Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She almost asked whether he had not been there the previous Friday but stopped , unsure whether he had forgotten or was deliberately misleading her . |
| 2 | She left him to prowl restlessly through the family photographs that were prominently displayed as she first took a shower then dithered over what to wear . |
| 3 | Commenting on the rather storm-damaged third quarter figures , Sun Microsystems Inc chief financial officer Kevin Melia said ‘ profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in operating expenses . |
| 4 | Commenting on some rather storm-damaged third quarter figures ( see opposite ) , Sun Microsystems Inc chief financial officer Kevin Melia said ‘ Profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in operating expenses . |
| 5 | Almost 100 new companies had been formed , and Schach had been able to secure over a million pounds in bank guarantees to finance not only such expensive disasters as Dreaming Lips , Love from a Stranger and The Marriage of Gorbal , but even films that were never made . |
| 6 | I suspect the King was surrounded and was lightly wounded by arrows . |
| 7 | They became scapegoats for crimes committed and were widely bruited as potential subversives . |
| 8 | Other reasons given for not doing courses were varied and were only cited a small number of times . |
| 9 | The materials were broken down and thoroughly mixed and were then led into a " back " where the slurry remained for several weeks while the water was gradually drained off . |
| 10 | It was reported to him that Lizzy 's hair was still golden , but his MSS book stank ; it had to be disinfected and was eventually burned . |
| 11 | But the coroner added that the water system had since been disinfected and was now cleaned out regularly . |
| 12 | I found myself superseded by much younger men , and so resigned and was duly pensioned off . |
| 13 | He had twice been badly wounded and was still hobbling around with a stick when he was given command of Fort Vaux , the smallest of the forts ringing Verdun but crucial to the defence of the important Fort Souville . |
| 14 | Along the inland , mostly mountainous boundary , despite the efforts of the joint delimitation commission , much remained to be clarified and was still causing difficulties in 1980 . |
| 15 | The wheel was never repaired and was eventually broken up for scrap . |
| 16 | He fled but was later caught by police . |
| 17 | Happy was hard to find but was generously cast as Bryan Gould . |
| 18 | They also began to suggest strongly that leys were not just the traders ' tracks that Watkins proposed but were closely associated with such earth energy if not actually marking the channels along which such energy might flow . |
| 19 | The double header was rather more expensive and had seats to spare that were partly filled by a late special offer . |
| 20 | Obviously , the Government share the hon. Gentleman 's pleasure at the fact that the liquidator may well be working out an arrangement with the main shareholders that would mean BCCI 's creditors possibly getting a considerably greater return on what they are owed than was previously thought possible . |
| 21 | One evening Leopold Zborowski , a Polish poet , came to look at the modern paintings exhibited and was immediately taken by Modigliani 's remarkable talent . |
| 22 | ‘ Before the fireman could fasten his belt ’ read the Wolverton Express report , ‘ there was a buzzing sound in the stables , the doors of which flew wide open and Bessie and Harry , with heads erect and eyes flashing , galloped to the shafts , stopping just under the suspended harness which dropped and was automatically locked on their backs ’ . |
| 23 | Some members of staff at the school felt that it had suffered and was still suffering from the effects of the reorganization . |
| 24 | His son worked in the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation here , till an English lad , totally unqualified , came and was immediately employed above him . |
| 25 | If Skipper had been an older horse who knew what he should do and was simply messing about , a reprimand might have been in order . |
| 26 | The evidence from elsewhere in America and Britain is that exhibitors increasingly took the masses for granted and were always investing in better and better cinemas so as to hang on to the more respectable lower middle-class audience . |
| 27 | Eventually he stopped writing and was never heard of again . |
| 28 | Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong . |
| 29 | It may be possible to reconcile the seismic evidence with fractured rock beneath the lava , which is no more than a few kilometres thick , particularly if the first few sheets that flowed were heavily fractured and were then covered by the sheets we see today . |
| 30 | It had leather straps and jessies attatched and was easily caught . |