Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb past] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victory , perhaps to their own surprise , now seemed almost within the invaders ' grasp but at a Council of War , held at the prince 's headquarters in Exeter House , Derby , on the morning of Thursday 5 December , Lord George Murray , whose tactics so far had been masterly , astounded his fellow-commanders by remarking that ‘ the first thing to be spoken of was how far it was prudent to advance further ’ . |
| 2 | The treatment so far had been innocuous : quinine pills and injections of alum water . |
| 3 | They exchanged looks to the effect that the experience just over had been rough and unpleasant . |
| 4 | This sudden attack , coming from they knew not where had been shattering , as no doubt it had been meant to be . |
| 5 | A lumpish Belgian girl called Lise who did menial tasks about the house but hardly ever spoke was grating cheese over a rice dish . |
| 6 | Today though had been different . |
| 7 | There always had been ambivalent feelings between father and oldest son . |
| 8 | And beneath their feeding place where yesterday had been snowy white , was today damp and brown with mud and warm droppings . |