Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] or [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Thus when determining what contracts fall within or outside the ambit of s 3 , issues of reasonableness , equality of bargaining power and the possibility of negotiation are in fact not very relevant , except in so far as they could move a judge to finding that terms were standard or not in borderline cases .
2 One has a brief glimpse here of the fate of the elderly who were childless or out of touch with their children .
3 I asked , getting that first warning flicker that something was wrong or out of place .
4 Woe betide anyone who was untidy or out of step on one of the marches .
5 When a young lad , well as a young lad you were n't allowed to be cos you 're not going to be in there son , and as I was er saying until I , until I left school I was more or less at work between school and bedtime you see , but er the majority of lads used to do a , do a little part-time job in those days
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