Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was down there to see Rim and he hardly spoke to me . |
| 2 | to say that we could n't go all er go er tt all go to her house and I was just about to ask Sam if Jenny knew and she put the phone down and she had n't told Jenny . |
| 3 | We were kept in on a strict curfew and given meagre amounts of pocket money each week , which was just enough to buy food and travel to the DHSS office . |
| 4 | The pool system was not just to protect journalists and share the work out fairly , but also to control and censor the media . |
| 5 | For its function in the modern economy was not merely to supply food and raw material in rapidly growing quantities , but also to provide a — indeed the — most important reservoir of labour power for the non-agricultural occupations . |
| 6 | The Minister replied that the duty of information officers was not only to follow commissioners and MPs but also to report on other matters . |
| 7 | He said he was not out to attribute blame or indulge in recriminations for last week 's ‘ grievous defeat ’ , but added : ‘ I think it fair to say that our tax proposals show perhaps less than total sensitivity to some of the interests of the voters in the South of England in particular , whose support we need . |
| 8 | But inevitably , it was not enough to kiss fingers or allow a caress at arm 's length : she wanted much , much more . |
| 9 | The defence of " fair information on a matter of public interest " was not enough to attract privilege unless the newspaper had a duty to publish the information to the public at large , whose members had a corresponding interest in receiving it . |
| 10 | For many general managers , the key to their own success was either how to involve doctors and obtain co-operation or how to overcome intransigence from doctors when trying to bring about change . |