Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have liked to hear the figure of his salary ; but just as he was nervously about to sound that note the little boy came back — the little boy Mrs Moreen had sent out of the room to fetch her fan ( 3 ) He came back without the fan , only with the casual observation that he could n't find it . |
| 2 | So , third , the purpose of the Council was not just to restate and defend past doctrines — for that a Council was not necessary — but to ‘ make a leap forward in doctrinal insight and the education of consciences in ever greater fidelity to authentic teaching . |
| 3 | I framed my remarks in a hypothetical context following on from delegation to the regional arts boards , and I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman was not there to listen and to learn . |
| 4 | She was not about to stop and engage in a scrap on the very doorstep of the bar . |
| 5 | But Robbie was not about to stay and explain , or argue . |
| 6 | This was firmly denied by the Committee , both before and after publication , who argued that to urge a change in the law was not necessarily to approve or endorse homosexual behaviour . |
| 7 | He was told to strip for a medical examination but he was n't up to scratch and failed , and so never got his chance . |