Example sentences of "[adj] was [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Full skirts — goodness knows how many petticoats made walking very hard , so all this almost enforced leisure upon them , and this was again part of the duty of the woman to show that she did n't need to work , she did n't in fact even have to lift a finger because the man or her servants would do all this for her . |
| 2 | This was neither hell nor Cambridge , 1811 . |
| 3 | While water certainly found a place in the past in the landscapes of famous gardeners like Capability Brown , this was scarcely water gardening as we know it today . |
| 4 | This was mostly afternoon and evening clothes . |
| 5 | But this was surely fantasy . |
| 6 | This was only part of her character . |
| 7 | This was only part of a general sort of pattern as it were , where people were beginning to impinge on their lives , there was another well-known local alcoholic there who was knocking on doors trying to get money off people , and there 's several elderly people who gave this woman money , because they were frightened that if they did n't something would happen to them . |
| 8 | They seemed part of the Castle 's fire , each flame a plunging spear ; and Ruth was beyond remembering this was only magic . |
| 9 | This was obviously anathema to Ricardou , in particular , and a fairly acrimonious exchange erupted during the conference sessions surrounding this question of referentiality . |
| 10 | It is also worth noting that , as the analysts became immersed in the detailed examination , there was a tendency to forget that this was still part of the systems thinking stage , and that the models , activities and related information needs were those that were desirable in systems terms , and not did not necessarily reflect the real situation . |
| 11 | This was definitely headache material over breakfast the next day . |
| 12 | This was truly paradise ; it had to be savoured as we knew it short lived . |
| 13 | For a press which had almost always got it completely wrong , this was indeed progress . |
| 14 | This was Home Road School now Cumberland School . |
| 15 | Recognising that this was hardly fodder for mainstream publishers , he and Pope promptly set up their own publishing company , X Press . |
| 16 | This was hardly music to Britain 's ears : the Labour government had vigorously resisted all such overtures since 1945 . |
| 17 | This was purely business , and for all the jolly camaraderie Kate was aware that most of the men she 'd met this evening had grave reservations about her ability to do her job well now that they 'd seen her . |
| 18 | For instance , in December 1991 the seers made an average forecast for America 's GDP growth in 1992 of 2% ; this was almost spot on the actual growth of 2.1% . |
| 19 | 233 was there misrepresentation or undue influence . |
| 20 | In return for this support in times of need , it demanded contributions from everyone , in labour and in wealth , although the latter was often payment in kind . |
| 21 | Recognition International Inc , the Dallas company whose International was formally Equipment , got its offer of 2m new shares away at at $13 a share and will use the $24m or so net proceeds to repay bank debt and for working capital , product development and acquisitions . |
| 22 | The voice was real close to the rest of the music and most times back then , in country and pop , the vocal was always way out in front ; even on RCA the voice was out more than we were used to . |
| 23 | Whereas Barlow and Abercrombie had assumed that the problem was distribution of population and employment ; the issue for the 1960s was also growth . |
| 24 | Only when a significant amount of food preparation moved from the home to food factories and when people became considerably more interested in what they were eating in the 1960s was there pressure to have more informative labels . |
| 25 | But the rhetoric of those who defended government policy in the early 1680s was explicitly legalist in nature . |
| 26 | The birdie at the long 15th was almost routine . |
| 27 | Each was temporarily leader of his respective peer-group and power-base , but each had less than unanimous backing , especially in the long term . |
| 28 | I had a real tan to show off to everyone , when I got home , and that was tomorrow morning at 4.00am . |
| 29 | That was generally punishment enough for any offender . |
| 30 | That was strictly business as far as I was concerned . ’ |