Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] [subord] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this means attributing to Athens an uncharacteristic desire for land empire , we should not hesitate to do so — Thucydides ( i. 111 ) after all records an expedition to Thessaly as well ; and if any individual was responsible it was surely Pericles , whom Aristotle ( Rhetoric 1407 ) quotes as saying that the Boiotians tended to ‘ cut each other down ’ — that is , they were weak because internally divided . |
| 2 | Three more informants identified the clash of registers in " the sort of description you expect of old Salzburg and the simile " " like a half-eaten lunch " " " , which , again , they were unable as yet to resolve . |
| 3 | It was worse than ever getting up the companion , much worse than last time . |
| 4 | The excellent weather had brought out more sun-seekers and it was harder than before to find a parking space in Nice . |
| 5 | But the giving had begun , and now it was harder than ever to draw back . |
| 6 | It was harder than ever to face up to its cause . |
| 7 | However , at the numbers of the family increased he was more than often ignored . |
| 8 | However there was a long delay in sending out a rescue launch as the raid was still on , and he was dead when eventually picked up ; Waghorn was also killed . |