Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only access to the basement was down a flight of steep steps , and involved ducking under a low ceiling . |
| 2 | There was no question of her being able to haunt the environs of Mayfield Cottage , as it was down a dead end lane three miles from the nearest village . |
| 3 | I was down a hole . |
| 4 | The door to Raynor 's room was down a flight of steps and through a narrow archway . |
| 5 | The tap-room of the tiny inn was down a deep step and he nearly sprawled on the tiled floor , coming abruptly into the cool darkness . |
| 6 | Oh it was down a tremendous amount |
| 7 | I was down the market every day with my shopper , dear , for veg . |
| 8 | — He was down the prom on Sunday . ’ |
| 9 | The village was very isolated in the past , and until the road down into Curral das Freiras was built in 1959 , the only access was down the narrow , twisting , tortuous path which you can still see from the village . |
| 10 | One day Howard came on the set and Brando was down the beach talking to a pretty girl . |
| 11 | I sat in many a night myself when you were all younger , waiting for that piss artist of a father of yours to come home , knowing in my heart that he was down the Bayswater Road , spending desperately needed money on old brasses . |
| 12 | And I 'd say I was down the docks last night trying to rob the life-rafts , getting the first aid kits and trying to get the Omnopon and all that , and I nearly got caught , ca n't you help us out ? |
| 13 | The most impressive wound was down the length of the upper part of his right arm , where the flesh had been sliced away . |
| 14 | He was down the basement steps before Lily could stop him . |
| 15 | I was down the market with this other girl , and we saw her mum there . |
| 16 | It was down the pasture near Lartington on a day during the last war , when the weather was very bad and I was going for the bus to Barnard Castle . |
| 17 | ‘ I hear the constable was down the other day , if you do n't mind me saying so , ’ Mrs Clamp said , and coughed politely . |
| 18 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |
| 19 | Just a couple of weeks ago Emerson was down the in the dumps and considering pulling out of the Maxol series . |
| 20 | The court heard that after the men were arrested the RSPCA returned to the land to try and retrieve a third terrier which was down the sett . |
| 21 | Against a depressed market trend , ECC , paying a 13.4p final , rose 3 to 517p , Ladbroke ( 6.23p final ) added 3 to 214p , MB-Caradon ( 53/4p final ) put on 2 to 263p , while Redland ( 16¾p final ) was up a heady 14 at 481p . |
| 22 | Going against the trend of static or falling sales by other newspapers , our October circulation was up a fabulous 57,403 on the same month last year . |
| 23 | Gretchen was up a ladder now , sticking Bethlehem stars over the bulletholes on the ceiling . |
| 24 | Geographically , Oracle says its domestic US business improved on a strong second quarter — fuelled by Oracle7 sales , it was up a remarkable 65% on a weak fiscal third quarter 1992 , but that the strong dollar limited revenue growth at Oracle Europe to just 4% — but the currency translation was unfavourable by 11% . |
| 25 | Geographically , Oracle says its domestic US business improved on a strong second quarter — fuelled by Oracle7 sales , it was up a remarkable 65% on a weak fiscal third quarter 1992 , but that the strong dollar limited revenue growth at Oracle Europe to just 4% — but the currency translation was unfavourable by 11% . |
| 26 | Contrary to this general trend , the U.S. market showed solid signs of recovery with an overall sales gain of 9 per cent , within which Johnson Brothers was up a robust 22 per cent . |
| 27 | The FTSE which at one stage had been more than six points ahead was up a mere 0.2 at 2817 . |
| 28 | The F T Newspaper which includes magazines , electronic publishing and was up a bit . |
| 29 | The F T Associates which is er includes the Economist in Spain was up a lot and Westminster Press was er was down , but of course Westminster Press took a major redundancy charge , they were also bringing on a new plant at Brighton and therefore running two plants simultaneously which is very costly er and they launched on Sunday . |
| 30 | I was up a six this morning does that |