Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I settled for a quality pie inside the ground — they were temperature-controlled by a woman who stuck a fancy knitting needle in them all . |
| 2 | When it came to childraising , although they were libertarian towards the baby , they seemed conservative towards Phoebe 's needs : demand feeding and endless devotion seemed to be required of her . |
| 3 | So ground and air were dry with a touch of steel |
| 4 | By now his eyes were used to the darkness but he could make out very little . |
| 5 | " The mills were hot and dusty , and we were used to the cold . |
| 6 | She had to cross the road again to get back to their apartment ; now that her eyes were used to the darkness it seemed as bright as day out of doors , and her blue cotton dress incandescent white . |
| 7 | And , such is trust , they went on seeing it after it had gone , for by now they were used to the constant and bewildering ebb and flow of Stevenson money . |
| 8 | They were used to the job . |
| 9 | The staff were used to the rigours of war … |
| 10 | The inhabitants were used to the smell , which mixed in nicely with the odours from Deller 's soap factory and the mingled scents from the river . |
| 11 | they were used to an authoritarian er regime . |
| 12 | In winter the bare trees were florid with the purple and grey of pigeons , and in spring we buried dead baby sparrows under the soapsuds of fallen blossom . |
| 13 | Cronin and Macdonald were outstanding at the lineout , winning the ball almost at will , and the tourists also had a decided edge in the scrums . |
| 14 | Under the Wedgwood Savings Related Share Option Scheme , options were outstanding over a total of 13,974,414 Ordinary Shares at a price of 14.5p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within the period of six months from 14 December 1995 ; over 2,351,041 Ordinary Shares at a price of 29p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within a period of six months from 1 January 1997 or 1 January 1999 , depending on the savings period ; and over 4,896,200 Ordinary Shares at a price of 12.5p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within a period of six months from 1 November 1997 or 1 November 1999 , depending on the savings period . |
| 15 | Stockton scored an opportunist try through Paul Beattie , while Mark Graham and Graeme Docherty were outstanding in a much-improved performance . |
| 16 | Stockton scored an opportunist try through Paul Beattie , while Mark Graham and Graeme Docherty were outstanding in a much-improved performance . |
| 17 | Among the less experienced , youngsters like Serguei Molchanov , a prop , and the Georgian full-back Nougzar Dsagnidze were outstanding in the 1988 Students ' World Cup . |
| 18 | Compensation claims amounting to US$400,000,000 for property destroyed and looted during the invasion [ see p. 37706 ] were outstanding against the US government ; estimates of the number of civilians killed during the fighting varied from the official US figure of 220 civilian dead [ see p. 37181 ] through that of 320 ( with 3,000 wounded ) given by a human rights group , Physicians for Human Rights , to one as high as 4,000 dead . |
| 19 | In the Durham County veterans league championship Brian Howell , Derek Redfern , Dennis Hammond and Tom Horner were outstanding against the Bishop Auckland rink of T Walls , T Lambton , W Ogle and R Bedford . |
| 20 | Since at heart these men were friendly to the Slav cause , Allied propaganda claimed that those who were posted to the east were always stationed in the most exposed positions , and at the slightest sign of wavering , or what might be termed ‘ treason ’ , were shot at from the rear . |
| 21 | Were you quite , you were friendly with the maids then , was it like |
| 22 | Perhaps it was not I but the other riders who were hell-bent on the wrong route . |
| 23 | An increase in registrations for courses such as Presentation Skills , which were under-subscribed in the Autumn , was encouraging and suggested that staff were becoming more aware of the programme and that its reputation was growing . |
| 24 | Typhoid and cholera and , most common , tuberculosis were rampant throughout the population . |
| 25 | It was raining outside and the gusts of cold , damp air were refreshing after the stale smokiness of the room . |
| 26 | By the way , ’ added the WPC , ‘ I thought you were terrific at the conference yesterday . |
| 27 | But he insisted that they were due for a cold meal yesterday . |
| 28 | He switched on the radio and learned that temperatures of minus 6 were expected tonight ; the forecaster believed they were due for a ‘ cold snap ’ which could last at least a week . |
| 29 | He ruled that damages were due for the effects of surfactants but not for a small presence of phosphates . |
| 30 | I believe you were due for the afternoon off tomorrow . |