Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sympathise with victims in north Belfast , with those in south Belfast last evening , and with the driver of the car who was attacked this morning . |
| 2 | In the exile it was decreed that circumcision was to be the official rite of initiation into Judaism and all that that now meant . |
| 3 | The other one , vaguely at the back of my mind it was raised this morning cos I recall Mr made a comment on it , and that is erm looking at the growth implications beyond two thousand and six . |
| 4 | It was not a cause of poor economic performance ; it was yet another consequence of the attitudes which were shaping that performance . |
| 5 | Mr Smith said that , in the private sector , jobs were threatened by the recession which was causing some parents to transfer their children to State schools . |
| 6 | From the low admission rate , the nine hundred thousand in our revenue budget which was shown this year as savings , seven hundred thousand of which was met by fudging community care money in June is now short by three hundred thousand so at the end of this year there will be an overspend or rather a loss of income of three hundred thousand which will show up as a deficit on social services budget for this year . |
| 7 | By the autumn of 1989 I could see that the work I was planning more breeding and lecturing , was going to get very costly . |
| 8 | I have here a copy of the committee which was formed that night , and also a copy of the minutes , I 'll give each Councillor one , and then they can read it at their leisure , instead of me taking up the whole meeting . |
| 9 | These include a new stringent ‘ actively seeking work ’ test which was introduced this October , as well as showing that you are available for work the rest of the week . |
| 10 | These include a new stringent ‘ actively seeking work ’ test which was introduced this October , as well as showing that you are available for work the rest of the week . |
| 11 | These include a new stringent ‘ actively seeking work ’ test which was introduced this October , as well as showing that you are available for work the rest of the week . |
| 12 | For Lukács it was the proletariat who were to achieve this praxis . |
| 13 | When the officers were finally allowed to see Oliver , Dr Losberne said , ‘ This is a boy who was shot this morning while walking on a farmer 's property where he should n't have been . |
| 14 | ‘ Where are the four Marine Commandos who were killed this evening ? ’ |
| 15 | May I ask in whose honour you were playing those pipes ? ’ |
| 16 | Remembering , perhaps , clashes that had taken place in the past between the travellers and the locals , at the next meeting of the parish council it was suggested that advice be taken regarding the legal value of the charter and the legal position concerning trespass on council land . |
| 17 | He was depicted as the sun , a young warrior who was born each day , defeated the stars of the night and was resurrected again and again by the souls of warriors in his care . |
| 18 | I had a phone call , and you know that place I were going this afternoon ? |
| 19 | Er it seems it seems that there were a lot of students , from one of the bigger un er er top class universities which were handling this train , er but er there were quite a few er things done , some of them I would think dangerous . |
| 20 | The real fire-fight developed over the stricken Mowhawk which was hit several times and her captain R. F. Jolly , R. N. was fatally injured and a number of his crew killed . |
| 21 | She 's just moved up from Kent and has come with packing cases full of cups and medals : a winning record which was topped this week with the Champion of Champions trophy and an ambition to become the world 's number one . |
| 22 | He had become the singer with a group which was exciting some interest among the A&R men and women of London 's record companies , including Steve Lewis , the head of Virgin 's music publishing company . |
| 23 | The Minister must be aware that under the 1988 reform package we were assured that intervention stocks would disappear , but they are now at record levels , whether for skimmed milk , butter , beef or cereals . |
| 24 | ‘ In the early days we were buying more paperback rights from other hardback publishers , because even five years ago there were more hardback publishers around that you could buy from . |
| 25 | And it was telling you you know say they were , for argument 's sake they was buying this house that was sort of up north and that . |
| 26 | The money dispensers in the capital could only be approached through their acolyte , whose job it was to demand some offerings and make the right moves to ensure success . |
| 27 | In relation to recording on the file it was held that time spent in preparing typed file and attendance notes should be recorded , and will be recovered , provided that the time spent is not excessive . |
| 28 | Whereas mental handicap had revolutionized fairly quickly , for Friern and Claybury we were breaking this ground before the consensus had been reached . |
| 29 | Yeah , rich colour I was having this year very well . |
| 30 | It is worth noting that what began for Victoria as admiration , tinged with a degree of condescension , developed over the years into genuine friendship and a respect for Eugénie 's character which was to link both sovereigns ever more closely until the Queen 's death in 1901 . |