Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankly , I was quite pleased to leave the 11th , for all fighting was over , and a regular outfit is very boring and narrow-minded when not in action . |
| 2 | All Marr really knew was that Morrissey had written a book about The New York Dolls and was quite prepared to spend the next hour talking about them if nothing else was to stem from the meeting . |
| 3 | At midday , with the tent and kit packed in the wheelbarrow , I was almost ready to begin the second day 's walk . |
| 4 | Mike says that filming the hunt was be far the hardest job he has ever done , and he was certainly relieved to see the last of running through the forest during the rainy season . |
| 5 | Traders said it was too early to price the first contracts . |
| 6 | I was very interested to receive the first edition of Nonesuch and to read that its name was derived from a flower connected with the City of Bristol — as a member of a 17th-century dance team , I had only previously come across Nonesuch as the name of a dance . |