Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were extremely well looked after by Per Sorum , a sprightly 70-plus year old who had a beautiful house in Aasen . |
| 2 | They were still doing jobs at that were long since dispensed with at you know , marshalling and that and methods that adopted and the shunting techniques . |
| 3 | This was the outcome of changes in population growth and its age distribution which were only partly compensated for by the marked increase in female participation ratios , especially of those in the 25–60 age groups [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 4 | Her pupils were not entirely decided upon by Miss Hatherby . |
| 5 | The Court was concerned to learn from counsel that these matters were not always adhered to in some courts . |
| 6 | ‘ These institutions instil and cultivate in their cadets what were once commonly referred to as the virtues of southern manhood — honour , chivalry and devotion to God , state and family , ’ wrote one alumnus in a letter to a newspaper . |
| 7 | Organic foods were originally mainly sought after by people suffering from various food allergies as conclusive evidence of links between many allergies as conclusive evidence of links between many allergies and other problems and the use of pesticides and modern agri-chemicals was produced . |
| 8 | I only wish more complaints were as easily dealt with as this . |
| 9 | This was before the days of relatively cheap air flights — in fact such things were n't even thought of by the bulk of the population . |
| 10 | This was indicative of the immense pressure on landowners to make every part of their land productive — pressures that were unfortunately sometimes paid for in human lives , due to accidents . |
| 11 | He laughed back when I told him that I came from a poor barrio in Britain and that we were no longer referred to as people either . |
| 12 | Mrs Eckersley 's friend at the German Foreign Office , to whom he now offered his services as a full-time employee , passed him on to Dr Erich Hetzler , private secretary to the Nazi Foreign Minister , von Ribbentrop , whom Joyce was rather ungratefully to refer to in future as ‘ Ribbentripe ’ . |
| 13 | On the following day I gave directions for expedition , and also for the service of evidence , which was most commendably complied with by all concerned during the intervening five days , which included the May bank holiday weekend . |
| 14 | In relation to third parties the matter was most sensibly dealt with by Bingham LJ at p625 . |
| 15 | Similarly , he retained a strong christocentrism , but tried to find a ‘ non-religious ’ interpretation of Jesus as ‘ the man for others ’ in whom God is indeed present , but present in weakness , suffering and hiddenness rather than in the authoritative majesty which was so markedly appealed to in Barth 's earlier writing . |
| 16 | What was long ago fished for from Saint-Jean , as from Biarritz , was whales , from as early as the eleventh century and as far away as Newfoundland . |
| 17 | After all , she was all right to flirt with at parties and escort him occasionally . |
| 18 | He was nevertheless much sought after by the people , his signature on documents , for example , being regarded as a good-luck charm . |
| 19 | Oh that well it Well it was just like sitting in in the barn and this well it was a laugh . |
| 20 | Certainty was not however to last for in Metropolitan Properties ( F. G. C. ) Ltd. v. Lannon Lord Denning M.R. ‘ rescued ’ Lord Hewart 's reasonable suspicion test . |
| 21 | The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time . |
| 22 | This follows from the natural reading of the legislation and although the case of Congreve v IRC ( 1948 ) 30 TC 163 was overruled by the House of Lords in Vestey v IRC on the central point of what individuals can be liable to tax under s739 , this point was not specifically referred to by the House of Lords . |
| 23 | Another possibility is that there could be a relationship between this inflammation and infection with Helicobacter pylori , although we are unable to confirm this from our study , since the organism was not specifically looked for in every case . |
| 24 | Before the Second World War it was still decreed by the Women 's Cricket Association that women cricketers should wear white stockings — a rule which it has to be said was not always adhered to by the players . |
| 25 | Yet , as Hirst ( 1983 ) indicates , the debate was still generally conceived of in terms of the old , well-established disciplines versus ( or integrated with ) the school subject areas . |
| 26 | The King was also widely criticized for in effect putting his conscience above his role as head of state . |
| 27 | And we had , we had been invited to take part in that and it was really good publicity and , it was n't even mentioned on on the channel that showed those th those games ! |
| 28 | ‘ They 're doin' the type of violence we was n't even thinkin' of at that age , takin' guns to school and all that . |
| 29 | This committee , made up of government representatives , was sometimes grandiosely referred to as the ‘ Spaak II Committee ’ ( after the body which had drawn up the Rome Treaties in the 1950s ) . |
| 30 | She was accountable to no one and was no longer relied upon by anyone . |