Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even after Aulef , the only food I had with any meat content , the meat puddings , and beans and sausage , were down to a dozen tins each . |
| 2 | Although under-assessment was nowhere more flagrant than among rich Londoners , it was always possible for a fortune to be wiped out by an unsuccessful business venture , as in the case of Alderman Aylmer , draper , who was assessed at £40 net , his debts paid' , when others of this rank were normally worth a thousand or more . |
| 3 | In contrast to the young family-based heroin smokers of Wirral in the 1980s , the earlier London-based users were largely in the 25–35 age range , of more ‘ bohemian ’ lifestyle , and preferred injection as their primary method of taking heroin ( see Stimson and Oppenheimer 1982 ; and Jameson et al . |
| 4 | The passage belies Nithard 's suggestion that these two were already in the mid-820s goading Lothar to harm his young half-brother . |
| 5 | Ford and other carmakers have steadily reduced their 1993 sales targets for Europe , which were once in the 14 million to 15 million vehicle range . |
| 6 | Nick Skelton , on Everest Major Wager , and Geoff Billington , with Rhapsody , had their only fault at the treble and were also among the thirds . |
| 7 | We used to stand it in the window to cool down so that we could get a cool drink — it was April and temperatures were up in the nineties and there was no water on the train . |
| 8 | In England and Wales , France and the United States huge prison building programmes were underway during the 1980s . |
| 9 | Farms were mainly in the 10–40 hectare range although there were some larger units . |
| 10 | Officially statistics suggest there are no more cars in the city than there were back in the seventies . |
| 11 | Officially statistics suggest there are no more cars in the city than there were back in the seventies . |
| 12 | ‘ If it were n't for the three dead men , this could be almost amusing . |
| 13 | The big boys of power boating were here in the two litre class … using the same engines as the Formula One racers but without the extra tweaking . |
| 14 | Come the tournament he certainly putted well enough , and we were there after a 70 in the first round and a shot behind Jack Nicklaus after the second round . |
| 15 | But the , you see if you look in the , I have information off the Birmingham secretary , er Secretary 's secretary , she was involved , she even was imprisoned in Switzerland erm when the peace movement was on between the two wars , and that was when they were , I believe it was a German woman that er that was on , you know in the committee , but I 'll have to refer to the Caring and Sharing book . |
| 16 | The true form was somewhere between the two . |
| 17 | Now it was the end of a disappointing Tour , he was somewhere around the 50 mark in the rankings , running out of money , and talking about going home . |
| 18 | Paul Simpson 's goal was enough for a one-one draw . |
| 19 | Then he said I should see whether that was so after a hundred years in a glass coffin . |
| 20 | Rather , the analogy was perhaps with the 1915 coalition , a government supported by the Liberal , Conservative , and Labour parties with definite but limited wartime objectives . |
| 21 | By the time he was 22 he was down to a 9 handicap and was off 2 when he turned professional at the start of last year . |
| 22 | Being higher than the policemen on the ground , I could see that most of the action was down to a half-a-dozen women wearing anoraks with the hoods up . |
| 23 | six months was down to the two three pounds under the weight I was when I started . |
| 24 | It 's all a far cry from June 1987 when Margaret Thatcher was returned to power with a handsome majority of 101 seats , although it was down on the 1983 win . |
| 25 | But while levels of so-called special wastes outside chemical sites for 1992 was down on the 1990 total , the 231,800 tonnes figure for 1992 was higher than the 213,700 tonnes figure in 1991 , because company closures had led to high waste disposals . |
| 26 | The 1989 growth in GDP of 9.2 per cent was down from the 11 per cent of the previous year but unemployment during the year was at a record low of 2.2 per cent . |
| 27 | Since there is also other well known evidence collected by Sachs , Kirkpatrick , Zaslaw and others from L'Affilard , Pajot , la Chapelle , Marguet , Quantz , Pasquali , Choquel , Engramelle et al. , indicating that from 1717 to 1775 minuets were danced both fast and slow , anywhere between MM 53 and 80 per bar , is it really likely that it was only during the 1780s that musicians of the time just happened to slow down the minuet , playing only the bottom side of minuet tempos and not the top side then to speed up again afterwards by the 1790s and 1800s ? |
| 28 | It was only during the 1980s that it was finally laid to rest , enabling BR to run a fully modernised and streamlined freight system . |
| 29 | It was only after the two thieves dressed up as policemen had escaped last Sunday with treasures conservatively estimated at $200m that it was revealed that they were uninsured . |
| 30 | Elise 's parents had been involved in that accident , too , and it was only after the two cousins lost their families that they became so close . |