Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And I think we were all slightly sort of surprised that we could have this sort of effect .
2 Local resources were probably exploited to satisfy the demand for wool , leather and wood , while spinning , weaving , fulling and possibly dyeing were all essentially part of the normal domestic scene .
3 Credit Data told us that their policy was that only information about people under the same name should be passed where there was any possibility of multiple occupancy at a given address , but we felt that at least at the time of our visit this policy might not be clearly understood by the operators themselves , who might give information about people with other names at the given address , too .
4 I know in our case , and therefore probably in a lot that it is n't always possible , they 'll always find a way in , but if there was some perhaps advice to people it might bring down this number of complaints , that you could perhaps do before the wasp season begins , I do n't know whether that 's a possibility or not .
5 It was all just part of an exercise for the emergency services .
6 I was alone here night after night , and that sports car just kept driving up to get you .
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