Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , the I I also make the point , that er , my understanding is having now talked to a number of the other C A B's , that in fact they were looking to Thamesdown money advice centre because this money was actually to replace funds that previously had been er , available through the Allied Dunbar sponsorship scheme , and which has , which I gather was withdrawn er , at very short notice , and they were looking to Thamesdown to er provide that support and resource as a county resource , and I I therefore felt that it was right to bring it forward . |
| 2 | In the days when I used to drink alcohol I 'd have said it was possible to do it only on the basis of several glasses of sherry . |
| 3 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
| 4 | And he said he was prepared to say it again and again to get the message across . |
| 5 | Remembering that her car was still abandoned at Central Station , she took a taxi to where she had left it , and was relieved to find it still waiting there . |
| 6 | Edward took no constructive pains to build support for his rule but was content to make it financially sound , in itself a notable achievement yet one secured at an exorbitant political cost . |
| 7 | It was impossible to see it now , he said . |
| 8 | I was supposed to do it yesterday ! |
| 9 | Cos I have n't done anything with it , cos you said you 'd send it him , and I could n't decide whether I was supposed to send it ahead or he was . |
| 10 | It was a fantasy , as he was himself , it had always been a fantasy , and perhaps it was better to keep it so . |
| 11 | A favourite place for stashing the loot , until it was safe to move it further , was on hooks suspended under bridges which crossed the many dykes . |
| 12 | The Headmaster , who had helped direct the expedition from the ground , was reluctant to stop it just because one of his pupils was clinging helpless to some loose books and screaming his head off . |
| 13 | One night he detected a faint comet , went inside to check a star map to ensure there was no nebula in that position , but was unable to see it again when he went back outside . |
| 14 | And so , whenever one of Steven 's movies touched upon an adult theme , he was unable to link it directly to his own experience , because he had n't any . |
| 15 | Ibrahim al-Sanusi said that this was a peace to be made between tribes ( that was why he was there ) , and it was important to make it well . |
| 16 | ‘ I was able to sell it again , too , with a renewed frill round the edge . |
| 17 | The IFA were fortunate in that I was able to make it practically a full-time job because of my lifestyle . |
| 18 | Mrs Goreng was able to make it sound quite romantic — good copy for the female journo from the up-market us ladies ' magazine-so we heard about the Spice and Sandalwood Trades , the black Portuguese , and then an interracial love story which Mrs Goreng had invented herself . |
| 19 | The manufacturer who quickly and generously replaced the kit was able to identify it as three years old , and quite useless . |
| 20 | ‘ Trousers are far handier , ’ he was able to smile it aside . |
| 21 | If this was goddamned mescalin , or whatever , she was unlikely to use it again . |
| 22 | When liquid helium was first made it soon became an essential laboratory tool as a coolant in low temperature experiments . |
| 23 | And besides , she told herself as she hurried back to the van , it was kinder to do it impersonally . |
| 24 | I 've got ta be up at five in the mornin' , ’ he said , knowing it was useless to discuss it any further . |
| 25 | I know you know of it and have even assayed it in a pipe , as they did at court when Astraea ruled and she was inclined to taste it now and then . |
| 26 | It was noisy and crowded but it was nice to have it so and Alan need n't have worried that she 'd dislike that . |
| 27 | So I was surprised to find it rather ugly , with narrow dirty streets , and people crowded into tiny houses . |
| 28 | Despite the violence , the blood and the cloud of feathers , I was surprised to find it strangely thrilling to watch : it was like a miniature gladiator contest . |
| 29 | He was surprised to discover it still on . |