Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And after all Elizabeth had done for her , heaven only knew it was little enough to ask in return . |
| 2 | So when , late that night as I was just about to go to bed , I heard a discreet knock at the door , I was not amazed to find a waiter in a claw-hammer coat pulling a heavily laden food trolley into my room . |
| 3 | The Prince Charles was just about to anchor in Tongue Bay , midway along the northern coast of Scotland , on 25 March 1746 when the 24-gun Sheerness , which far outclassed her , appeared and opened fire . |
| 4 | Framed by a swimming pool and women with pointed breasts , Elvis sneered lustily and was clearly about to burst into song . |
| 5 | As he had lived alone before his stroke , he had to hire 24-hour nursing help , and a nurse accompanied him whenever he went out , which was initially only to attend for rehabilitation care . |