Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was lucky for her that she was so busy just then , as she had little time to think during the day , and at night she was so tired that she fell asleep directly she got into bed . |
| 2 | But smoking was obviously kosher as far as this old bat went . |
| 3 | As ever , he was aware that the occupant was listening for him , was perhaps aware even now of his presence there . |
| 4 | She was afraid then , rather as a skier might feel when he looks down the steep whiteness of a dangerous slope , or a high diver who seems far above the water , but the sensation was so unusual to her that she could n't be sure that it was entirely unpleasant still strongly mixed , as it was , with curiosity . |
| 5 | God 's air was not good enough even for the Methodist chapel . |
| 6 | Although I was not fortunate enough ever to see him in the flesh , I suggest that his picture should be tattooed on the brain of every aspiring judge . |
| 7 | It was this very situation — one where the workers themselves could take control of the struggle , organise and demand on their own behalf — which was not acceptable as far as the trade union bureaucracy and leadership were concerned . |
| 8 | It was once true here too , but these days it 's a test many British businessmen regularly fail — ironic in the home of the best bespoke shoes in the world . |
| 9 | Well that was of the interesting things to come out of the study , erm something which was totally unexpected as far as I was concerned , and that was it seemed that the pupils in the mixed ability classes developed more slowly socially than the pupils in the streamed classes . |
| 10 | Well that was one of the interesting things to come out of the study , something which was totally unexpected as far as I was concerned , and that was it seemed that the pupils in the mixed ability classes developed more slowly socially than the pupils in the streamed classes . |
| 11 | But it was still kosher as far as Albert Roger Quigley was concerned . |
| 12 | I was pleased that he was more diplomatic afterwards instead of being as over the top as ever . |
| 13 | This interpretation was kind to Edward , because it was more normal even then to demand of a king that he produce an heir , and Edward 's childlessness unloosed on his luckless kingdom the horrors of 1066 . |
| 14 | Yeah he was more real I mean when you sort of just sit there she , she threw me off track a few times but er he was more realistic so therefore . |
| 15 | Much later , it was his job to rinse her bowed head with bucket after bucket of warm water until her hair was scrupulously clean once again . |
| 16 | The suspension was typically soggy yet still failed to cope with the craters that pass for potholes in New York City . |
| 17 | The general social and political advantages of the newly enlarged audiences were obvious but in cultural terms what was really significant as far as the subsequent history of the movies was concerned was that the showmen who made and presented the movies were no longer thinking in terms of a homogeneous or class audience . |
| 18 | If only I was as carefree right now , she was thinking . |
| 19 | In the first decades of occupation it was now evident that far too much effort had been concentrated on the stabilization of the Province in purely military terms and too little attention paid to the feelings and aspirations of the Britons , except through the few carefully selected agents , and there had been a tacit acceptance that the rest would come to accept Rome . |
| 20 | This was particularly evident as far as the young were concerned . |
| 21 | He had , for example , refused to allow John Gielgud to play the part of Harry because he was n't religious enough finally to understand the motivation of the character " . |
| 22 | But manager John King and his backroom staff did n't offer Agoos a contract , because they believed he was n't good enough defensively to play in English football . |
| 23 | But manager John King and his backroom staff did n't offer Agoos a contract , because they believed he was n't good enough defensively to play in English football . |
| 24 | There would be fewer people to cope with that way , and she was n't young any longer . |
| 25 | Well it was n't big enough really . |
| 26 | Well then as the unit got bigger , as I said , the room at the offices in the Lock was n't big enough so we moved from there to Alma Green Infant School , that 's the school now they used for all kinds of social activities during the day and th on that side by the car park . |
| 27 | And suddenly she was n't confused any longer . |
| 28 | The outward journey was quite uneventful as far as the Wadi Tamit , a steep defile leading down the escarpment on to the coastal plain . |
| 29 | So that was quite quick then really |
| 30 | She was quite calm again now . |