Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My shift today was from 2.30 till 10 o'clock at night . |
| 2 | Her fingers were very long and slim , and her mouth really was like a rosebud . |
| 3 | ‘ She was always very quiet and withdrawn , ’ was all Aunt Lilian would say , when pressed , and perhaps her interest really was in the young man 's academic future , not in her own , or mine , because she continued to coach him by post until two days before my birth . |
| 4 | He had simply been angry and believed that it meant he had been right all the time and that his sister really was in Hepzibah 's Power . |
| 5 | Ramsay was in two minds as to whether it was wise to allow himself to be bottled up in the town when his place arguably was with the Regent ; but he decided that he might possibly play a more useful part here as Seton 's assistant — and he ought to be able to escape by boat , at night , if necessary . |
| 6 | His life also was on the open deck . |
| 7 | His reward then was to be summarily dropped from the side , missing the 1989 tour of England : it is doubtful whether the sometime mountaineer will received such shabby treatment this time . |
| 8 | He told Orchard , who had tickled and spanked the girl after enticing her to his flat : ‘ The prosecution accept , and I proceed on this basis , that your motive here was in no way sexual . |