Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were six miles of gauntlet to run before reaching the open sea , and some damaged craft limped through this passage while others were still able to set off at some speed , making smoke cover with their special equipment . |
| 2 | But by the close of business , with the Chancellor still speaking , it was just 3.1 points down at 2919.3 . |
| 3 | By the close , the index was just 4.5 points down at 2,277.1 . |
| 4 | It was always easier to wind down at home , in any case . |
| 5 | So , after choked phone calls back to Liverpool , I was mightily relieved to touch down at Manchester Airport . |
| 6 | There was too much going on at DEA Nicosia for Control to risk losing the back-channel reports the DIA needed to maintain its overview of American operations in the Middle East . |
| 7 | She was too angry to run down at once to Electricity , had to calm herself by walking briskly around the streets , postponing thoughts about her father till later . |