Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well Street was really I should say the only industrial part of Caldmore or Palfry , cos there was Harveys had a factory up there and there was a little bit of factory work in Street , there was actually a small factory on the corner of Street and Lane , but the factory area was mostly in . |
| 2 | Tug lay very still and concentrated on breathing and the voice went on , so softly that it was only just possible to hear it , even though Doyle 's face was right up against his ear . |
| 3 | I really regret it now , but at the time everything was right up to there , you know . |
| 4 | In the scales of life Nona was right up , and the Flemings down , down , down . |
| 5 | Over the years we did n't have quite so much work to do with recording which tyre was on which bus because he took it over , but it was right up until I retired in , well five years ago that we were paying tyres that way . |
| 6 | I mean it was right up to the wall , and the we 'd have bothered . |
| 7 | Other times it was dinner ; twice he took her dancing , the smoochy old-fashioned sort of dancing , not a disco , the sort where she was right up against him and his hands held her in a strong , commanding kind of way . |
| 8 | It was right up to his mouth when Lamarr Dean nudged him , reaching out and pushing him a little , and the mescal spilled over the Apache 's chin and down the front of his vest . |
| 9 | ‘ Before the accident I was right up with the leaders , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The wa the water was right up to there . |
| 11 | Cos the river was right up here . |
| 12 | No his throats and his temperature was right up and |
| 13 | er , and if you , not quite as short as you did last time , you see when you combed it up last time it was right up to the top just a little bit |
| 14 | He was right up to it so I said well I do n't know whether you 're going round to view the house cos that 's on the market are n't they ? |
| 15 | Yeah , and it was right up to his windscreen |
| 16 | and there was this dump truck sort of about two foot out , he 'd obviously changed his mind and sort of had er stopped , had a Reliant Regal , you know a Reliant Regal it was right up to the windscreen and there was a pile of glass in , you know everywhere it was |
| 17 | What you just did was right out of order . |
| 18 | He was right out in the open and the wind was blowing towards us . |
| 19 | Until you came along , Century House was right out on a limb . |
| 20 | Then through the window you could see it-smaller than a Concord and almost completely open with its canvas side-curtains rolled up and fastened-just turning out of the yard , and the next moment the jingling , rattling sound was right out front . |
| 21 | Now she was right out of her depth , not even sure she could swim , and both afraid and exhilarated . |
| 22 | Even Roddy Collins , their bustling Dublin striker , was right out of touch and was replaced late on by Glenn Hunter who did n't really have time to get into his stride properly . |
| 23 | Their relationship was right back on course . |
| 24 | For a moment I was right back in my bedroom that first time . |
| 25 | Mr Davies said : ‘ Mrs Morgan was right back against the fence but was struck as this juggernaut continued on its way . ’ |
| 26 | There was skid marks all over and the traffic was right back down the A seventeen , when I got there it |
| 27 | The baby was wholly out by the time she got back with Sister , though in a caul , as if giftwrapped in Clingfilm . |
| 28 | He was still seen intermittently with the ‘ bizarre Englishwoman ’ , but by 1916 the love affair was effectively over . |
| 29 | Arsenal then suffered an FA Cup humiliation at Wrexham — and by January 's close their season was effectively over . |
| 30 | From 1–5 , she won eight straight games , and Sarah 's challenge was effectively over . |