Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you were someone the Department needed information from , I could put in an expenses slip for five thousand , and Hilary Todd would sign it . ’ |
| 2 | Although the words were his the images were taken from those things Kraal and Minch had told him about that distant place . |
| 3 | It is as if Ted Hughes were himself the patient , suffering maybe from impotence or castration fears , and was here attempting an autotherapy with Shakespeare as a dummy . |
| 4 | When there were no Red Cross parcels at all you began to notice that people sized up the rations of margarine before they helped themselves , and though you despised them for it you were none the less sharp to do it yourself . |
| 5 | The final section shows how Sri Lankans were none the less able to use the courts as a legitimate and acceptable , if sometimes disreputable , way to solve disputes . |
| 6 | While the Labour Government were anxious to preserve an image of political fairness and reasonable salary flexibility in order to attract the technocratic skills that they recognised were essential for success , they were none the less clear that the public corporations should not simply be the old gang operating ‘ business as usual ’ . |
| 7 | The financial constraints were initially rather phantom-like ( in the first year , for example , there was prolonged and somewhat inconclusive discussion with the Ministry about the budget and it was not finally authorised until the financial year was over ! ) , but the physical constraints were none the less effective in limiting the industry 's expenditure . |
| 8 | There were none the less growing pressures on the BEA to discipline their own requests for capital through the achievement of a higher rate of return on capital , and higher rates of self-financing , both of which conformed to the Conservative Government 's image of efficient private enterprise industry and ‘ commercial ’ disciplines . |
| 9 | Some of these claims , spread energetically by certain leading military men , were almost certainly exaggerated , but they were none the less serious . |
| 10 | Ostensibly ‘ in favour of perestroika ’ and incorporating many party members within their ranks , the new movements were none the less associated with a policy stance which went very much further than the party conference resolution . |
| 11 | His private newsletters were none the less still fuller and became celebrated . |
| 12 | There were none the less in the later eighteenth century a number of rulers and ministers in Europe who were prepared to break radically with the past , to override vested interests and disregard deep-rooted traditions in the interests of the States they ruled . |
| 13 | They were hardly his own yet sprang from his heart as though , in those exalted moments , it were itself a living vessel of the Christmas mystery . |
| 14 | ‘ Were you a patient of his ? ’ |
| 15 | Were you a real rock pig on that tour ? |
| 16 | Are you or were you a smoker ? |
| 17 | So were you a sergeant when you started ? |
| 18 | I was going to ask you about your crane driving , how long were you a crane driver ? |
| 19 | ‘ Were you a good parlourmaid , Sally-Anne ? ’ he enquired gently . |
| 20 | ‘ Were you a rowan last time ? |
| 21 | And were you a detective constable then ? |
| 22 | ‘ Were you a boy Scout , too ? ’ she enquired sweetly . |
| 23 | ‘ Were you a boy scout ? ’ |
| 24 | Were you a girl guide ? ’ he countered swiftly . |
| 25 | So how many years were you a French polisher then ? |
| 26 | Were you responsible for the horse or were you a cattle man ? |
| 27 | Well , were you a plonker when you started ? |
| 28 | Were you a good girl ? |
| 29 | Were you a bit concerned at the time making the decision ? |
| 30 | ‘ Were you an only child ? ’ |