Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] was [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meryl wondered if he had a sense of humour , although now was n't the time to find out . |
| 2 | Huy wanted to ask more about the policeman , but decided that now was not the time . |
| 3 | As the rate of interest fell , so there would be a contraction of the money supply ( a movement down along the Ms curve ) and an increase in the demand for money balances especially speculative balances , since people would increasingly judge with lower interest rates that now was not the time to buy securities ( there is a movement down along the liquidity preference curve ) . |
| 4 | Yet she sensed that now was not the time to press for a formal interview . |
| 5 | It seemed that here was where the magic of Majorca lay , the duende , as Fernando would have said . |
| 6 | Members of Wales PPA quickly realised that these published beliefs were the same as their own , and that here was perhaps an opportunity to avail themselves of much-needed funding to establish support systems which would enable families to take their rightful place in the local playgroup or mother and toddler group . |
| 7 | Ridley had taken a course in biochemistry , and so was probably the person best equipped to pursue the matter , which turned out to be very difficult . |
| 8 | ‘ between 1 January 1985 and 29 April 1991 in the City of London and elsewhere was knowingly a party to the carrying on of the business of a company called Wallace Smith Trust Co . |
| 9 | The trolley provided a perfect means of transporting a device and also was approximately the shape of a mortar or rocket launcher . |
| 10 | However , it fell within the section 5 saving and hence was not a contempt . |
| 11 | And er he was there er two blokes had to get come get chains and get him out of it and all that and here was n't a scratch on him but erm he was off for about five or six months you know he had ee ee this brain tests and everything , the shock had er he was quite bad for some time . |
| 12 | A recent caller rang in a panic as she had put Tri-Spot ( mould killer ) instead of washing liquid in her dishwasher , and why was n't the cutlery sparkling ? |
| 13 | And why was there no smoke ? |
| 14 | The plaintiff was held to have implied permission and therefore was not a trespasser . |
| 15 | But now was not the time to rock the boat . |
| 16 | There were , thought Dalgliesh , other possibilities , but now was not the time to discuss them . |
| 17 | But now was not the time to tell him . |
| 18 | But now was not the time to worry about it . |
| 19 | But nowhere was there a mention of the exact circumstances in which they had been found . |
| 20 | But why was n't the dog barking ? |