Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was there when my heart softened on witnessing the courtesy you showed my housekeeper , the smile you had for her ; there when I asked you to dinner with no certainty why I 'd done so , other than that it most assuredly was n't on account of any interview . |
| 2 | The sexual irregularities of which biographers have made so much were not in themselves important or unusual for a ruler of that age . |
| 3 | Maria thought the evening went well and could only hope those to whom this launch meant so much were equally pleased with the way she acquitted herself . |
| 4 | They saw it as an attack on feminine intelligence , it so obviously was n't and the argument is , by now , nothing but hearsay . |
| 5 | He was delighted , of course , that the objective he and his colleagues had worked towards for so long was finally approaching , but it was disheartening to see such damage and disruption being inflicted on what was , after all , his home . |
| 6 | Everything was out in the open now and the dream she had had for so long was about to turn into reality . |
| 7 | For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps once was enough , ’ she said before she could stop . |
| 9 | Indeed , putting together such a wide reaching programme so rapidly was only possible because of the high degree of inter-agency co-operation and commitment by local politicians , officers and professionals . |
| 10 | No but she was obviously better off were n't she ? |
| 11 | In Somerset , the majority of the 500+ deserted settlements identified so far were formerly small hamlets of two or three farms and not large nucleated villages . |
| 12 | This statement of the law so far was not the subject of contention before us . |
| 13 | His longest journey so far was when his faithful Toyota was driven overland from Saudi Arabia to Northern Ireland in 1990 . |
| 14 | Now the feat hierarchical feature analysis that we 've done so far was predominantly a bottom up data driven process . |
| 15 | But his best work so far was arguably at Stratford , where he staged an outstanding Troilus and Cressida and a fine Alchemist . |
| 16 | Dataflex Corp saw third quarter net down 87.0% at $173,000 on turnover down 40.8% at $16.0m ; net profit for the year so far was down 81.1% at $652,000 on turnover that fell 33.9% to $46.9m . |
| 17 | At one time the thermal sources on which the fortunes of Cauterets rest so securely were also claimed , as were those of other spas , as being especially radioactive , but this is , understandably , not a claim you find in the contemporary brochures , even though the radioactivity is presumably still there . |
| 18 | It was odd , she thought , that scientists so often were n't religious when their work revealed a world so variously marvellous and yet so mysteriously unified and at one . |
| 19 | So here was this extremely awkward young man who 'd actually ploughed , had worked with horses , owned 40 acres and was anxious to write . |
| 20 | So , like so many in Irish rugby , he welcomes the arrival of the Irish Exiles project which aims at enrolling the large number of those with Irish qualifications who live in England , Scotland and Wales , and up to year or so ago were almost totally ignored in Ireland . |
| 21 | I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer . |
| 22 | Oswald Mosely , he was in the Albert Hall when , when all that trouble was , we were together then were n't we ? |
| 23 | This trend is sometimes viewed with alarm , but then at the turn of the century social services were virtually non-existent and the social problems of poverty , sickness , squalor , ignorance , child neglect and so on were barely recognized , let alone tackled in any effective manner . |
| 24 | This was particularly so in late-nineteenth-century Europe among workers — levels of employment , income , education , trade union organization , social insurance , political rights and so on were very different , and what country a worker belonged to could be of vital importance . |
| 25 | It was as if , all of a sudden , all the hidden anxieties and fears she had hidden so expertly were now overwhelming her . |
| 26 | But the reason she obeyed him so readily was not financial . |
| 27 | This was , I think , because the soil all round was so softened and converted into cloggy mud by the habit of keeping the cattle within the gates in bad weather , when their high stone dykes served as a bield for the protection of the cattle . |
| 28 | The cold eyes scrutinising her so impersonally were deep set beneath heavy black brows , and shadowed with fatigue . |
| 29 | so when were out |
| 30 | So why was n't Davies , who worked miracles with such meagre resources at Nottingham ( as has become more and more apparent this season ) and had a near unblemished record as England ‘ B ’ coach , given the same opportunity at the top level that Best has now been given ? |