none of the ones that sprang to mind seemed particularly adequate to Folly , but then Luke probably had n't even thought she might be jealous . |
| 24 | He was surprised but nothing in his voice showed this . |
| 25 | She was aware that none of the men except Luke took her seriously as a player . |