Example sentences of "[adj] was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was concealed up to now by a few intuitive master strokes , the lucky results of risks that were in themselves unjustified , and the short-comings of our enemies . |
| 2 | This was wrenched out with as much theatricality as good taste and decorum would allow . |
| 3 | On cold january nights , they camped out on platforms for the last experiences of ‘ Whistler ’ haulage , as the class of two hundred was whittled down to just one , the rebuilt , pioneer D200 . |
| 4 | The Franco-Spanish treaty of 1659 was drawn up in both French and Spanish versions ; but that of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1668 was in French alone , as was the Franco-Dutch peace settlement of 1678 ( though the treaty of the same year between France and Spain was in both French and Spanish versions , and that of 1679 between France and the Holy Roman Empire was in Latin ) . |
| 5 | One Saturday morning , some two weeks after Mrs Frizzell 's encounter with Mrs Stych , Mr Frizzell was seated at his office desk in a glassed-in area above the garage proper , from whence he could see all that was going on at both back and front of his property . |