Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was no secret that Michael Foot — believing that he had a duty to the late Dick Crossman to procure the publication of the diaries — was courageously prepared to accept this risk and to bare his breast for the dagger . |
| 2 | For Owen , whose materialist doctrine was rigorously environmental and mechanical , but not dialectical , that agent could only be millennial , a kind of secular second coming after which we should all in a moment , in a twinkling of an eye , be changed . |
| 3 | I could n't wait to get to grips with the famous putter and was duly grateful that the Friday afternoon traffic was reasonably light , with fewer than usual kamikaze lorry drivers about . |
| 4 | Stability : I used the tent at low level and was duly impressed . |
| 5 | At this stage he discussed his plans more fully with his bank manager who was duly impressed with the professional approach taken by Tack . |
| 6 | Sir William Anstruther-Gray formally declared him the victor and his election was duly rubber-stamped at the ceremonial party meeting six days later . |
| 7 | When the English diplomat Sir Ralph Sadler visited her mother , Mary of Guise , on 22 March 1543 , the infant was duly unwrapped , so that her healthy state could be clearly seen , and Sadler could report that ‘ it is as goodly a child as I have seen of her age , and as like to live , with the grace of God ’ . |
| 8 | Mrs Tota was duly coy about the private room decorated with a gold , brown and green paper , oil paintings of Italian scenery and gilt candelabra ( " very snug " , pronounced the Colonel ) ; she enjoyed her dinner , chattered nineteen to the dozen and decided that Room A at Kettner 's was almost as glamorous as the dear old Châlet at Simla . |
| 9 | The Baghdad government was duly appreciative of the fruits of economic co-operation , notably over oil-resource development , and a flow of military supplies . |
| 10 | I was duly surprised that the Fates had put the new putter in my hands so easily . |
| 11 | Indeed the ex-editor of Classical Music contacted the publisher to ask why they had reverted to Times as the body copy typeface , he had changed it from Times to ITC Clearface , and was duly surprised to find that the reason was to do with the fact that the title was being produced on a desktop publishing system . |
| 12 | I was duly astonished when Harley asked for his putter and sent Derek Jefferson ahead to hold the flag . |
| 13 | ( This was duly forthcoming . ) |
| 14 | Help was duly forthcoming — if only for the practical reason that the dollar was bound to suffer in the event of a sterling crisis . |
| 15 | TL was laughably uncomplicated , but , in spite of not being specially designed , it had the splendid advantage of being readily available . |
| 16 | He had pumped all his savings into building the boat , using bits and pieces scrounged from all over the Middle East , and was suspiciously eager to part with it . |
| 17 | Sean French 's definition was suspiciously spiteful and John Cole 's incomprehensible . |
| 18 | No-one could deny the lungs on the girl , but DM 's ‘ Dull Dull Dull ’ was suspiciously bereft of dimension , as if the band were just stylishly filling the indie hair shirt . |
| 19 | He was furiously angry . |
| 20 | I was furiously angry , and I needed desperately to believe it was with you … |
| 21 | Clearly he had not been content to wait , and as she looked at the hard , handsome face she knew he was furiously angry , only good manners holding back the words that were obviously uppermost in his mind . |
| 22 | Paheri was furiously jealous . |
| 23 | Washington 's nuclear collaboration with Romania dates from the 1970s , when the West was vigorously encouraging President Nicolae Ceausescu to pursue policies independent of the Soviet Union . |
| 24 | Herr Nordern was vigorously affirmative , combative even , but he was taken aback by Omi 's response . |
| 25 | He was haemodynamically stable but had a few episodes of haemoptysis , and there was macroscopic haematuria . |
| 26 | However , there is wide scope for creating designs with a botanical feel , and in the picture shown on the facing page , I decided to use the leaves and buds that were picked from the same plant as the main flowers , thus creating a design that was botanically correct . |
| 27 | But perhaps Edward was altogether better without her . |
| 28 | He was altogether right . |
| 29 | It was altogether typical of him that his unshakeable beliefs should prevent him continuing to serve in the Government once the Anglo-Irish agreement was signed . |
| 30 | Macaulay wrote , ‘ To represent Charles as a martyr in the cause of episcopacy is absurd … the attachment of Charles to the Church of England was altogether political … . ’ |