Example sentences of "was [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was altogether in a parlous state : the weather was bad , there was no water in the flat ; he did not care to go out at nights and was seeing fewer people . |
| 2 | The religion Tolstoy was to advocate was remarkably like the only one Vincent could wholeheartedly contemplate , ‘ a practical religion , not promising future bliss but bliss on earth . ’ |
| 3 | He was mostly on the defensive and , towards the end , he came as near as possible to resignation , but throughout he gave remarkably little ground on either issue . |
| 4 | But for once the weather was fine , the place was right on the other side of the airfield on the edge of open country , so we wandered about a bit , picking wild flowers and so on , and on the way back in the truck who should we see approaching in the distance , on foot , but our old pal Flt Off Gregory . |
| 5 | It was right on the main road and he was there years and years and years |
| 6 | And , despite what many people say , it was nt while delivering the cross for Sniffers goal — it was right at the very end of 90mins … so noone came on for him when he injured his ELBOW . |
| 7 | It was right at the very beginning when you had to ask him about the introduction , I thought you were going straight off from the business card and all the rest of it and what you actually had was your C C Q in front of you because it took you all that time to get round to it . |
| 8 | No he was , he was right at the very beginning of the school |
| 9 | He needed hobdaying and was rather on the temperamental side , so she sent him to Bill and me to see if he had any ability in the dressage sphere . ’ |
| 10 | But they also held that the universe itself was rather like a vast machine , which , once started off , ran according to its own inbuilt laws and patterns . |
| 11 | ‘ He was rather like a new-born baby when he came because of the lack of stimulation , ’ she said . |
| 12 | It was rather like a large belt ; you could probably fasten it about your waist and it would sit snugly over your hips . |
| 13 | Among the Mundugamor , both sexes were aggressive , children were treated brusquely by both parents , and love-making was rather like a pitched battle . |
| 14 | In fact it was rather like the dark days just before the last election when prime-time television was regularly disturbed by party political broadcasts . |
| 15 | Peter : Yes he has indeed he delivered , he did away with the autocue , he leaned forward , he did n't want a barrier between himself and his adoring party faithful they were adoring it was rather like the last night at the Prom , I can tell you . |
| 16 | She was rather like an injured animal , wanting to lick her wounds in peace and privacy . |
| 17 | It was rather like an old-fashioned nationalized industry where all lines led to the Secretary of State . |
| 18 | His architectural work was predominantly in a neo-classical manner with the use of domed segmental projections , examples being Doddington Hall , Cheshire , 1777–98 ; Hooton Hall , Cheshire , 1778–88 , since demolished ; Herstmonceux Place , Sussex , 1777 ; and Belmont Park , Kent , 1787–92 . |
| 19 | Nutty thought she was on to a good idea and went home happily , taking over from her mother in the shop as she usually did while her mother started to get the tea . |
| 20 | His senses told him he was on to a good thing and his senses were rarely wrong . |
| 21 | Maybe he thought he was on to a good thing . |
| 22 | Jean-Paul was in no doubt that he was on to a good deal . |
| 23 | Multiply that up by two or three hundred stores , and you will see he was on to a good thing . |
| 24 | Then it was on to a local botanical gardens to record the ‘ sound bites ’ . |
| 25 | it was on at a reasonable volume . |
| 26 | Oh well Morse was on at the same time . |
| 27 | Matthew Evans was to split his role and that the hunt was on for a new m.d. , rumours that Mr Evans was ‘ bailing out ’ and the company was on the block were fanned by the trade 's more supportive friends at Private Eye and pounced on by publishers overexcited at the prospect of getting their hands on , if not the company , then at least some of its authors . |
| 28 | The court had heard that Rhys had now been accepted for a transplant operation at a Bristol hospital and the search was on for a suitable bone marrow donor . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | You were always the one that was on about a regular life . ’ |