Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After pipping Swedish pair Per-Ulrik Johansson and Fredrik Lindgren , by one shot , thanks to birdies at the last two holes , he said : ‘ I was so far away I just about saw the ball disappear . |
| 2 | because erm the North East was so far away I think they was |
| 3 | The match had reached full-time with the scores level at 15–15 , and when Gloucester hacked upfield after Bath had botched an attacking move in extra-time , Clarke , the Bath No 8 , was so far offside you almost needed a telescope to see him . |
| 4 | There was so much more he needed to know … |
| 5 | ‘ When that boy was down here earlier he asked Tom what we call an ordinary light bulb if it is n't ‘ flouress ’ . |
| 6 | we had our alarm ooh after five , William called us just in case we laid late , so we was on the move ten , ten past five , so I mean we 've been on the go perhaps two hours more than anybody else and eh , and then cos when , it was just like that , but it was down here now I thought to went to that down on his and a little |
| 7 | Erm I mean Martin , Martin 's very good and he 'll , you know , stop me there and , and , and go back over it and but it , it , the the was already there so it 's already got you thinking about other things and , you know , things that were completely irrelevant and it confused me at times . |
| 8 | Well it was just as well we did n't , she did n't have any money |
| 9 | It was just as well they missed each other . |
| 10 | It was just as well she had arrived early , she thought . |
| 11 | Then , with that stoical and selfless streak in her character , she reflected that perhaps it was just as well he was not . |
| 12 | It was just as well he knew that , Masklin thought , because otherwise he 'd think it was Outside . |
| 13 | It was just as well I did request an s.a.e. as over the next ten days I received over five hundred requests ! |
| 14 | If a week of being looked after had gone such a fair way to turning me into a drivelling weakling , it was just as well I had n't let Dottie tempt me to any more of it . |
| 15 | ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ? |
| 16 | there for three pairs which was just as well I stopped you on the last one . |
| 17 | He was the possessor of learning which he shared unselfishly with his students , making them feel it was just as much theirs as his . |
| 18 | Creggan held his breath for he knew that though she was speaking of him as if he was not there really it was she who had become something else and that some power was using her to speak to him directly . |
| 19 | Well what I tried last weekend , not quite crying but I did a sort of moody sort of thing , I di I was really quiet and I just ignored everyone and I was like really like you know did n't say a word . |
| 20 | We had originally intended to try our hand at clay pigeon shooting or perhaps even gliding , but our time was running out and there was still so much we wanted to see . |
| 21 | We had originally intended to try our hand at clay pigeon shooting or perhaps even gliding , but our time was running out and there was still so much we wanted to see . |
| 22 | Instead of sending back to Britain for a , a part , they took it off an old tank you see , and on that had been part was still all right you see , but the tank was er useless but there would maybe be a bit of the track alright , so we cannibalized them . |
| 23 | Done Joe 's bedroom and er the Hoover was up there the dusters was up there so I thought shall I shall I . |
| 24 | But it 's , well considering he had to re-putty all the windows , it was n't just like he had to one |
| 25 | I had to have a bit because when I put the blackcurrant in there was n't enough so I had to mix it up with . |
| 26 | Well her mum 's knee was n't there so she thought she |
| 27 | Well I was n't there so I do n't know . |
| 28 | I said I 'd go down there but the , like the car was n't there so I did n't go back . |
| 29 | If he was n't there then I would say that you you 'd be on a sticky wicket , because most terms of employment say that if you er have a driving licence and you lose it then your employment will automatically finish . |
| 30 | and I was gon na get pizza , but there was n't , there was n't any so I just got chips and sausage . |