Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] [adv] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial of Sir Joh himself was due to begin later in the year . |
| 2 | For Ruth it was impossible to sit there in the kitchen , seeing Aunt Sarah 's stricken face , in a silence which was more deafening than words . |
| 3 | I was glad to read late in the article of the NRA 's positive attitude to the potential problem , and hope that farmers will take this as a sign that the task of improvement of farm waste management systems is not as dire in every case as many people would have us believe . |
| 4 | Time went by until a whole hour had passed but it was restful sitting there in the homely room with its smell of damp wool . |
| 5 | He was whistling that stupid little old song of his about the man who was scared to go home in the dark . ’ |