Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was dead happy there and then , all of a sudden , they came one day and just moved me to another home . |
| 2 | It was rather pathetic sometimes because he was upset at somebody going down on a discipline charge and getting the sack . |
| 3 | I was rather irritated yesterday because I had a phone call from |
| 4 | It was rather comical actually because he said er , You must now go and make an appointment to see Mr , and I said , Well actually we already ha |
| 5 | Peasant rental of nonpeasant lands was most widespread here and in the Middle Volga regions . |
| 6 | I was always described as the heretic at school , a designation which was theologically accurate enough and did n't particularly disturb me ; it seemed a not unkind acknowledgement of whatever distances I carried with me . |
| 7 | Her voice was so dry now that sometimes Kit fancied he heard her when he could not , in the scraping of the boughs of trees , the footfalls in the dusty earth . |
| 8 | Indeed , the boom in architecture and property development was so great precisely because nothing whatever diverted the flow of capital from what The Builder in 1848 called ‘ one half of the world … on the lookout for investment ’ to ‘ the other half continually in search of eligible family residences ’ into serving the urban poor , who clearly did not belong in the world at all . |
| 9 | This feeling was so strong there that he almost expected to see Linkworth standing there , watching him . |
| 10 | Breeze was so hot already that she could n't blush any more , but her eyes flashed as she faced the witch , and shook her head . |
| 11 | Everyone was so tired out that we were all falling asleep on the way home . |
| 12 | A majority of the United Kingdom workforce decided against strike action and the mood of the Glasgow workers was so clear yesterday that a vote did not have to be taken . |
| 13 | The rain was so heavy now that he was unable to see the expression on her face . |
| 14 | It was so dodgy though cos all the black kids you know and they were going no man you 're alright in the corner like being left alone |
| 15 | She was so tense now that her muscles were beginning to quiver . |
| 16 | This was not because of the enemy fire , which was less frequent now than it had ever been , for evidently the sepoys had decided to bide their time until the end of the rains . |
| 17 | He was less talkative now and settled down to work quietly , only occasionally asking her a question about what he was doing . |
| 18 | They had no more snow , and the streams they crossed were free of ice ; the unnatural winter was less severe now that they were out of the hills . |
| 19 | But as accountants , although we were respected for our expertise , like lawyers , our work was entirely reactive rather than proactive , ’ says Mr Riley . |
| 20 | Bashed your dad 's side , the wing and we could see a policeman putting , it was pouring with rain and he was putting his er , big mac on and he should of been directing the traffic , he told us that , he come over to us and he was only young like and he said , oh I 'd just left , I was on duty here I 'd just left to go and put my mac on ! |
| 21 | He was only halfway there when she passed him at full speed , shouting ‘ Slow coach ! ’ as she flew ahead . |
| 22 | It was only 7.30 am but already it was getting hot . |
| 23 | ‘ She was only upset yesterday because some silly schoolmate was telling her horror stories about visits to the dentist . |
| 24 | As yet it was only eight o'clock and the sun reluctant to leave without treating its worshippers to a pyrotechnic display of rose and gold flames that burnt up the whole western sky . |
| 25 | She was only little then and I had to hold her up so she could reach . |
| 26 | When she was much more enlightened er , and the where the learning standard er , simp was much better simply because the girls were cared for . |
| 27 | Aggie , too , was on her feet and her voice was much lower now as she said , ‘ Aye , it 'll suit me . ’ |
| 28 | The Firth was much broader here than at Dalmeny and , if it had not been a clear day , Corbett could have almost believed they were out on the open sea . |
| 29 | The veteran keeper — 43 next month — said goalkeeping was much tougher now than when he started . |
| 30 | It was n't until I was much older still that I found out she 'd committed suicide . ’ |