Example sentences of "[adv] it was [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I suppose you were , but together it was good . |
| 2 | Where several components had to be soldered together it was vital that the heating for the last piece to be attached did not melt the solder already in place . |
| 3 | ‘ The reason the tyres were heated was this : when we cut out the piece of the loose tyre and welded it together it was –en smaller than the actual woodwork on the wheel . |
| 4 | When we had Arthur Marshall , Dirk Bogarde and Joanna Lumley on the show together it was different . |
| 5 | Another view would be that it was a hail and farewell community , and while it was together it was open all hours . |
| 6 | Lastly it was possible to have the first-hand testimony of some of the compositors themselves and their relatives . |
| 7 | Suddenly it was all clear . |
| 8 | Suddenly it was all that mattered . |
| 9 | Suddenly it was all clear — except for one thing . |
| 10 | But we dropped our guard , lost concentration and suddenly it was 2–2 . ’ |
| 11 | Suddenly it was cool to be ‘ progressive ’ again . |
| 12 | Suddenly it was imperative to escape from his disturbing nearness . |
| 13 | She hurt so much it was physical pain , like a knife twisting backwards and forwards . |
| 14 | Very little information on this club is available , but apparently it was first started in 1899 . |
| 15 | Apparently it was some of the summer stock left . |
| 16 | Apparently it was convenient for BR to say that , because , had there been such a high-speed line included in the Channel Tunnel Bill , it is possible that that Bill would have fallen . |
| 17 | Apparently during the First World War some professor erm was using a bunsen burner and he burned himself quite badly and by him he just happ he just happened to have some lavender oil essential and for the nearest thing he put his hand in there and apparently it was supposed to have calmed it down and it healed very quickly . |
| 18 | The new rules were bound to have an adverse effect on the general public 's attitude to the Society and before long it was obvious that the papingo shoot was losing its popularity with ordinary people , even as a spectacle . |
| 19 | Their hair was uniformly black , and cut short , seriously short , or if long it was spiky and rigid , sticking up and out and sideways , like a handful of needles , rather than hanging down . |
| 20 | Morally it was right , personally it was wrong . |
| 21 | In the evenings we trundled a wheelbarrow down to the banks of the Dee and collected driftwood for the fire , because at 500 feet above sea-level , even after roasting days , when the sun went down it was cool enough to need it . |
| 22 | As soon as he sat down it was clear that there was no room for modesty . |
| 23 | With supporters of human rights making waves in virtually every country of the world , perhaps it was appropriate that Mr Martin 's last foreign visit as secretary general was to the remote alpine kingdom of Bhutan where he discussed the plight of the Nepali-speaking people with King Jigme Wangchuck . |
| 24 | Perhaps it was appropriate , therefore , for a police administrator with considerable experience of controlling traffic movement in a big city to provide a new perspective : that of bringing road planning and town planning together . |
| 25 | Perhaps it was over-ambitious . |
| 26 | Perhaps it was fortunate that at that time he discovered girls , and a year later met the Dawsons , who always seemed to have time to stop and gossip with him . |
| 27 | Perhaps it was fortunate that he had no inkling of how trying it was going to be . |
| 28 | Although , perhaps it was fortunate in one sense that er it completely destroyed the main machine shop and er it , it all happened over a period of about twenty to twenty five minutes . |
| 29 | Perhaps it was stupid of me , but I had expected so much , if in rather a vague way , that the reality was a bitter shock : I was unqualified , I had no degree , I was n't even trained as a secretary . |
| 30 | She did not think it good , it was the first time she had played for weeks and the sounds she made disquieted her , but perhaps it was good enough for busking . |