Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scheme was initiated by Senior Children 's Librarians who were frustrated by the apparent lack of external training for non-professional or non-specialist staff , and by the knowledge that they were each working hard to provide training for probably only ten people within each Borough . |
| 2 | In 1898 a visitor noted that the poorest among early Japanese rail travellers were prepared to make long waits for the train : |
| 3 | They were all born perfectly formed . ’ |
| 4 | " Let him alone ! " cried Hazel , for now they were all pressing forward to help him . |
| 5 | The whole painting had to be constructed using lots of different pieces of information from different sources which were all brought together to produce the finished piece of work . |
| 6 | They were all sitting there staring at me and Monsieur de Levantiére said , ‘ This is Constance , who has kindly stepped in at the last moment . ’ |
| 7 | My poor old friend Ron , is worried about money up to his , up to his arm pits , but he manages to get out and play his violin , you know , two Saturday 's ago I went up with him to Norwich to stay with his nice lady Trudy , and in the evening , Saturday evening , I went to the gorgeous old church in Norwich where he and the other 's were all working away playing the Mozart Symphony or two . |
| 8 | They were all working hard to find better , faster , cheaper , easier ways of doing and making things . |
| 9 | In the spring we were all working hard to prepare for the June exams , when we were told that for that year , because of the war , examinations would be abolished . |
| 10 | Those who did not want to buy a bigger or better house were able to borrow more to extract equity from their fast-appreciating assets . |
| 11 | However , because both systems used information just about adjacent words , they were able to make backwards pruning decisions after every word pair . |
| 12 | It maintained high standards in the past since George and Marie insisted on these and were able to work together to achieve them . |
| 13 | But that night at the end of September which ended in revulsion and hatred so far as you were concerned had earlier come to a much more disgusting climax . |
| 14 | The projected increase this year is a further 25% over 1991/92 prices , and since the Library 's budget this year is the same as last year , drastic cuts in subscriptions were essential to avoid further damaging our bookfund , which has already been substantially eroded over the last three years . |
| 15 | They were both frisked then cuffed and taken into custody . |
| 16 | The fact that John had handed over the reins of power to Miss Doris and Mr Smith seemed a great honour but his stipulation that they should keep and maintain the name and reputation of the business so long as it was possible to do so proved a massive task for them in later years . |
| 17 | From analysis of all the comments made by the principal carers at their first interview it was possible to summarise overall reported feelings of strain ( Table 5.4 ) . |
| 18 | Everyone on board who was free to do so had attended the funeral , Ruth standing with the Carsons on the upper deck . |
| 19 | He was prepared to sit there listening , just putting in a remark now and then to keep things moving . |
| 20 | Chapman insisted that he was interested only in the best players , and he was prepared to go anywhere to get them . |
| 21 | That he was prepared to do so to retain his position was , in itself , a sign of changing times . |
| 22 | Dr Ian Field , the association 's secretary , said it was prepared to accept there had been a misunderstanding . |
| 23 | Philip made use of the moment to compose the countenance which he was afraid had almost betrayed his surprise and consternation , and to revise all his ideas about his errand . |
| 24 | She was early promise never fulfilled . ’ |
| 25 | go with a feeling he was disgusted to find almost resembled affection . |
| 26 | He was lucky to walk again let alone run . |
| 27 | Scipio Nasica was supposed to have almost prophesied not only the Gracchan agitation but also the Social War between Rome and her Italian allies . |
| 28 | Numbers were small ; but a final case study approach revealed that for people who lived alone , had no informal carer who could manage all necessary care ; and had a high level of cognitive impairment , the Home Support Project was likely to prolong home care beyond that of those who had received only the usual services . |
| 29 | Indeed , some pacifists even drew comfort from the idea that modern weapons had become so destructive that no one was likely to contemplate actually using them ; others were reassured by the apparent improvement in Anglo-German relations after the upheavals of the Balkan Wars of 1912 . |
| 30 | It was extremely hot in the glare of the sun outside the Palace and , leaving my family in the courtyard , I was glad to get inside to join the other recipients of medals in the cool of the assembly rooms . |