Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all happening comfortably just as she wished . |
| 2 | ‘ I was only venturing as far as the bathroom , ’ she said with dignity . |
| 3 | He wondered if Slater intended to walk the whole way with him , or whether he was only going as far as the Air Gallery , now only just across the street , where he sometimes went in the afternoons . |
| 4 | The survey 's findings underline the concern of several City economists that the economy was already slowing down rapidly as base rates were lifted . |
| 5 | She could imagine it all back at Les Hiboux — was already planning out loud where she would place the various pieces , while Rohan and Monsieur Pallon exchanged indulgent glances , and settled the details of how and where it was all to be delivered . |
| 6 | Indeed it seems that girls very quickly replaced boys at this task : " Evidently [ the boys " ] tongues do not go so glibly as the girls , " as the STC was already saying as early as 1875 , " for in most of the offices where girls are employed , reading boys are now unknown . " |
| 7 | Oh this er when I said er I was just looking through again because last night I sat up late writing these |
| 8 | She was just heading off downstairs when the telephone rang . |
| 9 | Nicknamed Janet Gaynor by the make-up artists because of her resemblance to the star , she was generally liked not simply because of her sunny nature , but because she had a special hobby ; she read the teacups . |
| 10 | Although AMARC was formally established as recently as 1988 , it has gained a worldwide reputation for its community radio conferences , which have been taking place since 1983 . |
| 11 | She was still gazing upwards anxiously when Felipe reappeared , and this time he was climbing down . |
| 12 | The continuity of settlement pattern is more apparent in the upland North and West , where villages are less common , but here the colonization of the remoter areas , such as Cumbria , was still proceeding as late as the eighteenth century . |
| 13 | This was clearly expressed as late as 1913 by the Reverend Edward Lyttleton , headmaster of Eton : |
| 14 | He was practically laughing out loud as Ali reached critical mass . |
| 15 | The ceremony of innocence was well drowned as far as they were concerned . |
| 16 | Although this pattern was well established as early as the sixteenth century , the expansion of the market economy during British rule was unprecedented . |
| 17 | In Burgundy , there is evidence that suggests the vine was well established as early as pre-Christian times , and that wines with a reputation for excellence were soon being produced . |
| 18 | Lewis was then run out needlessly when failing to react to Emburey 's call for a third run , and Paul Jarvis was lbw to his first ball . |
| 19 | Lewis was then run out needlessly when failing to react to Emburey 's call for a third run , and Paul Jarvis was lbw to his first ball . |
| 20 | " Artificer " was then used more widely than in its later application to the royal dockyards and the Navy . |
| 21 | Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car . |
| 22 | He missed most of last season but has run well this term and was certainly going as strongly as anything before making a mistake at the third last in the Gold Cup . |