Example sentences of "[verb] was [adj] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mendine said in those conditions driving was difficult because the inside of the cab steamed up with condensation , the windscreen wipers did not clear the whole of the screen and the front lights were obscured when carrying a high load . |
| 2 | Obviously in that case the loss of earnings that the plaintiff had suffered was greater than the cost of employing a housekeeper would have been . |
| 3 | She tried to pull her scattered thoughts into some sort of order , but all she could do was wonder if the cold , level gaze he had given her betokened indifference or anger . |
| 4 | The price eventually agreed was higher than the original offer . |
| 5 | There was two thousand , we er you know was more than a union , it was it was a first class Friendly Society as well and it was friendly . |
| 6 | For statement pairs containing a negative , sorting was faster when the two statements meant something different than it was when the two statements meant the same . |
| 7 | If rumour speaks true , the pattern on which the plan was based was obsolescent before the second five-year phase of the plan was far advanced . |
| 8 | Putt was still making choking sounds deep in his throat , but he had recognised his attackers as gipsies and the fear he felt was greater than the pain . |
| 9 | However he did say that in the years ending June 1983 and June 1984 the total number of High Court judges so involved was 28.4 As no details were given , this figure is almost meaningless but if the categories counted were similar to those for the period of 1953–73 those two later years show almost a doubling , on average . |
| 10 | What he said was informative if a touch inconsequential ; you did n't remember too much of it but the effect was cumulative . |
| 11 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 12 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 13 | If the energy input to the whole agricultural system was estimated , from land preparation to canned provisions in supermarkets , then the commercial energy expended was greater than the solar energy harvested by the crops . |