Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [adv] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er she bought these new leather shoes quite a while ago , but even they and they were the widest she could buy , but they needed stretching , so Joanne , Paul 's girlfriend , had got one of these shoe stretching things , you put it in and twist it and it goes up and up , well even that at it 's highest would n't , you know , at it 's furthest , well it was sticking out as far as it could go , even that was n't filling it , so she stuck a spud down the end of it |
| 2 | ‘ … with honour , ’ I added ( they were not , I realized , quite the right words but they were the nearest I could find in the urgency of the moment ) . |
| 3 | But then the dark powers rose , and the four Cities fell ; it was the most we could do to save the Treasures . |
| 4 | ‘ It was the most I could imagine . ’ |
| 5 | The text states : ’ An EC spokesman admitted there were conceptual problems ' in compiling the statistics , but it was the nearest they could get to being comparable . ’ |
| 6 | It was the least one could do in gratitude for so many years of loyal friendship , and the only basis on which that friendship could continue . |
| 7 | ‘ It was the least I could do . |
| 8 | ‘ It was the least I could do , I suppose . |
| 9 | I suppose it was the least I could do . |
| 10 | It was the least I could do to help Karen out now . |
| 11 | ‘ It was the least I could do for them . ’ |
| 12 | I felt it was the least I could do . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It was the least I could do , ’ she said gruffly . |
| 14 | ‘ It was the least I could do , ’ I said weakly as she brushed her lips against my cheek . |
| 15 | It was the least I could do . ’ |
| 16 | I had only recently begun to walk much without a stick — however — after much midnight practice to a ‘ pop ’ record I did manage even the backward steps without a wobble which I felt was the least I could do as I was representing MEDAU ! . |
| 17 | There was no more we could say to each other except through the damned lawyers . ’ |
| 18 | D'Arcy rose to his feet ; there was no more he could do . |