Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | His senses told him he was on to a good thing and his senses were rarely wrong . |
| 3 | Maybe he thought he was on to a good thing . |
| 4 | Jean-Paul was in no doubt that he was on to a good deal . |
| 5 | Multiply that up by two or three hundred stores , and you will see he was on to a good thing . |
| 6 | Then it was on to a local botanical gardens to record the ‘ sound bites ’ . |
| 7 | it was on at a reasonable volume . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | You were always the one that was on about a regular life . ’ |
| 11 | Tension was mounting as preparations got underway for the first ever race between a balloon , a steamroller … and a narrowboat.As entrants arrived for the annual steam rally at Upton , the contestants in the battle of the giants were all expressing optimism.Balloonist Chris Viles reckoned he was in with a good chance : |
| 12 | McHale said McGee was in with a good chance of starting against Halifax because he can play in defence or midfield . |
| 13 | Nick Faldo , who after an outward half of 33 , had closed to within two strokes of the lead , was in with a fine chance but he could not maintain it . |
| 14 | If Greg had understood the lady in the garden aright , Gerald Seymour-Strachey was in for a new experience . |
| 15 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |
| 16 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
| 17 | From what she had read in the diary , it seemed any boy with a pleasing face and the latest clothes was in for a good time . |
| 18 | Most of the Labour front bench , including Neil Kinnock , were in their places and the predictions were that I was in for a stormy time . |
| 19 | But he was a most willing worker , and although she knew she was in for a tough day without him she offered her sympathy , and advised , ‘ Take an Alka-Seltzer and go back to bed . |
| 20 | The former Northern Ireland champion won the first frame 71-45 but McCluskey took the second 57-37 and it seemed as though the Ulsterman was in for a tough fight . |
| 21 | But , come the morning , Ronni was in for a rude awakening . |
| 22 | He was in for a big surprise if he thought he was still dealing with the impressionable , easygoing young girl he had married ! |
| 23 | Well , she felt in a fighting mood , and if he thought that he could make a fool of her in front of his girlfriend then he was in for a big surprise . |
| 24 | Now she knew she was in for an unpleasant surprise . |
| 25 | Yet it was down to a collective lack of desire , which was the problem against Watford . ’ |
| 26 | They managed to average 28 mph ; that 's some going , down the hill towards Welland they touched 60 , up the hill into Great Malvern it was down to a running pace . |
| 27 | In February 1989 inflation was down to a monthly rate of 3.6 per cent compared with 28.8 per cent in December 1988 and 37 per cent in January 1989 , but accelerated sharply over the following months , reaching a monthly rate of 53.55 per cent by December . |
| 28 | Visibility was down to a few yards . |
| 29 | By the time he was 22 he was down to a 9 handicap and was off 2 when he turned professional at the start of last year . |
| 30 | That the Pendletons ' party ended up at Reading was down to a fair measure of fluke . |