Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Her brother did not know the reason and needed a woman to get close to her , and he was prepared to put up with both Mitch and herself to get to the bottom of things . |
2 | The SparKit LSI is announcing is the self-same kit it was supposed to come up with almost two years ago — one that would have produced a Sparcstation 2 clone for $18,000 . |
3 | It was good to meet up with so many others plus mates from the list . |
4 | The FTSE Index was 18 points up at 10pm but this was later halved before a later rally saw it close 12.1 points up at 2363.5 . |
5 | Some of it was Australian , some , and then you had the English , you see , as well , but they was all allocated out to so much you a week , how many books you had , how many customers you 'd got . |
6 | Even when I was going to school I was doing gigs , and when I finished with school I was doing gigs , and when I finished with school I realised that I was able to get by with just the gigs . |
7 | Under the aegis of James Prior , the Department of Employment was unlikely to go in for strongly anti-union policies . |
8 | Henry Eliot 's condition had worsened , with a bout of pneumonia on top of his leukaemia , and in anticipation of another visit to America Eliot was trying to book his passage for spring 1947 , although he was ready to fly out at once if there was a sudden crisis . |