Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv] [coord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were swiftly put down and the Glasgow Volunteers , as fine a body of men as ever struggled from one ditch to another , were always ready to spring into action at the drop of a rifle . |
| 2 | England scraped 1–0 victories twice last year when the Turks were not closed down and the result was that , at times , they almost toyed with us in midfield . |
| 3 | The instructions were not carried out and the wife signed the deed without reading it , in reliance on the husband 's false representation that it was limited to £60,000 and would last only three weeks . |
| 4 | The scratchmen caught the bunch at the start of the final lap 28 and , with their increased pace , the two fugitives were soon brought back and the race stayed together until near the finish . |
| 5 | For ZETA none of the published experimental results was wrong , the limits of accuracy of the experiment were clearly spelled out and the main results were soon confirmed by other groups — Aldermaston in Britain and Los Alamos in the USA . |
| 6 | Most equity investments in 1989 were made in the U.K. but significant additions were also made overseas and the programme of property developments has continued . |
| 7 | The cuffs were well turned back and the jersey came halfway down his shorts . |
| 8 | ‘ We were n't getting anywhere and the ANC said they were still to reach a decision . |
| 9 | With a month to put together a programme of events for this ‘ Reading Festival ’ , things were n't going well and the organisers approached London club owner Dave Bilk — yep , Acker 's bro — who put them on to B & H. |
| 10 | At the Poole Advertiser the original typewriters were simply removed overnight and the Macintosh network installed . |
| 11 | Investment programmes were consistently cut back and the BEA remained short of power station capacity at peak times throughout their first ten years . |
| 12 | The borders were neatly raked over and the roses cut back . |
| 13 | The impression I have from such documents as I have seen is that the obvious hardship to the residents of Bridge and Medway Roads was somewhat played down and the employment and general economic benefits were underlined . |
| 14 | The farming land was all rented out and the family lived mainly on its produce . |
| 15 | Forage and concentrate was all bought in and the animals were kept in outdoor feedlots . |
| 16 | Bassist Ian was soon roped in and the latest recruit is local lass Meriel from Catterick . |
| 17 | With a few exceptions along the coast ( such as Seaford in the 1770s ) it proved more or less impossible in Sussex where the land was largely enclosed already and the soil of much of the county ill-suited to highly profitable wheat farming ; so there was little of the trauma produced elsewhere by the restructuring of the rural landscape . |
| 18 | The engine was just ticking over and the launch seemed to nose into the maze as though feeling her own way . |
| 19 | At the top of this list is wally , which perhaps illustrates that the research was not conducted yesterday but the day before the day before then . |
| 20 | In the same 1943 raid , Torquay was also bombed again and the deaf centre escaped with minor blast damage when a bomb fell on the St. Marychurch building a few yards up the road , killing 18 children who were in the building . |
| 21 | Ice cream was also made locally and the lads would congregate in Roots shop and drink a " Penny Monster " with ice cream served by old Mrs Roots . |
| 22 | In the past where an item had been lost or stolen which was originally purchased abroad and the Claimant admitted that no customs duty had been paid our liability was the value of the goods less the amount of any duty payable . |
| 23 | The latter suggestion was indeed taken up and the Area Board chairmen met monthly with Citrine , Self and Hacking to work out a common policy . |
| 24 | If ink was then rolled on and the plate washed , the ink remained only in the tiny ‘ bitten ’ spaces , giving the finely granulated appearance of the finished aquatint already referred to . |
| 25 | In June 1959 , however , the last performance occurred at the Chiswick Empire which was then pulled down and the site redeveloped as a tower office block , originally named ‘ Empire House ’ , but later that name did not prove acceptable to some local government officials , who considered that the name smacked of imperialism , so the block now has only numbers in Chiswick High Road . |
| 26 | Once a boy was almost carted away but the Headmaster changed his mind at the last moment . |
| 27 | The election of a Captain was again held over and the office remained vacant for a further year . |
| 28 | After the 1914 war the building industry was completely run down and the nation 's building capacity was almost non-existent . |
| 29 | By far the most popular months for marriage were October and November , when harvest was safely gathered in and the annual period of service for farm servants in the corn-growing regions had come to an end and wages had been paid . |