Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you do it in the cabin or was there a bed made up in the back ? |
| 2 | ‘ God witness , ’ said Llewelyn , drumming his long fingers on the arms of his chair in a hard-driven rhythm that was always a key to the stresses of his mind , ‘ it could not have come at a worse time . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd already stretched my credit to the maximum when the bank gave me a cheque guarantee card that was also a credit card . |
| 4 | She looked down with a fear that was also a pleasure at his stained , scarred hand . |
| 5 | And now here was a pleasure that was also an irritant . |
| 6 | Only stood staring , unaware of the mix of emotions in his face : double fire in his eyes — anger and desire both ; the sneer on his lips that was almost a smile ; and the still-present evidence of his recent excesses — a pallid complexion and the darker skin beneath his eyes , the deeper carved lines down to his mouth . |
| 7 | This , therefore , showed the company to have a much larger credit turnover figure than was actually the case . |
| 8 | It is not possible to demonstrate adequately a specific hypothesis but one fact is certain : Wilfrid so earned the enmity of Ecgfrith that despite an appeal to Rome which endorsed the justice of his case , he remained in exile and was still an outcast from his church when Ecgfrith fell in battle against the Picts on 20 May 685 . |
| 9 | The United States might have argued that Nicaragua 's concealment of its incapacity constituted fraud and was thus a ground for invalidating its consent . |
| 10 | An order was also sought to strike out the Crown 's application to strike out the taxpayer 's appeal because , in addition , it had delayed a fair trial of the action and was otherwise an abuse of process . |
| 11 | Women are not expected to be socially subservient to their husbands as was often the case even 50 years ago . |
| 12 | Even so , she had meekly done as they wished and taken on a responsibility that was clearly a bit of a burden . |
| 13 | Last week they played a new noise that was obviously the sound of a ball dropping into a roulette wheel . |
| 14 | Politically orthodox Bulgaria may have more or an interest in good trading relations with the West than was once the case ; but would she alter anything by way of political character , or even policy , to this end ? |
| 15 | Welfare benefits currently form a higher proportion of many individuals ' income that was formerly the case , because of the rise in unemployment to levels unheard of since the 1930s , and because of the increase in the number of old people who are dependent upon state pensions . |
| 16 | Statutory duties now cover a wider range of special needs groups than was formerly the case . |
| 17 | Mrs MacDonald was a Calgarian by birth , and her husband had been moved north by his firm to run the huge refinery that was now the pride of Tollemarche . |
| 18 | This consisted of one box with a battery connected to the thin electric cable that was also the ferret 's line . |
| 19 | With a sigh that was almost a gurgle of gratification , she found the slippery spread . |
| 20 | Luke gave a shuddering sigh that was almost a sob and a tear rolled down his cheek . |
| 21 | He had just provided some polish for a machine that was already a miracle of design . |
| 22 | Later that day , Mrs Knelle declared that she 'd take me for a drive , to see Ashford Castle , a local stately home that was now an hotel . |
| 23 | She returned to the bar and was soon the centre of attention . |
| 24 | The rate seems to have been about half that of an ordinary return and was perhaps a day ticket , although no mention of that condition is made . |
| 25 | The British rejection weakened the force of the proposal and was probably a factor in its slow progress . |
| 26 | He had given up his three stripes to join the Commandos and was now the father of two children , a boy and a girl , his wife living with her parents in Perth . |
| 27 | The work was totally different to the volunteer work I had done at home and was quite a challenge . |
| 28 | He had money and was always a bit of a dilettante . |
| 29 | Furthermore , the Robbins proposal that some colleges of education and colleges of technology be taken out of local authority control and made into universities would never have been acceptable to the local authorities and was politically a non-starter . |
| 30 | On the whole , despite sporadic resistance , the hands of public censorship and outrage lie more lightly on the author and playwright , the cinema and the television director than was once the case . |