Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Gothic mahogany bookcase ( lot 478 , est. $6,000–9,000 ) was a beautiful piece of transitional classical/Gothic Revival furniture , though it was obviously missing something at the top , either an additional moulding or added tracery . |
| 2 | I was just to present myself at the right time on the due date , when he would honour his promise to see me . |
| 3 | He knew , because in a town the size of Plumford everybody knew these things , that Hubert Molland had been given a combined parish a few miles outside Plumford , and that the Mollands were now living in Champney Crucis ; he knew that Kate had left school and was now doing something at the technical college ; and , more importantly , he had heard from Joe that she was going out with the local MP 's youngest son , whose name was Julian and who drove a Triumph Spitfire . |
| 4 | David has always , for a time , hitched his rocket on somebody who is powerful — no question about it — he 's powerful himself , but he needed an injection of ruthlessness which Ken Pitt , being a very sweet , nice man , was n't giving him at the time . |
| 5 | Splashing through the dark flood , I was again throwing myself at the door when a key turned in its great lock and it opened . |