Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] another [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( They were eventually to get another dog — a very lively golden retriever , but before that Warnie had bought himself a boat . ) |
| 2 | Cheap newsprint ; new technology which made it possible to attract readers by printing illustrations relatively cheaply ; growing mass literacy , at least in western Europe ; mass newspaper readerships ; a resulting growth of mass public feeling , often emotional and volatile , on international questions : all these were now adding another element to the changing picture of relations between the European states . |
| 3 | Then it was on to see another side of Craigmillar — a refurbished district council flat occupied by Sheila and Gerald Robinson . |
| 4 | He was not to make another attempt , later tragically falling to his death from nearby Cousin 's Buttress . |
| 5 | His father was later to have another son by a second marriage . |
| 6 | Yet as her Five Star lifestyle moved further and further away from the modest suburban existence of Surrey Hills , Melbourne , Kylie was also learning another lesson . |
| 7 | While working on the two biker films and his one sentence in The St Valentine 's Day Massacre , undemanding as they were , Nicholson was also writing another film script for Corman who was once again ahead of the field in latching on to the latest craze sweeping through the world : the children of the post-war baby boom were coming out to play and nothing could stop them now . |
| 8 | Nicholson was also preparing another project from which he hoped he would emerge as a recognized director , and again it was in part an overhang from that period in 1968 when he seriously considered giving up acting , and moving into writing and directing . |
| 9 | A year ago when he resigned as chairman , it was widely held that he had been pushed and that Peter Moores was about to mount another bid for the post himself . |
| 10 | I could see Quigley was about to make another move , but before he could do so I held out my hands , palm downwards , in a gesture much favoured by Mr Toombs in his last ecclesiastical campaign . |
| 11 | The Health chairman was unmoved ( leading Awlad Amira to remark later that everything had already been decided , there was no true democracy ) and was about to raise another aspect of the question when a speaker at the public microphone began to talk about the roads , mentioning the present high cost of transport across the Sahara . |
| 12 | The maths master looked as if he was about to have another revelation . |
| 13 | Bellybutton was pressure-hosing a hull across the yard , while McIllvanney was evidently taking another day off . |
| 14 | In truth one suspects that audiences quite simply enjoyed these films for their pace and wit but Cagney was certainly adding another dimension . |
| 15 | At the age of 17 , Still was carried off injured on his debut for Leyton Orient against Torquay — and was never given another chance . |
| 16 | Richard Pryor ( who was never given another chance to explore this side of his acting ability ) , Yaphet Kotto and Harvey Keitel star as the workers who attempt to break the chains that bind with a break-in at their corrupt union 's headquarters . |