Example sentences of "[adv] was [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a man who claimed that his wife was n't being affectionate enough was refused a divorce — she was n't being unreasonable , that 's just the kind of woman she was . |
| 2 | Stealing the show on Sunday ( the 40th anniversary of the prototype Vulcan VX770 's first flight ) and Monday was Vulcan B.2 XH558 , which put on a stupendous display , and quite rightly was awarded the trophy for the most meritorious display . |
| 3 | She transplanted it and before long was harvesting the world 's first crop of green apples , soon to be famous all over the world . |
| 4 | It was rivalry that tamed a continent , harnessing the resources of harsh environments and creating an economy that before long was to give the United States the industrial leadership of the world . |
| 5 | From some depth of courage and purpose she who had been silent so long was finding the will to speak at last . |
| 6 | Hale 's choice to retain the medieval approach to consent in the case of married women only was to shape the course of the law up to the present day . |
| 7 | Really that 's very interesting and I accept that erm I personally was do the figures include the anticipated increase which we already know ? |
| 8 | Hypnosis and levitation and poltergeists were all very well , and so was remembering the page of a newspaper , but what on earth did devils mean ? |
| 9 | His purpose in doing so was to create the illusion that major political decisions were not taken by one man , but in a collegiate way , by the representatives of the people . |
| 10 | They 're taking it away so was doing a tape for grandma and granddad and Keith was going , he was going hello grandma and granddad it 's Kenny you know like the three of them and he was going , whoop whoop whoop oh da ! |
| 11 | Old Joseph had by now grown so blind that he rode with a child in his lap to guide him , and so was spared the sight of this first intrusion . |
| 12 | Paige dragged a hand through her hair , very much aware that the darkness closing in was enforcing the sense of intimacy . |
| 13 | The creature that Fergus had carried in was sipping the milk , crouched , shivering , near to the fire . |
| 14 | And the one that I added in was to identify the options available to the group regarding future ownership . |
| 15 | To open the door and step inside was to leave the atmosphere of a hospital . |
| 16 | Thus was born the idea of the W particle , which , according to the latest versions of the theory , should weigh in at some 85 times the proton 's mass , just as two teams at CERN found earlier this year . |
| 17 | Eventually it was agreed to throw the debate open to a wider audience and thus was born the idea of the ‘ Is West Belfast Working ? ’ |
| 18 | Thus was born the technique of intense study of typical ‘ quadrats ’ or squares marked off to define a sample of the vegetation for the surrounding area . |
| 19 | Thus was born the hardware of the BR Sprinter units , but their business environment needs discussing in depth because of the fundamental re-thinking which resulted from the need to maximise the potential of those trains . |
| 20 | Thus was born the science of radio astronomy . |
| 21 | One further adopted measure thus was to offset the carriageway or create a chicane by using planting on one side only and switching the right-angle parking from one side to the other ( Figure 6.50 ) . |
| 22 | Thus was made an archbishop who did more than any Archbishop of Canterbury since Stephen Langton of Magna Carta to make the Church more free in its relation to the State . |
| 23 | Thus was introduced the time when the Created God ceased to be produced solely from all that was good in the struggle for existence , and entered the period , still going on , when mankind itself began to influence the nature of that God . |
| 24 | Thus was inaugurated a period of extensive engineering works , culminating in the construction of the Old Bedford river in 1637 . |
| 25 | Thus was set the standard for my spell in the Production Department … |
| 26 | Yorkshire , too , despite having many talented players and one great one in Hutton , were unable to reclaim their pre-war supremacy and Yardley 's best was to share the championship with Middlesex in 1949 . |
| 27 | Julie meanwhile was filling a saucepan with water , trying to stay clear of the flaring curtains . |
| 28 | My father meanwhile was taking the tickets and having the luggage labelled . |
| 29 | Persia meanwhile was digesting the experience of conquest by the Arabs which had begun with Qadesiyah . |
| 30 | I had a phone call from somebody who was obviously be doing exactly the same thing , and he actually just was booking an appointment to come in and see me . |