Example sentences of "was [prep] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their success rate was about one in four cases . |
| 2 | For the 42 per cent who did not attend , the success rate was about one in thirteen . |
| 3 | But it was about anything like two to three feet away from the side of the And they used to drop a plank down you see ? |
| 4 | His audience was against him on all these questions and there was no enthusiasm . |
| 5 | ‘ I was against it at first . |
| 6 | Yes , I think , I mean I think that 's partly why the English reaction was against you on all manner of grounds . |
| 7 | I often thought Rob was like him in more than mere looks , ’ she went on thoughtfully , then her tone lightened . |
| 8 | So , I said this I said erm I said oh Jan says something all I 'm I 've known what Sandra can be like , you know erm you know well I was with her for three |
| 9 | I was with him for four hours and got nowhere ; I requested colleagues to have a crack at him all to no avail . |
| 10 | You went out and about for twelve weeks with your tutor constable , if you like , they call it puppy walking he was the highly trained policeman and I was the new policeman , I was with him for twelve weeks . |
| 11 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 12 | Keith was with him through all of it and I think it made them very close , ’ adds Rigby . |
| 13 | ‘ It makes me feel cold to think I was with him in that situation . |
| 14 | ‘ Middlesbrough were a smashing club when I was with them between 1968–75 . |
| 15 | She was with me on one occasion when we went to Saltburn where they had some Italian gardens which I liked very much . |
| 16 | Well , Her Ladyship was rather special because she was with me for many years and supported me by producing calves for market . |
| 17 | He was a remarkable parliamentarian and , as a Minister , he was with me for many years . |
| 18 | The Italian , who was with me for two months , became really rather tiresome and disruptive , especially to the charming young German working hard for her exams . |
| 19 | It was not my instinct to go , but the group — including my wife who was with me for those two days — set the example and I grudgingly , guardedly accompanied them . |
| 20 | ‘ If you remember , Luke Scott was with us for six months as a favour to the station 's director-general , who was a friend of his , because our listenership figures were dropping and we were losing advertising . |
| 21 | ‘ One of our sons was with us for eight months before going away to the other end of the earth — I could n't even phone him . |
| 22 | That was in something like nineteen seventy , nineteen eighty something , the the the turn of the seventies , eighties . |
| 23 | Well , I was in her for thirteen months . |
| 24 | He liked her , you could n't help but like her , but he wished in this moment it was in him to more than like her . |
| 25 | Eventually Jim Humby who was in Standard Two at school ( I was in one at this time ) told me that he had a spare . |
| 26 | I only discovered I was in it by sheer chance . |
| 27 | He was upon her in two strides and swept her up into his arms . |
| 28 | Excluding clients , but counting carers , the range of participants in assessments was from one to six , with two or three being the average number . |
| 29 | There were statements of intent , exhortations , graphs and charts all aimed at producing improvements in what was to me at that time the nebulous concept of ‘ Quality ’ . |
| 30 | Perhaps she really did little more than lend her name , but it was to her at any rate that Queen Victoria 's secretary wrote with royal support for her venture ( the Queen had also supported the Victoria Press , named after her ) . |