Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | His quarry might not be back yet , or perhaps the bell was n't working . |
| 2 | After a year or so the rope was taken up from the lower floors and wound on to a cleat on the top storey . |
| 3 | It was the paralysis which caused her death in the end , or so the doctor was to certify ; she died there in the workhouse , aged 70 , on 12 September 1849 . |
| 4 | If during this period breath hydrogen increased by 100% or more the test was considered abnormal . |
| 5 | Jay had taken her camera to photo the leather-bound treasures of the seventeenth century , where even the language was rounded in sepia sworls , respectful of rhythm , season , nature and wholeness . |
| 6 | He believed he should come across someone who should want his skills — he was an incurable optimist , and imagined a fortunate meeting around every corner , though how that should come about was hard to see , as he advanced farther and farther into the dark , dense trees , where even the moonlight was split into dull little needles of bluish light on the moss , not enough to see by . |
| 7 | Or maybe the pinkie was skragged as a trophy ? |
| 8 | Or maybe the landscape was his mirror , and he was just seeing himself . |
| 9 | Or maybe they were more aroused because of the flashing light , or maybe the light was affecting their visual system in some way . |
| 10 | Commonly not exceeding a couple of pounds , the church stock reached an exceptional £7. 6s. at Waddesdon , Bucks. , though as often as not it was nil , or else no figure was given , some certificates consistently omitting it . |
| 11 | Either things came out too harshly , heavy , muddy and dull — Mauve called it his ‘ yellow-soap style ’ — or else the tenderness was n't tender enough . |
| 12 | Or else the Devil was there , that particular night , sitting with him . ’ |
| 13 | For thirty minutes he pressed the horse hard , always hoping that his flight would persuade the Dragoons to abandon their pursuit , but the Frenchmen were stubborn , or else the chase was a welcome break in their day 's tedium . |
| 14 | or else the barrow was not searched fully , |
| 15 | And without such plea , none of the background to the case to which we have briefly alluded can ever be placed before the jury : the only issues arising would be whether or no the publication was defamatory and , if so , what should the damages be . |
| 16 | It was into this barrow , under cover of the night , at about seven p.m. , that the body was put , covered with plastic sacks , themselves in turn covered with a fair sprinkling of autumn leaves , before being wheeled across the low wooden bridge there , across a well-worn path through the field , and across to the swiftly flowing current of the River Cherwell , where unceremoniously the body was tipped into the water . |
| 17 | I thought that presumably the bill was still divided proportionately between the countries . |
| 18 | As far as the army was concerned , I had been told in October 1945 that effectively the matter was ended with the presumption of death . |
| 19 | But then I thought that perhaps an accident was awaiting me or one of my relatives . |
| 20 | But if you do have pe people will say if you do h have those weaknesses and if er there were times that he could was quite up to the joshing and the name calling , there were times when he was n't , the very fact that there were times when he was n't , does n't that tell you that perhaps the Army was n't the place for him ? |
| 21 | But then it occurred to him that perhaps the joke was Nicola 's and not Blufton 's at all , some invention to impress her boss and ensure her succession to Jane Pargeter 's job . |
| 22 | Not quite a woman — because I wanted to do things with Gittel that only a man was supposed to want to do ; not quite a man — because I wanted Gittel to do the same things back to me . ’ |
| 23 | An attempt by Daily Mail journalists to broaden the paper 's political coverage of the 1983 election was rejected on the grounds that only the editor was responsible for content and that outside pressure , if only from an organization 's own journalists , amounted to interference in the running of that organization . |
| 24 | It had been thought that only the penalty was prescribed by statute , just as the penalty for murder is laid down by Parliament . |
| 25 | This is the only company whose entire membership appears to have figured in the loan ; in the case of such as the Goldsmiths and the Ironmongers it seems clear that only the livery was assessed . |
| 26 | If you put down the example I I actually marked the example but then I realized going back through the book that obviously the example was given for you there anyway . |
| 27 | But in a short while , once he was gone from the house , she 'd have to go upstairs and read to her daughter and she knew that already the child was sensitive to her feelings : she would say , ‘ You sad , Mammy ? ’ or ‘ You vexed with me , Mammy ? ’ |
| 28 | I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination . |
| 29 | Sid patiently tutored me on star gradings and assured me that technically the climb was only a V. Diff , so I would cope ! |
| 30 | Although ostensibly the election was called because of the refusal of the ALP-dominated upper house of the state legislature to approve industrial relations legislation ending compulsory trade unionism , many observers suspected that Greiner had sought an election in order to capitalize on a recent string of problems associated with the ALP at federal and state level . |