Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the recent British Library publication , ‘ The Emergence of the Electronic Book ’ ( BNB Research Fund Report 46 , 1990 ) , we saw how handheld electronic reference devices based on chip memories were already foreshadowing the first true electronic books . |
| 2 | She laughed as she watched the dove soar above the chestnut trees , which were already showing the first flecks of green . |
| 3 | Food was a joy to them , and they had no sooner finished one meal than they were enthusiastically discussing the next . |
| 4 | Cos we did actually , we went to before we went , putting the things together making sure that we were n't starting the next activity until the , the rooms would be finished . |
| 5 | Having answered this part of the questionnaire , the informants were then given the next paragraph of the story : The informants were then asked whether this explained the mismatch of the previous paragraph . |
| 6 | But those more than hints of fine ensemble playing were amply realised the next night in the Dvorak , elegant and warm , crafted with care , and in Strauss 's Serenade from Capriccio . |