Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Mrs Eckersley 's friend at the German Foreign Office , to whom he now offered his services as a full-time employee , passed him on to Dr Erich Hetzler , private secretary to the Nazi Foreign Minister , von Ribbentrop , whom Joyce was rather ungratefully to refer to in future as ‘ Ribbentripe ’ . |
2 | On the following day I gave directions for expedition , and also for the service of evidence , which was most commendably complied with by all concerned during the intervening five days , which included the May bank holiday weekend . |
3 | In relation to third parties the matter was most sensibly dealt with by Bingham LJ at p625 . |
4 | Similarly , he retained a strong christocentrism , but tried to find a ‘ non-religious ’ interpretation of Jesus as ‘ the man for others ’ in whom God is indeed present , but present in weakness , suffering and hiddenness rather than in the authoritative majesty which was so markedly appealed to in Barth 's earlier writing . |
5 | What was long ago fished for from Saint-Jean , as from Biarritz , was whales , from as early as the eleventh century and as far away as Newfoundland . |
6 | After all , she was all right to flirt with at parties and escort him occasionally . |
7 | He was nevertheless much sought after by the people , his signature on documents , for example , being regarded as a good-luck charm . |
8 | Oh that well it Well it was just like sitting in in the barn and this well it was a laugh . |
9 | Certainty was not however to last for in Metropolitan Properties ( F. G. C. ) Ltd. v. Lannon Lord Denning M.R. ‘ rescued ’ Lord Hewart 's reasonable suspicion test . |
10 | The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time . |
11 | This follows from the natural reading of the legislation and although the case of Congreve v IRC ( 1948 ) 30 TC 163 was overruled by the House of Lords in Vestey v IRC on the central point of what individuals can be liable to tax under s739 , this point was not specifically referred to by the House of Lords . |
12 | Another possibility is that there could be a relationship between this inflammation and infection with Helicobacter pylori , although we are unable to confirm this from our study , since the organism was not specifically looked for in every case . |
13 | Before the Second World War it was still decreed by the Women 's Cricket Association that women cricketers should wear white stockings — a rule which it has to be said was not always adhered to by the players . |
14 | Yet , as Hirst ( 1983 ) indicates , the debate was still generally conceived of in terms of the old , well-established disciplines versus ( or integrated with ) the school subject areas . |
15 | The King was also widely criticized for in effect putting his conscience above his role as head of state . |
16 | And we had , we had been invited to take part in that and it was really good publicity and , it was n't even mentioned on on the channel that showed those th those games ! |
17 | ‘ They 're doin' the type of violence we was n't even thinkin' of at that age , takin' guns to school and all that . |
18 | This committee , made up of government representatives , was sometimes grandiosely referred to as the ‘ Spaak II Committee ’ ( after the body which had drawn up the Rome Treaties in the 1950s ) . |
19 | She was accountable to no one and was no longer relied upon by anyone . |
20 | Diana Dors was never really thought of as a great actress … indeed she once described her film career as ’ a lot of make believe held up by 37 inch bra cups ’ . |
21 | For example the sport of crown green bowling , which was very little known outside of the north of England , has been shown to a wider public ; the greens are often oddly bereft of spectators , and the northern accents of the players are plainly audible as they urge on their woods or confer solemnly as a pair over the last bowl of an important ‘ end ’ . |
22 | Erm this has been to Great Parndon Committee so it 's been through the neighbourhoods er , community cycle and there has been an exhibition following that committee on Three Hills , which was very well attended by by tenants and residents and main feelings coming out of that was that erm the residents were keen for this to happen , certainly wanted something to happen erm er , on the estate particularly demolition of the four empty blocks . |
23 | Although the qualification was very much sought after in the beginning with the burgeoning of more centres running it up and down the country , the trainees soon realised that in spite of the skills they gained , the diploma was not recognised by the DES even as a first stage towards further accreditation . |