Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did realise , yesterday , that you perhaps were n't completely satisfied with the account of my whereabouts when , er — ’ |
| 2 | Now if we take it just one step further , there was a lady well there still is a lady called and she did some research , what she was trying to look at was the the sort of body language if you like the actions that people er use and associate that to their personality and she looked particularly at people who were open positive communicators truthful I suppose but people who were open communicators and looked at the sort of things they did and also at people who perhaps were n't quite so honest and open and truthful . |
| 3 | In his semi-final Hartlepool 's Mark Chicocki was disqualified after being given three warnings in the last round for leaning on , a decision booed soundly by the crowd and highlighted by the fact that in following bouts boxers who leaned on just as much were n't even spoken to . |
| 4 | The sexual irregularities of which biographers have made so much were not in themselves important or unusual for a ruler of that age . |
| 5 | Maria thought the evening went well and could only hope those to whom this launch meant so much were equally pleased with the way she acquitted herself . |
| 6 | In fact , those who retired prematurely were less likely than those who waited until pension age to have said that they had ever thought seriously about early retirement ( 24 per cent compared with 44 per cent in the age-group 60 and over ) . |
| 7 | Her husband told her she 's got nothing to fear because the things they did together were n't dangerous . |
| 8 | Nu 's efforts to bring the two men together were only partially successful . |
| 9 | Him and Martin O' Neill together were very good on the Norwich match . |
| 10 | He and Andy together were very good . |
| 11 | Sales figures around Christmas and New Year are very prone to changes in seasonal patterns , and total sales in the last three months together were less than 0.25 per cent higher than in the previous three months and only 1.4 per cent higher than in the corresponding three months a year ago . |
| 12 | Austen Chamberlain and Walter Long were both treated with respect by Law , tribute to their withdrawal in his favour in 1911 , but they reacted very differently . |
| 13 | ‘ Insulting , then , ’ she agreed quietly , determined not to lose her temper , although if he was going to carry on in that vein the chances of her keeping it for very long were absolutely nil . |
| 14 | Surprisingly , the opposition to ‘ William It Was Really Nothing ’ came not from an older generation ( who , obviously were n't even aware of the record ) but from the feminist movement long since supported and admired by Morrissey . |
| 15 | I remember one day we were at the studio doing The Long Duel and we obviously were n't going to work . |
| 16 | I know you obviously were n't Harold . |
| 17 | ‘ You obviously were n't thinking straight , ’ she said a little scornfully . |
| 18 | It 's a very effective direct piece of lobbying and at a time when a lot of people who obviously were n't Green Party supporters behind the campaign . |
| 19 | You obviously were n't aware of that fact , I see . ’ |
| 20 | And how about yourself , you obviously were n't that happy playing at left back for Oxford United , and you 've slotted into the central defence , playing a lot happier and of course , driving forward when you can for these goals ? |
| 21 | Reagan 's television appearances furthermore were carefully scheduled to take place just prior to critical votes on his budgetary and tax policy . |
| 22 | And in fact the coffee rooms not only were not profitable but I think at one time were even subsidized by the directors ' own pocket which just how balmy some people can be . |
| 23 | Patients with hyperplastic polyps only were not accepted for enrollment . |
| 24 | Not only were nearly three-fifths of the people here unable to scrape together sufficient personal property to reach the tax threshold of £2 , but none got the alternative of 20s. wages in the year , as did many in the Midland and southern counties who were in the same position . |
| 25 | By the end of the boom the machines confronting the average worker not only were more numerous than before but also bore little resemblance to those in use two decades previously . |
| 26 | Farther along were n't it ? |
| 27 | He added : ‘ We did look at the possibility of replacing McDermott with another fast bowler but all those good enough were already committed elsewhere . ’ |
| 28 | The cards were fixed with Blu-Tack and so were slightly proud of the wall , which might have caused orientation effects . |
| 29 | The two smaller ‘ outlier ’ setts would have been completely destroyed by the planned construction work , and so were completely excavated , while the third was only excavated at the end to be affected by the construction . |
| 30 | They 'd had a skinful so were n't in a particularly noticing mood but they saw and heard nothing , nothing except what they described as a kind of mournful whistling coming from deep in the wood . ’ |