Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [prep] another " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we were not due for another lesson till the next day I was n't carrying them with me . |
| 2 | The students were not due for another month , though the streets and cloisters were crowded with tourists , who were outnumbered only by their cameras . |
| 3 | ( Although half the members of the upper house were due for re-election in mid-1992 , elections in the lower house were not due for another two years . ) |
| 4 | The local farmer , who used the plane as an Olympian way of counting his sheep , welded the bits back together and we were soon ready for another demonstration flight . |
| 5 | And Guy was uneasily aware of another fact . |
| 6 | Aspects of class , race , or nationalism passed them by , though this was less true of another distinguished author , Margaret Drabble . |
| 7 | When was the last time you bought an item at one shop , only to find that the same item was much cheaper in another shop ? |
| 8 | The palm of his right hand was oozingly red from another gash . |
| 9 | ‘ A second problem was that the Aberthaw Fisher , the heavy-lift ship best suited for the job , was already involved in another charter . |
| 10 | When the need arose to find a new lord lieutenant for East Sussex in succession to the Queen 's horseracing chum , the Marquess of Abergavenny , the name which emerged from Downing Street was not that of another grand county family but Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson , a retired naval engineering officer whose address , 74 , Dyke Road , Brighton , hardly hinted at rolling acres . |
| 11 | That explained why Margaret was not due for another ten days . |
| 12 | When at the end of June it still was not finished , the buyer informed the seller that if it was not ready in another four weeks he would then regard the contract as repudiated . |
| 13 | LITTLE Laura Davies said today she was not afraid of another major transplant . |
| 14 | If you could maintain the illusion that your father was still alive for another fortnight you would be saving — say the property was worth one million — about 240,000 . |
| 15 | But the design of the old , serrated sickle was also outstanding in another way : it was light and could be used all day , even by women , without the reaper tiring unduly . |
| 16 | The Library was also involved in another collaborative venture , associating itself with the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society to mark the latter 's centenary by publishing The Best and Fynest Lawers and Other raire Bookes . |
| 17 | She was dimly aware of another splash close at hand , and visions of water-rats crossed her mind . |
| 18 | ‘ The fact I managed to get away was mainly due to another local man , Mark Powell , of Linthorpe , who died about four years ago . ’ |
| 19 | Worst of all , he was readily confused with another Michael Joyce who denounced a priest to the Black and Tans . |
| 20 | He was vaguely aware of another figure |
| 21 | How long a physical abuse referral takes to deal with , for example , will depend on factors such as the quality of the referral information , whether the case was currently open to another agency already and the circumstances found on investigation . |
| 22 | Graham was very unhappy with another poor striking performance . |
| 23 | A man who was very friendly with another , or his senior kinsmen , could adopt a more expository technique : he would sit facing him and take his left hand ; as he made his points he would take his friend 's little finger , move it away from the others and hold it : ‘ first … ‘ then the next finger : ‘ second … ‘ ; until he had moved the digits all to one side , like beads on an abacus . |