Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the inspector 's budget was never more than £200 a year , he was unable to take on any site that required extensive work . |
| 2 | An hour 's rehearsal was n't much but sufficient to ensure an almost trouble free , if distinctly unrefined performance . |
| 3 | At 29 Howard 's Avenue the builder 's skip was still outside and the rusty scaffolding blinded its shabby windows . |
| 4 | Rokeya 's flat was so precisely as Lee remembered it that she felt as if no time had passed between the last time she had been inside it and the present day . |
| 5 | Mrs Redmond worked part-time in Mill Road Hospital , but John 's grandmother was always there and delighted to see Anne . |
| 6 | A model farm was built for the herd in 1850 but after 1870 the herd 's size was never more than 100 . |
| 7 | A couple of days after starting this diet , Jamie 's crying was noticeably less and it became easier to get him to sleep each evening . |
| 8 | The shoemaker 's daughter was pretty enough but poorly dressed with a Welsh shawl over her shoulders and not even a hat to cover her hair . |