Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tap-room of the tiny inn was down a deep step and he nearly sprawled on the tiled floor , coming abruptly into the cool darkness . |
| 2 | Oh it was down a tremendous amount |
| 3 | There was no question of her being able to haunt the environs of Mayfield Cottage , as it was down a dead end lane three miles from the nearest village . |
| 4 | ‘ I hear the constable was down the other day , if you do n't mind me saying so , ’ Mrs Clamp said , and coughed politely . |
| 5 | The village was very isolated in the past , and until the road down into Curral das Freiras was built in 1959 , the only access was down the narrow , twisting , tortuous path which you can still see from the village . |
| 6 | Against a depressed market trend , ECC , paying a 13.4p final , rose 3 to 517p , Ladbroke ( 6.23p final ) added 3 to 214p , MB-Caradon ( 53/4p final ) put on 2 to 263p , while Redland ( 16¾p final ) was up a heady 14 at 481p . |
| 7 | Going against the trend of static or falling sales by other newspapers , our October circulation was up a fabulous 57,403 on the same month last year . |
| 8 | I was up a six this morning does that |
| 9 | The FTSE which at one stage had been more than six points ahead was up a mere 0.2 at 2817 . |
| 10 | Geographically , Oracle says its domestic US business improved on a strong second quarter — fuelled by Oracle7 sales , it was up a remarkable 65% on a weak fiscal third quarter 1992 , but that the strong dollar limited revenue growth at Oracle Europe to just 4% — but the currency translation was unfavourable by 11% . |
| 11 | Geographically , Oracle says its domestic US business improved on a strong second quarter — fuelled by Oracle7 sales , it was up a remarkable 65% on a weak fiscal third quarter 1992 , but that the strong dollar limited revenue growth at Oracle Europe to just 4% — but the currency translation was unfavourable by 11% . |
| 12 | Contrary to this general trend , the U.S. market showed solid signs of recovery with an overall sales gain of 9 per cent , within which Johnson Brothers was up a robust 22 per cent . |
| 13 | ‘ Last time I went ter the pictures it was up the Grand picture 'ouse in Grange Road . |
| 14 | One umpire was up the other end , the other was too busy controlling his refractory pony to watch what Randy was up to . |
| 15 | Before the year 1851 was out a thousand men were at work . |
| 16 | Everything depended on the weather and if your luck was out the hired man 's time could be up and not much hay in . |