Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv] [conj] [noun prp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian-Turkish baths are directly opposite 261 East Tenth Street and were probably there when Eleanor Marx spoke in New York . |
| 2 | Grasmere , too has lost its galleries but evidently they were there once as de Quincey wrote describing them in his Recollections , ‘ A very interesting feature of the elder architecture , annually becoming more and more rare viz the outside gallery , which is sometimes merely of wood , but is much more striking when provided for in the original construction of the house and completely enfoncée in the masonry . ’ |
| 3 | Gin , however , whether the Dutch variety or no , was beginning to have distressing results on the ladies in particular , who nevertheless persisted in their belief that it was all right because Mr Dickens had said so . |
| 4 | But after she had finished the first part of her lecture ; after slightly nodding her head to the generous applause ; after the lights had gone up again ; after Ashenden had said ( as every chairman since Creation had said ) how much everyone had enjoyed the talk and how grateful everyone was that not only had the distinguished speaker fascinated each and every one of them but also had agreed to answer any questions which he was absolutely sure everyone in the room was aching to put to such a distinguished expert in the field … it was only then that Dr Moule was able to survey the two intruders . |
| 5 | It was only then that George Shultz , Reagan 's secretary of state , learned the president had actually signed an order authorising the arms shipments on 17 January and that he had not been consulted or told . |
| 6 | The wound was not deep and Mr Bowler discharged himself from hospital . |
| 7 | It was not long before Mrs. Farr used to look out for me , I would be invited in , a slice of cake was waiting and Bess , the black spaniel , would be fussing around , licking my knees . |
| 8 | That 's why I was still there when John Russell appeared , which was some fifteen minutes later . |
| 9 | It was also then that Mr Kinnock showed the part of his personality he tries so hard to contain , whipping up the audience like a second-rate holiday camp entertainer . |