Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems clear that , with careful safeguards , we need some legal machinery , similar to the provision of Place of Safety Orders for children , by which an old person could be received into residential care for their own protection , at least for a limited period of time , which would afford a breathing space for all concerned and enable a proper assessment to be made of the situation — including the wishes of the old person once they were out of the violent or neglectful environment . |
| 2 | In fact , the coach — drawn by two grey horses — was only called into service once the couple were out of the public gaze . |
| 3 | Before they were out of the English channel a severe storm washed a man overboard and left Mrs Dutton so ill she had to be taken ashore in a pilot boat when the storm dropped . |
| 4 | Down there in the dunes , they were out of the offshore breeze and out of the sun . |
| 5 | Both Benjamin and I wisely kept our mouths shut until we were out of the main hall . |
| 6 | Unfortunately the price of the prototype was so high that it was out of the financial reach of the archaeological community . |
| 7 | It was out of the 1909 Budget proposals that the crisis originally arose and it was already , at that time , well established that financial affairs were the peculiar province of the House of Commons . |
| 8 | It is a commemoration and ensures that people remember the event because it was out of the ordinary , and special . |
| 9 | Well , she did behave as if nothing was out of the ordinary , and I began to suspect that Oliver was a little displeased . |
| 10 | This was out of the 850 000 or so collisions the UA1 apparatus recorded towards the end of last year from a total of about one thousand million actual collisions . |
| 11 | Yet she would have been upstairs with the old man before I was out of the moonlit yard . |
| 12 | Even when the story was out of the national news , the regional media , now well connected to useful sources , kept it rolling . |
| 13 | It was partly because he was out of the top drawer , of course . |
| 14 | The forwards ' support of the ball-carrier was out of the top drawer . |
| 15 | Daniele Audetto was out of the same mould as Luca , but his job was now infinitely more delicate and difficult . |
| 16 | She put four mince pies in a little basket she 'd decorated earlier when she made the other table decorations , put on her coat and was out of the back door in a flash . |