Example sentences of "was [adv] [art] point [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans and their allies have always made it plain that January 15th was merely the point after which war would become authorised , not necessarily the date for attack . |
| 2 | But there was obviously no point in wasting any more time expecting to get results the easy way . |
| 3 | There was just no point in remaining on the premises when you knew you had to go , as Muldoon had said . |
| 4 | Some fun and a few games were certainly unavoidable ( there are colleagues who always go too far ) , but that was not the point of the Party 's annual seaside jamboree . |
| 5 | We talk about decisions as if there was always a point in time before which the decision was not made arid after which it has been made . |
| 6 | There was always the point in the conversation where we knew it just was n't going to work . |
| 7 | There was clearly no point in arguing with the man any longer , she consoled herself , wearily removing her short-sleeved ivory silk blouse and the skirt of the pin-striped navy suit in which she 'd gone to work that morning . |
| 8 | Egypt was probably the point of departure for further emigration to Gyrene , to Greece and to Italy . |
| 9 | Many stated it was also the point at which they ‘ realised ’ they were addicted . |
| 10 | If Thorarin is reliable this was also the point at which he entrusted Denmark to one of his sons . |
| 11 | Cunninghame Graham was , however , correct in observing that the expedition against the Awok ‘ really called for greater nerve than that against the Tulas , which ended in a fight ’ ; and this , as Hastings himself seemed to recognize in recalling first and foremost his ‘ colossal cheek ’ , was surely the point of it all . |
| 12 | ‘ That was n't the point of all this . |
| 13 | ‘ That was never the point of the exercise , was it ? ’ she asked quietly . |
| 14 | We discussed the whole thing and i said there was absolutely no point at all . |
| 15 | There was absolutely no point in having two hundred people perched up on the road looking down on the top of a marquee . |
| 16 | But there was absolutely no point in dwelling on that , she thought resolutely . |
| 17 | ‘ There was definitely a point in my life where I wanted black kids , ’ says Neneh . |