Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were still only man to man , and there was still quietness as soon as they were quiet . |
| 2 | But she 'd already started to dissipate the beauty of her voice with various kinds of addiction — narcotics , alcohol and companions who were n't altogether kind to her — and the last ten years of her life ( she died in 1959 ) find the light , drifting delivery of the pre-war years shrivelling into the croak of a haggard ghost . |
| 3 | The nearest town was sufficiently far north to be a pie place , and nearly all the shops — the butchers , the bakers , the grocers , the solitary delicatessen — vied with each other in the quantity and variety of their pies . |
| 4 | Californian sunshine was not particularly kind to the English complexion , and circumstances had evidently not treated Laura well . |
| 5 | Many of the papers carried photographs of Dobson and Creed side by side , Dobson 's arm around Creed 's shoulder , as if Creed was not only heir to the business , but also a son . |
| 6 | Anywhere in England south of Durham was still Down South to them . |
| 7 | She wore impossibly high heels , yet she was still only eye to eye with Virginia in her bare feet . |
| 8 | Making no attempt to disguise his anger at the Ulster decision John Hunter added : ‘ The fact that it was a blanket no , and that it was n't even person to person , made it all the more galling . ’ |
| 9 | The loss of his favourite local was quite enough punishment to this patriot so ‘ Found in the coal yard ’ went on to the documents . |
| 10 | Nature was never especially kind to Leith in regard to the formation of the harbour , having placed a large stretch of sand across the mouth of the stream and with no sheltered bay or inlet , the approaches were often hazardous . |