Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] [det] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the intimidation became unbearable , as at Bentheim on the German-Dutch border , the route was abandoned in favour of a Belgian crossing at Herbesthal , but usually there was little that could be done except to comfort the children and to urge calm . |
| 2 | Alice , familiar with this situation from somewhere in her well-stocked past , knew that there was little that could be done ; in fact it would get worse . |
| 3 | There was little that could be done to improve the overall unkempt appearance , except to dig the whole lot up and start again , but , as Luther Reynolds told David on one occasion , ‘ I do n't use the bloody garden , so why should I waste precious money on it ? |
| 4 | Thus there was little that could be acquired and developed immediately by those other builders who had an urgent need for land . |
| 5 | Firmness was all that could be said for it . |
| 6 | When the two girls left the smithy , Gay was carrying the wooden board — a rough affair that was all that could be obtained — and Breeze was leading on the end of a knotted string a small and ill-favoured specimen of doghood . |
| 7 | The front discs were changed and that was all that could be done . |
| 8 | The speaker was short and stocky and that was all that could be said of him in the way of description . |
| 9 | In the light of their two powerful flashlights visibility was all that could be wished for and it took them only two minutes to carry out their examination : unless one is looking for some obscure mechanical fault there is very little to look for in an engine-room . |
| 10 | It was all that could be done . |