Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adv] [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachmanism had gone — or at least Rachman was dead — and , before the property boom of the 1970s , there was empty property in places like Chalk Farm , Ladbroke Grove , Covent Garden . |
| 2 | Or at least Emily was . |
| 3 | No ifs … buts or maybes the cherry and whites had to win this one and for once luck was on their side … |
| 4 | It was a moonlight night and from 11pm Ted was waiting for the platelayers ' arrival as their company would liven his long shift . |
| 5 | Cellnet is said to be spending £3 million a week improving the cellular phone network , and until recently Racal was spending £2 million a week . |
| 6 | And until recently Sberbank was a bank in name only . |
| 7 | And before long Mala was actually responding to some of my witticisms with that flashing smile which alters her from being pretty in to being staggeringly beautiful . |
| 8 | During the late seventies , Johnny collaborated with and produced albums for the legendary Muddy Waters , and in so doing was almost single-handedly responsible for the great bluesman 's comeback . |
| 9 | In his study of abolition , Williams was effectively challenging the views perpetrated by an august body of imperial historians and in so doing was bringing into question the ‘ moral legitimacy ’ of the British anti-slavery movement . |
| 10 | Ethel spoke the words of the spell , and at once Mildred was standing before them . |
| 11 | The smell of leather permeated the air and at once Emily was back in her father 's storehouse where he had kept mountains of skins ready to be cut and fashioned into boots and shoes . |
| 12 | And at least Gesner was determined it would work . |
| 13 | He jumped to head it clear and by now Blissett was approaching . |
| 14 | The night was still young , so whoever the female was who worked peculiar hours , or whatever the reason was that he could n't have seen her earlier — and by then Fabia was certain that ‘ someone he had to see ’ would be female — then she hoped he had a truly lovely time ! |
| 15 | It was full of holes but at least Anna was n't obliged to see them . |
| 16 | Georg next to Frau Hoflin — hard on his old friend , but at least Georg was comfortable with her and she would be motherly and kind to him . |
| 17 | But at least power was self-created , unlike exquisite cheekbones . |
| 18 | It was a slow process , needing the kind of patience he did not have , but at least Huy was spared the tedium of the cutters , whose sole job was to trim the reeds to a regular length , about the same as a man 's forearm . |
| 19 | But at least Hayling was free to follow the dictates of his large and sometimes cumbersome political conscience . |
| 20 | She did n't even dare look for her , let alone make contact , but at least Chesarynth was as safe as Jezrael could make her . |
| 21 | By February of 1859 they had rectified their mistake — but by then Sarah was past caring . |
| 22 | ‘ There ca n't be anything ecological about preserving South American rodents in Suffolk , ’ Adam protested , but by then Mary was tearing off downstairs , bent on tackling the coypu controller herself . |
| 23 | But by then Gerrard was facing George again , an expression of great seriousness replacing the wry look he had produced for the audience . |