Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The audiences at the first show of the evening were sparse but hair-raisingly alert . |
| 2 | Although the limb is three-dimensional I will treat it as if it were two-dimensional and only consider position with respect to two axes , the antero-posterior axis which runs across the limb from digit 2 to digit 4 , and the long , or proximo-distal axis , which runs from the shoulder to the tip of the digits . |
| 3 | Most modern philosophers would say it was nonsense to say that Cruelty was cruel and only call people cruel or particular things . |
| 4 | The forest to the south of the Swamp was hilly and comparatively open . |
| 5 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 6 | He was ill and below form in Australia , but has gone well in training here . |
| 7 | He was ill and below form in Australia , but has gone well in training here . |
| 8 | Ken commented earlier that er er prior to the Financial Services Act coming into force which I think was some time in nineteen eighty-eight , the er D T I was responsible and there come back to the D T I if these sort of things had applied and er compensation effectively by the D T I for mal-administration or whatever so that er say we do n't pretend to be pension experts , so any retrospection that I would suggest might well be appropriate as at the date of the Financial Services Act becoming into force . |
| 9 | I then as far as I can recollect , I ca n't remember whether the door was ajar or totally shut erm I would have put my hand to the handle and once knowing the door was free from its its erm lock I then pushed the door hard with the shield make , knowing that it would then bang , hopefully bang against the back wall . |
| 10 | He had run away from his home in Chicago when he was fifteen and still bore the scars from the beating he had received at the hands of his father after his parents had discovered he was gay . |
| 11 | With Bacon , Minton was familiar but never close . |
| 12 | oh well I thought it was green but never mind |
| 13 | The responding smile was well-meant but understandably limp . |
| 14 | Leonora , the creative one , was perfectly happy to get on with her knitting in her little nook in the shop , help with the customers when trade was brisk , type what correspondence was necessary and otherwise leave Elise to the hard sell . |