Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dark stormclouds overhead were nothing compared to the ominous light now shining in Julius 's eyes . |
| 2 | Were I inclined to a sense of responsibility , this factor alone would go no small way towards vitiating it . |
| 3 | When I knew for sure where you were I came to England alone . |
| 4 | ‘ Were I transported to Italian Plains , and lay by the side of a streamlet that murmured thro' an Orange-Grove , I would think of thee … ’ |
| 5 | Were you sent to Sunday School when you ? |
| 6 | But a hundred things should have indicated to you that my father is a figure of unusual distinction from whom you may learn a wealth of things were you prepared to be more observant . ’ |
| 7 | At that stage when you were picked up then , what happened the , where were you taken to after that . |
| 8 | So you were actually Were you taken to Pharros as well ? |
| 9 | And you , did you like did you were you attracted to him then ? |
| 10 | What were you took to him Joyce were it the video or television ? |
| 11 | ( There were no charting devices at that time — neither were we expected to ‘ think ’ in centimetres ! ) |
| 12 | The Nationalist and Uhuru were not commercial propositions , neither were they intended to be — they existed to give TANU and its government a mouthpiece both within Tanzania and in the outside world — but both were losing money more heavily than anticipated . |
| 13 | The intimacy with which she and Luke explored each other 's mouths was possession of a kind , so wholly were they given to that long kiss , and when it ended they had to have it all over again , instantly , mouths colliding with an urgency which carried them dangerously beyond mere sensuality . |
| 14 | Complaints about the content of sermons were not new nor were they confined to Nonconformists . |
| 15 | Nor were they confined to France . |
| 16 | ‘ And , as you say , Master , how were they lured to their deaths and why so meekly give up their lives ? ’ |
| 17 | Chris avoided tedium very successfully ; he resisted having an agenda for as long as possible and always refused point-blank to have a vote on anything , so meetings never got hung up on procedure , nor were they subjected to much prior lobbying . |
| 18 | ‘ In what circumstances were they shown to you ? ’ |
| 19 | Such an acquisition of skills from existing practitioners , were it proved to be effective , might just be a defensible strategy for maintaining present levels of teaching quality ( assuming we would be satisfied with that ) . |
| 20 | Previously the support from central government was to some extent related to the provision of services , which were themselves related to local needs , at least in the view of the local authority . |
| 21 | Chilly as it was , it was nothing compared to the day little Rizla came kicking into a snowy world of white . |
| 22 | They said that denying the sexual urge was nothing compared to dealing with the male and female cross-currents that sweep through a marriage . |
| 23 | Mucking out and feeding the beasts , although a chore , was nothing compared to actually getting on top of them , entrusting one 's breakable frame to such unreliable support . |
| 24 | Understandably , Kendall could hardly contain himself , but it was nothing compared to the way he celebrated Peter Beardsley 's winner six minutes from the end . |
| 25 | If the noise from the uninhibited , cheering , stamping , singing 8,3000 crowd had felt intimidating to Sampras when the fourth set score reached 5–3 and he was also trailing by two sets to one , it was nothing compared to the tumult during the changeover after the American had held the 9th game to 15 , with an ace . |
| 26 | What Richard had done was nothing compared to the havoc that Rourke had created within her . |
| 27 | When I listen to him now , gung-ho for Delorsism , I can only reflect that Saul on the road to Damascus was nothing compared to Neil on the autoroute to Brussels . |
| 28 | Yet if Miss Hill was unlucky not to get a medal , her disappointment was nothing compared to that felt by the American Lance Larson on a steaming hot night in Rome over 30 years ago . |
| 29 | Hill 's disappointment was nothing compared to that of the other leading British drivers . |
| 30 | My love for Rosalind was nothing compared to Juliet when I saw her beautiful dazzling |