Example sentences of "[indef pn] [was/were] [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was passing when I saw the gates not shut properly , so I thought I 'd best come in and see if everything was all right at the house … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It made me feel as if everything was all right with the world . |
| 3 | Daiwa suspected that something was amiss only at the beginning of this year , when it uncovered evidence that attempts had been made to forge security depositary receipts . |
| 4 | But a tide could come quickly , and no one was there now on the rocks to watch it advancing . |
| 5 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |
| 6 | ‘ It would be really cool if everybody was up there in the photos , ’ says Neneh , ‘ but the slightly tacky side of the pop star stuff is that it 's all focused on one person . ’ |