Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [conj] [noun prp] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that proved to be more than enough as Amlwch were dismissed for 72 despite 31 from Jim Harrison . |
| 2 | But another reason is presumably in the past , because the military was terribly powerful , much more powerful before the coup than now and Gorbachev was frightened to start dismantling it too . |
| 3 | He drank with Brendan Bracken , the red-haired Irishman who many thought was Churchill 's bastard , and slept more than once on a settee in the great man 's flat in Morpeth Mansions when they had all drunk too much whisky — although never while Churchill was in town . |
| 4 | ‘ I was so pleased she lived until just after Sam was born . |
| 5 | I mean she had a picture of him on the headstone and oh , thought she went over the top I 'm afraid and she get loads of support because then that Clifford was very popular and er his was |
| 6 | France was pledged to support Piedmont , as a result of an agreement made in 1858 , though only if Austria was the aggressor . |
| 7 | They had never met before , but as soon as Duroc was inside the Agency 's inner sanctum , the Chief Op looked up from his blondwood desk , flashed a monied piranha grin , and acted as if his visitor were an old college buddy who had happened to have walked in off the street . |
| 8 | As soon as Ellie was seated , she began to rib her gently about her life in England , about how sorry she felt for her living in such a confusing place ; regaled her with insights on the local population , and the arrangements being made for the wedding , which was to be held here in the Hall . |
| 9 | As soon as Moby was too old for puppy classes , he went to the bigger-dog classes , run by Jenny , to reinforce what he 'd been taught at puppy classes and , most importantly , what he 'd learned at home . |
| 10 | Next morning , as soon as Polly was washed and dressed , she rushed outside to look at her privet bird . |
| 11 | As soon as Luce was seated on the settee Michele crouched to light a fire , the fine material of his trousers pulled taut over lean buttocks and muscular thighs , riveting her gaze . |
| 12 | " Cousin , " she said the following morning as soon as Jill was awake . |
| 13 | As soon as Tess was on her stool under the cow , and the milk was pouring between her fingers into the bucket , she really felt that her new life was beginning . |
| 14 | As soon as Gorbachev was reinstated as President on Aug. 21 , he was compelled by the increase in Yeltsin 's political standing and the fact that most state bodies were at least partially compromised in the coup attempt to acknowledge the need for a new state structure ; the majority of the republics proclaimed independence from the Soviet Union , and fundamental reforms began of the government and the State Security Committee ( KGB ) . |
| 15 | Therefore , as soon as Isabelle was old enough , it was decided to exploit her aptitude for art by sending her to Paris — out of harm 's way . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well , what do you make of that ? ’ murmured Melissa as soon as Dora was out of earshot . |
| 17 | By the 1780s Bath and Bristol as well as London were the receivers , via Exeter , of the 500 vanloads a year which were sent from Brixham in Devon . |
| 18 | Every three months additional biochemical and virological measurements including the prothrombin time and the levels of alanine aminotransferase , albumin , bilirubin , HBsAg , and antibodies against HBsAg as well as HBeAg were performed . |