Example sentences of "[adv] was [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When boys were given legitimate authority to exercise at last , so eagerly was it anticipated that they were prone to feel it intensely deserved . |
| 2 | How long was she in the workhouse ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And how long was she there ? ’ he continued , unperturbed . |
| 4 | So how long was she in for then ? |
| 5 | Yeah , but how how long was you working day ? |
| 6 | How long was you going out with him for ? |
| 7 | How long was I then ? |
| 8 | I mean how long was I gon na be here for for Christ 's sake ? |
| 9 | How long was he held in captivity ? |
| 10 | Er but how long was he doing it for ? |
| 11 | How long was he going to keep her here ? |
| 12 | ‘ How long was he up there ? ’ he asked the Rais , the Ship 's Captain , disbelievingly . |
| 13 | How long was he in there ? |
| 14 | How long was he gone then ? |
| 15 | how long was he on the life support ? |
| 16 | How long was he there for ? |
| 17 | How long was it going to last ? |
| 18 | Erm , and how long was it before you got married ? |
| 19 | And that 's what we pay for and that 's , when you want to work out how much a fan heater uses and you know , how long was it on for ? |
| 20 | How long was it , three hours ? |
| 21 | Why — how long was it since I spoke ? |
| 22 | Oh but when she was How long was it since she worked at |
| 23 | Likely it was because she had recognised in him from the first the trait matching her own : the ability to make money , for especially was she enamoured of his Sunday second-hand car-sales and of the fact that he insisted on working on that day and handling this side of the business himself . |
| 24 | Not only was she was the first woman ever to gain the imperial throne by her own machinations , she was also the first to institute the practice of official cunnilingus . |
| 25 | To her it may seem that not only was she robbed of happiness during her marriage , but that she is now also being denied the right to grieve as well , for there will be those who will be expecting her mourning to be nothing more than a brief bow to convention , followed by a fairly speedy rise in spirits and return to normality . |
| 26 | Not only was she exultant at the thought of a holiday in London , but she would also have a week removed from the constant worry of Gareth Davis . |
| 27 | The secretary of each level of the party had quasi-absolute power over the members below him , and Elena had a double advantage : not only was she the Party secretary able to veto or grant small privileges for her colleagues , her husband was much of the time the Second Secretary in the Party at large , controlling the day-to-day business of the Romanian Communists under Dej 's supervision . |
| 28 | Eve had said not only was she going to be free for lunch , she would meet Benny off the bus and walk her up to University College . |
| 29 | She herself had long abandoned Highbury to be with her Miss Dinah ; not only was she devoted to the children , but she could make a little money by letting her own house . |
| 30 | Not only was she coarse and stupid , her madness also made her violent . |