Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [conj] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was rather indifferently that he described to her his walk , his find , his leading of the police to the spot . |
| 2 | It was so long since he had taken an interest in anything . |
| 3 | It was so long since he 'd wanted someone like this . |
| 4 | He said ‘ Hell ’ to me when he walked in and ‘ Thank you ’ when it was all over and he walked out . |
| 5 | Thackeray had been told of the death and of the anatomical examination after it was all over and he had spoken ‘ with warmth and sharpness ’ to Mr. Leech . |
| 6 | But now it was all over and he sat in the big armchair as dawn lightened the front windows and gave thanks , with a cup of coffee , to the Child of Prague high on the opposite wall . |
| 7 | After it had been moved a short distance away , the pilot was persuaded that the situation was all right and he accepted this , rather than face being unpopular for causing further delay . |
| 8 | Ember shoved the wheeled ramp sideways but it was all right because he 'd told her to hang on and she had . |
| 9 | It was only later that he realized he had destroyed a Max Ernst . |
| 10 | It was only later that he described the mistake as ‘ terminal ’ , but he knew originally that it was serious . |
| 11 | It was only later that he found out that nearly everyone suffers from the same delusion in one form or another ; at the time he was convinced that it was his own personal idiosyncrasy . |
| 12 | She was only here because he 'd manoeuvred it ; now he seemed determined to keep her at arm 's length . |
| 13 | It was only then that he became aware of the stench of fetid breath as the figure drew its lips back over yellowing teeth to snarl at him again ; only then that he saw raging , bloodshot eyes glaring out at him from the hair covered face . |
| 14 | It was only then that he realised that he simply had n't been driving it fast enough . |
| 15 | He became very gloomy and depressed and according to the girl it was only then that he interfered physically with her . |
| 16 | It was only then that he noticed how raw and scalded the neck looked , how it bulged . |
| 17 | The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected . |
| 18 | It was only then that he found out something was wrong . |
| 19 | It was only afterwards that he roared away his ‘ load ’ at the Bryanite ( or Bible Christian ) meeting . |
| 20 | William was already there when he arrived at the restaurant , and halfway through a bottle of wine . |
| 21 | Well , I was already in and he came in and just erm I was here and he just suddenly came round that way and he sat down next to Louise and and he said how are you ? |
| 22 | He was just there because he 'd always been there . |
| 23 | It was not exactly that he had pressed and she had invited . |
| 24 | It was not even that he conformed so little to what I had imagined . |
| 25 | It was not just that he had gone off with someone else but he had actually gone off with a woman and it seemed to me like a betrayal of my identity . |
| 26 | It was not long before he asked her to marry him , and the widow happily accepted him . |
| 27 | Coming to London as a young clerk attached to the Board of Trade , it was not long before he began to take an interest in political affairs , and his remarkable gift for public speaking was developed at the old Battersea Parliament , to which belonged many men who have since played important roles in public life … including Stanley ( now Lord ) Buckmaster , John Burns and Horatio Bottomley … . |
| 28 | It was not long before he had found a position in the same firm for young Joseph , as a junior clerk . |
| 29 | It was not long before he fainted from the drugs . |
| 30 | He was at first driven out by the duces , Berhthun and Andhun , but it was not long before he attacked again and slew King Aethelwealh ( HE IV , 15 ) . |