Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Eckersley 's friend at the German Foreign Office , to whom he now offered his services as a full-time employee , passed him on to Dr Erich Hetzler , private secretary to the Nazi Foreign Minister , von Ribbentrop , whom Joyce was rather ungratefully to refer to in future as ‘ Ribbentripe ’ . |
| 2 | On the following day I gave directions for expedition , and also for the service of evidence , which was most commendably complied with by all concerned during the intervening five days , which included the May bank holiday weekend . |
| 3 | In relation to third parties the matter was most sensibly dealt with by Bingham LJ at p625 . |
| 4 | Similarly , he retained a strong christocentrism , but tried to find a ‘ non-religious ’ interpretation of Jesus as ‘ the man for others ’ in whom God is indeed present , but present in weakness , suffering and hiddenness rather than in the authoritative majesty which was so markedly appealed to in Barth 's earlier writing . |
| 5 | What was long ago fished for from Saint-Jean , as from Biarritz , was whales , from as early as the eleventh century and as far away as Newfoundland . |
| 6 | After all , she was all right to flirt with at parties and escort him occasionally . |
| 7 | He was nevertheless much sought after by the people , his signature on documents , for example , being regarded as a good-luck charm . |
| 8 | Oh that well it Well it was just like sitting in in the barn and this well it was a laugh . |
| 9 | Yet , as Hirst ( 1983 ) indicates , the debate was still generally conceived of in terms of the old , well-established disciplines versus ( or integrated with ) the school subject areas . |
| 10 | The King was also widely criticized for in effect putting his conscience above his role as head of state . |
| 11 | This committee , made up of government representatives , was sometimes grandiosely referred to as the ‘ Spaak II Committee ’ ( after the body which had drawn up the Rome Treaties in the 1950s ) . |
| 12 | She was accountable to no one and was no longer relied upon by anyone . |
| 13 | Diana Dors was never really thought of as a great actress … indeed she once described her film career as ’ a lot of make believe held up by 37 inch bra cups ’ . |
| 14 | For example the sport of crown green bowling , which was very little known outside of the north of England , has been shown to a wider public ; the greens are often oddly bereft of spectators , and the northern accents of the players are plainly audible as they urge on their woods or confer solemnly as a pair over the last bowl of an important ‘ end ’ . |
| 15 | Erm this has been to Great Parndon Committee so it 's been through the neighbourhoods er , community cycle and there has been an exhibition following that committee on Three Hills , which was very well attended by by tenants and residents and main feelings coming out of that was that erm the residents were keen for this to happen , certainly wanted something to happen erm er , on the estate particularly demolition of the four empty blocks . |
| 16 | Although the qualification was very much sought after in the beginning with the burgeoning of more centres running it up and down the country , the trainees soon realised that in spite of the skills they gained , the diploma was not recognised by the DES even as a first stage towards further accreditation . |