Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The fact that he had been given the Elphberg name of Rudolf by a Royalist father was of small importance to him , nor was he at first more than casually intrigued when he woke from a strangely prophetic dream in the forest of Zenda to hear two men discussing the remarkable resemblance between him and the King .
2 Nor was he at all happy with the idea of me swanning off to France with the Parsons .
3 He was not , she noticed , a good driver , nor was he at all car-proud .
4 Nor was he at all anxious that ‘ corrupting ’ programmes be beamed at the impressionable population of Danu .
5 Nor was she at all put off or frightened by his intensity , when he flew into a temper if a drawing went badly .
  Next page