Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ We were only there for a few weeks . |
| 2 | ‘ We were only in for a quiet drink , is a' . ' |
| 3 | They were away again for a new season . |
| 4 | If Max was there when Dedo arrived the chances were not altogether against a peaceful conversazione and the witty exit of Modigliani to his own atelier close by … |
| 5 | The table also makes it clear that older publications were not necessarily in a significantly greater state of disrepair than more recent items . |
| 6 | Mr Mesic had the votes of Croatia , Bosnia , Macedonia and Slovenia , which were not enough for a majority . |
| 7 | as if one superlative were not enough for a single day , just across the way from Bill 's place I found a stall serving some unusual flavours of ice-cream . |
| 8 | because their husbands have made these settlements , often at very emotional times when the women were not really in a position to really make sure they |
| 9 | Although she put them firmly into the category of ‘ workers ’ , rather than ‘ idlers ’ , and therefore to be praised , they were not quite on a par with the Welsh factory workers , or designers ; nonetheless they stood on a higher plane than accountants , clerks or corporate planners . |
| 10 | On the French side although the Communists failed to form a government and were thus not in a position to change French policy towards Vietnam — whether they would have wanted to do so is not quite so clear — the impasse between them and the MRP had resulted in a caretaker government under the veteran Socialist party leader , Leon Blum ; and Blum , calling for an end to equivocation and an absolutely clear definition of policy , had urged not only confidence and friendship but ‘ sincere agreement ’ on the basis of Vietnamese independence . |
| 11 | ‘ We were just out for a picnic and bit of sightseeing . |
| 12 | We were just out for a ride , We came here by accident . |
| 13 | I also met the Marquess of Hartington , who , since he took over as Senior Steward of the Jockey Club in July , has worked extremely hard and is already greatly respected in that role ; also Mr and Mrs Johnny Henderson who were shortly off after a business trip to Australia via Bangkok , and home via Dubai , where alas , they arrive after I will have left : Mr and Mrs Malcolm Kimmins , he was one of the stewards ; the Hon. |
| 14 | Cos any spare the men or that they were usually away for a har taking up a harvest . |
| 15 | In the afternoon we went to a barbecue at our son 's house , and then , after a shower and a rest , we were off again to a buffet and reception in the town hall . |
| 16 | When Elsie had to retire for health reasons , we were once again without a teacher but Hilda Lodge and Eleanor Pitman helped out and then Joan Gatfield , a leader in training , decided to do some training with us . |
| 17 | In the immediate aftermath of the Restoration , the newly restored bishops made the rebuilding and renovating of their cathedrals one of their chief priorities , and by 1662 all except Lichfield and Rochester were once more in a good state of repair . |
| 18 | Vicky and I , although occasionally playing roles that had something to do with the ( slight ) story , were more often in a group ( Country Maidens , Serving Wenches , even Coiffed Nuns … ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Susan and I were still together in a sort of way . |
| 20 | They were badly caught out by Wednesday night 's opinion poll results , which suggested the Tories were still in with a chance . |
| 21 | They were still in with a shout . |
| 22 | Colin Hamilton 's Gogar and Douglas Dryburgh 's Aviemore were on five wins each and the four looked likely to make tomorrow 's semi-finals , though David Aitken 's Galleon were still in with a chance . |
| 23 | Pipelines bringing Turkmen gas to Armenia via Azerbaijan were closed ; and gas supplies from Russia via Georgia were also down by a third , due to a combination of pressure from Azerbaijan , pilfering , and local disruption . |
| 24 | Sales of network telecommunications products increased $76m to $1,750m , and business from communications products and systems were about even with a year ago . |
| 25 | A study published by the National Association of Citizens ' Advice Bureaux revealed that 80 per cent of the claimants seen by the bureaux were worse off as a consequence of the new system . |
| 26 | Afterwards , Gloria had said , ‘ That grass were clipped flat so there were n't nowhere for a running man to hide . ’ |
| 27 | " You were n't always in a gym tunic . |
| 28 | Since previously only about one in three advertised charter trains actually ran ( there were indeed up to a hundred independent rail tour operators ) , the new regime immediately brought a crop of casualties , including in 1985 the Rail Tour Operators Association , the very organisation which had been established at Ward 's insistence to negotiate train hire on behalf of all independents . |
| 29 | We were then both at a very comfortable period of life , and I do n't know why no one has ever prayed to the gods for perpetual middle age . |
| 30 | Talbot stepped across the two gunwales — they were almost exactly of a height — and made his way up to the bridge . |