Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The keys to the Cathedral were widely distributed as far as I can make out . ’ |
| 2 | The Hungarians and Belgians broke away from the Italians and the two British crews dropped back and were being closely tailed by Folkesson/Skoldbek at Chertsey although the Swedish crew were only to get as far as Shepperton before blowing up . |
| 3 | The difficult and often contradictory principles of this age-long argument were memorably expressed as early as Plato 's version of the Apology of Socrates and , with a different bearing , in his Republic . |
| 4 | These males entered the pool as they reached it and were soon calling as lustily as those first there . |
| 5 | They were still chatting happily together as they walked inside the inn and Seb called , ‘ Two pints of ale please , landlord . ’ |
| 6 | Some junctions were clearly recalled more often than others ( Cochran 's Q=220.5 , df=39 , p<0.01 ) , ranging from junction 17 , entering a dual carriageway from a slip road , which was correctly recalled by 14 of the 28 subjects to 11 junctions which were never correctly recalled . |
| 7 | In 1972–3 full-time courses in the polytechnics began to offer computing studies as part of the normal curriculum and attempts were also made as early as 1969 to include a European language ; while the latter proved to be an irrelevance , the former has certainly not . |
| 8 | The Lebanese press had obligingly produced a comic version of McFarlane ; but the film versions of both Reagan and North were also set as early as November 1986 , and did not much change thereafter . |
| 9 | Although incomes had to be given , assessment of the personal property of ‘ spiritual men ’ was not stipulated , and since the clergy were customarily taxed more heavily than the laity a good many of them may have been less than forthcoming . |
| 10 | They were now walking along together as it was too cold to stand about . |
| 11 | Children could leave school entirely at thirteen on possession of the ‘ labour certificate ’ , which required either a minimum attendance record or the passing of Standard VII , although it seems that the certificate was rarely if ever refused and 10 per cent of 10–15-year-old girls were fully employed as late as 1911 . |
| 12 | However , Airbus Industrie , the four-country European consortium which manufactured the A-320 , had long argued that " fly-by-wire " avionics , by which flying control systems were initially activated electronically rather than hydraulically , made the aircraft safer . |
| 13 | This was the general reply from partners , who were specifically asked not only whether the course would not be more appropriately located in a Third World country but also for the experience of institutions that already have similar courses or related aims . |
| 14 | After ‘ most diligent discussion ’ convocation concluded that the process against the Despensers was erroneous , sinful ( sic ! ) and revocable ; on the king 's orders these conclusions were solemnly published as quickly as possible in each church in the land , together with an indulgence of forty days for those praying for the health of the king and the peace of the realm . |
| 15 | Potential inferences which were disconfirmed by a later statement were invariably rejected , and inferences which were neither confirmed nor disconfirmed were falsely identified as often as they had been in the neutral condition . |
| 16 | It was all happening comfortably just as she wished . |
| 17 | ‘ I was only venturing as far as the bathroom , ’ she said with dignity . |
| 18 | He wondered if Slater intended to walk the whole way with him , or whether he was only going as far as the Air Gallery , now only just across the street , where he sometimes went in the afternoons . |
| 19 | The survey 's findings underline the concern of several City economists that the economy was already slowing down rapidly as base rates were lifted . |
| 20 | She could imagine it all back at Les Hiboux — was already planning out loud where she would place the various pieces , while Rohan and Monsieur Pallon exchanged indulgent glances , and settled the details of how and where it was all to be delivered . |
| 21 | Indeed it seems that girls very quickly replaced boys at this task : " Evidently [ the boys " ] tongues do not go so glibly as the girls , " as the STC was already saying as early as 1875 , " for in most of the offices where girls are employed , reading boys are now unknown . " |
| 22 | Oh this er when I said er I was just looking through again because last night I sat up late writing these |
| 23 | She was just heading off downstairs when the telephone rang . |
| 24 | Nicknamed Janet Gaynor by the make-up artists because of her resemblance to the star , she was generally liked not simply because of her sunny nature , but because she had a special hobby ; she read the teacups . |
| 25 | Although AMARC was formally established as recently as 1988 , it has gained a worldwide reputation for its community radio conferences , which have been taking place since 1983 . |
| 26 | She was still gazing upwards anxiously when Felipe reappeared , and this time he was climbing down . |
| 27 | The continuity of settlement pattern is more apparent in the upland North and West , where villages are less common , but here the colonization of the remoter areas , such as Cumbria , was still proceeding as late as the eighteenth century . |
| 28 | This was clearly expressed as late as 1913 by the Reverend Edward Lyttleton , headmaster of Eton : |
| 29 | He was practically laughing out loud as Ali reached critical mass . |
| 30 | The ceremony of innocence was well drowned as far as they were concerned . |