Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] or [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally , these cash buyers seemed to have made a fair assessment of their chances , in that they were unemployed or already had great difficulty matching small incomes to their outgoings . |
| 2 | Despite the fact that regular maintenance was a statutory requirement and despite some successful legal actions to enforce the statutory provisions , regular dredging and attention to leaks were perfunctory or never carried out at all by canal companies owned by the railways . |
| 3 | You fought them , dared them , had adventures and special likings , thought they were daft or dirty minded . |
| 4 | Treating his pupils to the compliment of rational disagreement sometimes spilled over into a verbal contest so fierce that the young person concerned was abashed or even frightened . |
| 5 | Whether recovery sleep after two nights loss of sleep was restricted by excluding Stage 4 sleep or most of REM sleep seemed to make no difference — subjects returned to pre-sleep-loss levels of performance regardless of whether recovery sleep was uninterrupted or selectively deprived . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When he came along erm was about he was more or less asked what terms he wanted and said that he was no to show no favouritism . |
| 8 | The swimming section was more or less brought back to mind to me the other day when they showed the old Stoke bathing place . |
| 9 | Such thoughts soothed me , and then the reality of what had happened would come shooting through my consciousness like a speedboat churning up a calm sea : how dare he decree that I must wear a badge indicating , for men 's convenience , whether I was available or already had an owner ? |
| 10 | Another nanny beat Diana on the head with a wooden spoon if she was naughty or alternatively banged Charles and Diana 's heads together . |