Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [conj] [noun prp] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hard to know now whether Eden was really being serious , or merely protecting himself for posterity . |
| 2 | She did not say where she was going and had not , in fact , until that moment , thought about the possibility of trying to find out whether Liza was still living in Cornwall . |
| 3 | I was in a car with my wife-to-be and we turned on the radio ( I turned on the radio really — My wife could n't care if Leeds went bankrupt tomorrow ) to find out that Leeds were 3–0 down with 15 minutes to go . |
| 4 | But he decided he must at least stop somewhere to telephone a warning of their arrival and to find out if Pat was still alive . |
| 5 | Two of my colleagues from the BBC did , it is true , succeed in smuggling an entire satellite telephone system ( complete with dish ) through Iraqi customs shortly before the war began , and there are plenty of guns in private hands which can be bought ; but the Mukhabarat are everywhere , and it would be impossible to find out where Saddam was going to be at any given time . |
| 6 | He had decided to find out when Adam was coming back and drive to Heathrow and meet the plane . |
| 7 | Novotna had looked well in control , always seeming to guess correctly whether Seles was going to hit down the line or cross-court . |
| 8 | There was everything to worry about where Lori was concerned . |
| 9 | Hare wondered aloud on television why it was that English culture had lost the ability to state clearly that Keats was a better poet , for example , than Bob Dylan . |
| 10 | By then Stirling 's bombs had started to go off and Zirnheld was involved in a battle on the nearby Berka Main aerodrome . |
| 11 | Gesner threatened to walk out unless Therese was fired . |
| 12 | Nor , it became clear , did he wish to talk about the role he intended to play now that Artai was secure upon his throne . |
| 13 | He rang off and I realised that I ought to leave shortly since Jack was due to tee off at midday . |
| 14 | From Fredegar 's chronicle it is possible to date the king 's death to 596 , but Paul is the only author to record unequivocally that Childebert was murdered . |
| 15 | After a month , the pain began to ease slightly and Lisa was able to get up to her own room with Janet 's help . |
| 16 | It was left to Ramsay however to point out that Dunbar was not likely to tamely accept such demotion , and the attitude of his forces was uncertain , to say the least . |
| 17 | His brain seemed to seize up when Naseby was around , whereas Stitch sharpened it , like a whetstone . |
| 18 | It was all too obvious what her plot was and she went straight away to see Mrs Browning , resolved to ask outright if Ferdinando was to go to France and if so to plead her case . |
| 19 | Everyone was pleased about the German two-seater , whose remains lay outside in the back of a lorry ; but nobody was going to say so while Woolley was in the room . |
| 20 | A lapse in concentration invited England to move ahead when Robson was allowed to head a corner into the goalmouth . |
| 21 | There was speculation that former Sunderland manager Denis Smith could be ready to step in if Gray was ousted . |
| 22 | In later life Heisenberg was to admit ruefully that Wien was right to press his point , though we may be sure that Sommerfeld was right to press his point also . |