Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [verb] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We thought it was as good an excuse as any and we were all able to get away at the same time . |
| 2 | There were six miles of gauntlet to run before reaching the open sea , and some damaged craft limped through this passage while others were still able to set off at some speed , making smoke cover with their special equipment . |
| 3 | Listen , we were really lucky getting home at all . |
| 4 | But by the close of business , with the Chancellor still speaking , it was just 3.1 points down at 2919.3 . |
| 5 | By the close , the index was just 4.5 points down at 2,277.1 . |
| 6 | It was always easier to wind down at home , in any case . |
| 7 | But if he was wealthy , and well-known , he was hardly likely to look twice at herself , was he ? |
| 8 | She was an attractive , kind , intelligent and above all practical person whom I was particularly glad to have around at such a time . |
| 9 | The activated enzyme was then supposed to eat away at the synaptic membrane so as to expose more NMDA receptor sites which , until thus exposed , remain buried in the membrane surface and hence inactive . |
| 10 | Inside , I was barely able to stand upright at the highest point , for I was head and shoulders taller than my sinister host ; and it did not escape my notice that the roof at its highest point was infested with cobwebs , in the corners of which sat large square spiders . |
| 11 | So , after choked phone calls back to Liverpool , I was mightily relieved to touch down at Manchester Airport . |
| 12 | There was too much going on at DEA Nicosia for Control to risk losing the back-channel reports the DIA needed to maintain its overview of American operations in the Middle East . |
| 13 | She was too angry to run down at once to Electricity , had to calm herself by walking briskly around the streets , postponing thoughts about her father till later . |