Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutty thought she was on to a good idea and went home happily , taking over from her mother in the shop as she usually did while her mother started to get the tea . |
| 2 | Jean-Paul was in no doubt that he was on to a good deal . |
| 3 | His senses told him he was on to a good thing and his senses were rarely wrong . |
| 4 | Maybe he thought he was on to a good thing . |
| 5 | Multiply that up by two or three hundred stores , and you will see he was on to a good thing . |
| 6 | it was on at a reasonable volume . |
| 7 | Oh well Morse was on at the same time . |
| 8 | The court had heard that Rhys had now been accepted for a transplant operation at a Bristol hospital and the search was on for a suitable bone marrow donor . |
| 9 | You were always the one that was on about a regular life . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah , I know th th th there 's three floors of it and I was , I was on like the bottom floor so |
| 11 | Report author Jill Krutick said that in the meantime the race was on among the large hotel chains to achieve a pan-European presence with branded hotel products . |
| 12 | Tension was mounting as preparations got underway for the first ever race between a balloon , a steamroller … and a narrowboat.As entrants arrived for the annual steam rally at Upton , the contestants in the battle of the giants were all expressing optimism.Balloonist Chris Viles reckoned he was in with a good chance : |
| 13 | McHale said McGee was in with a good chance of starting against Halifax because he can play in defence or midfield . |
| 14 | Nick Faldo , who after an outward half of 33 , had closed to within two strokes of the lead , was in with a fine chance but he could not maintain it . |
| 15 | If Greg had understood the lady in the garden aright , Gerald Seymour-Strachey was in for a new experience . |
| 16 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |
| 17 | From what she had read in the diary , it seemed any boy with a pleasing face and the latest clothes was in for a good time . |
| 18 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
| 19 | Most of the Labour front bench , including Neil Kinnock , were in their places and the predictions were that I was in for a stormy time . |
| 20 | The former Northern Ireland champion won the first frame 71-45 but McCluskey took the second 57-37 and it seemed as though the Ulsterman was in for a tough fight . |
| 21 | But he was a most willing worker , and although she knew she was in for a tough day without him she offered her sympathy , and advised , ‘ Take an Alka-Seltzer and go back to bed . |
| 22 | But , come the morning , Ronni was in for a rude awakening . |
| 23 | He was in for a big surprise if he thought he was still dealing with the impressionable , easygoing young girl he had married ! |
| 24 | Well , she felt in a fighting mood , and if he thought that he could make a fool of her in front of his girlfriend then he was in for a big surprise . |
| 25 | Now she knew she was in for an unpleasant surprise . |
| 26 | I enrolled for ‘ Art for Beginners ’ and later went down to the centre where the tutor had obtained a model for us from whom to do quick sketches — so I was in at the deep end . |
| 27 | It was her first appearance in a Willy Russell play so she was in at the deep end . |
| 28 | Louisa arrived in time to hear this and to see , a moment later , the tears start to Frere 's eyes , then she was down beside the unconscious woman , holding her head . |
| 29 | Yet it was down to a collective lack of desire , which was the problem against Watford . ’ |
| 30 | They managed to average 28 mph ; that 's some going , down the hill towards Welland they touched 60 , up the hill into Great Malvern it was down to a running pace . |