Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The serial strategy involved thinking of or placing your finger on an imaginary scale and moving backwards and forwards along that scale as adjectives were successively read out until a final impression was reached ; ‘ after the first adjective I rated the person in my head , then moved backwards or forwards along the scale after each attribute ’ or ‘ 1 . |
| 2 | Petitions were sometimes drawn up when a need was felt to comment on official club policy . |
| 3 | He was eventually calmed down when a doorman sat on him . |
| 4 | ‘ I landed on a lump of wood , felt another crash on to my face and was just getting up when a huge piece of glass fell where my neck had been . |
| 5 | I was just going out when a man came in and asked the same question . |