Example sentences of "was [adv] [prep] [art] cards " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I did n't want to happen was for him to become violent , which I did n't think was ever on the cards . |
| 2 | Not of course that it was ever on the cards . ’ |
| 3 | He and Chris Grant , on The Thinker , jumped the last together , but it was always on the cards that McCourt would have the upper hand . |
| 4 | This was a critical factory over the ensuing years , when a run on capital was always on the cards , especially in the slump period of the 20 's and 30's . |
| 5 | Such a victory was always on the cards , for Miss Albano stood only 10 places above her British counterpart in the world rankings , at 456 . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , ’ said Mahmoud , ‘ it was always on the cards . |
| 7 | The Khedive , the Minister of Justice , the Parquet , the British — the British would be against it , too , particularly if this damned Agreement was still on the cards . |
| 8 | GONZO JOURNALIST Thompson 's chemically-aided vision of American apocalypse has been attempted on film before — in Art Linson 's Where The Buffalo Roam — but , in an interview with Ian Parker in 1988 , he claimed adapting Fear And Loathing itself , his infamous account of a hallucinogenic journey to a cop convention , was also on the cards . |
| 9 | At this point the alarm bells started ringing in the ears of the Middle Management along the coast , and mutiny was definitely on the cards amongst all grades of staff , not just the footplate men . |