Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne 's job involved shift work , six o'clock until two , two o'clock until ten , and ten o'clock until six in the morning so she was rarely free to go out with Sarah . |
| 2 | We talked endlessly — there was so much to catch up on . |
| 3 | ‘ There was so much going on around him after the World Cup , I 'm not sure even he knew what was going on . |
| 4 | She clearly had no time for Burley Woodhead when there was so much going on in Bradford . |
| 5 | ‘ I never knew there was so much going on in the world , ’ she said to John one day . |
| 6 | Because there was so little going on with the band I arranged to give myself a bit of a holiday . |
| 7 | ‘ Your daddy was terribly brave to stand up to them alone , ’ said Cheryl , in awe . |
| 8 | And as a business , politician and freemason , it was only natural to go off to the golf course on a Sunday . |
| 9 | His score of 568 points out of 600 was only seven points down on first position , which was taken by R Jones of Racketts Archery Club , with T Preston of Braintree Archery club second . |
| 10 | On the other hand , he was extremely difficult to pin down to any conclusion . |
| 11 | ‘ Those days Australia were so strong that once you were out of the team it was extremely difficult to get back in . |
| 12 | Dr. Goldsmith 's comment was that if the man was physically fit to break out of his cell , he should have been fit to do the lighter task of breaking stones . |
| 13 | Even so it was just great to get back on a road race bike again in February . |
| 14 | But by the close of business , with the Chancellor still speaking , it was just 3.1 points down at 2919.3 . |
| 15 | By the close , the index was just 4.5 points down at 2,277.1 . |
| 16 | When first seen at the homoeopathic clinic , he was just able to get around with one tripod . |
| 17 | She was continent and clean and was usually OK to go out by herself . |
| 18 | Balbinder was always pleased to come along for these sessions , to play with my children 's toys and run in the garden . |
| 19 | It was always easier to wind down at home , in any case . |
| 20 | I was hardly likely to sit up in bed and say ‘ Do come in , have we met ? ’ was I ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Rosie was still unable to latch on to the breast properly , and I was quite sure she was n't getting enough milk . ’ |
| 22 | Although it was my health I was considering , and no one else 's , it was still difficult to step out on my own and leap the bounds of convention . |
| 23 | In 1888 , a decade after total estrangement had come between them , Nietzsche was still able to look back to his days with Wagner at Tribschen as " days of trust , optimism , sublime accidents , profound moments " . |
| 24 | This was pre-eminently the case where the Area Boards were united in opposing the Central Authority or the Government ( as on the Clow differential ) , though Citrine was more willing to give in to such pressure on matters where he respected the Board Chairmen 's views , such as tariffs , than on matters where he was determined to impose his own , as in labour relations . |
| 25 | Much of this consensus , at least nominally , cut across party lines : Beveridge , who formalised the project of ‘ welfare ’ expansion , was a Liberal ; the 1944 White Paper on employment policy was produced under the war-time coalition ; Butler 's educational reforms were also decided in 1944 , but many people thought that the Labour Party was more likely to live up to the promise of reform . |
| 26 | Curzon was more difficult to drive down to the provinces . |
| 27 | In fact there was precious little to rely on in the unconscious unless the product was good enough to sell itself to the conscious senses , in which case the unconscious appeal was superfluous . |
| 28 | Leonora , the creative one , was perfectly happy to get on with her knitting in her little nook in the shop , help with the customers when trade was brisk , type what correspondence was necessary and otherwise leave Elise to the hard sell . |
| 29 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |
| 30 | My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames . |