Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only nothing happened the next day and Chesarynth knew she was right not to trust herself because she could n't tell waking from dreams of an endless corridor with people whispering about her behind locked doors . |
| 2 | The correct policy with respect to them was thus not to abolish them but to subject them to constructive supervision . |
| 3 | Tom was annoyed at the long silence that followed and was just about to say something when he caught sight of Willie 's face . |
| 4 | But she was just about to say something when her eyes moved and something touched the middle of his back . |
| 5 | I thought the doctor had forgotten to draw back the curtain , and I was just about to do it when I heard his voice . |
| 6 | But success at Covent Garden and Sadler 's Wells , invitations from the Paris Opéra and La Scala , Milan , the chance to collaborate with leading composers and painters — all this was not enough to satisfy him or occupy his energies fully . |
| 7 | Instead of putting it in the power of the creditor to prevent his debtor from obtaining his liberty on giving up his all , it vested the right of a negative in the judges in open court , where it was more just to place it than to allow it to remain in the power of the creditor who , from motives of resentment , was less likely to decide impartially in his own cause . |
| 8 | Simon : he was n't here to help her and she had no idea what had happened to him . |
| 9 | If that did n't work she 'd run like hell and scream like a banshee , but she was n't about to tell him that , especially since those long legs of his looked as though they could overtake her in seconds . |