Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adv] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ uneasy partnership ’ continued with some modifications throughout the 1920s and 1930s , and by 1945 , 104 out of 315 LEAs were still running their own schemes . |
| 2 | Kylie 's organisation believed the unofficial pictures were literally losing their star millions and whenever they saw those pictures on sale they moved to sue the publishers . |
| 3 | An hour or so spent talking with other women about how weak , cruel , uncaring , lazy and insensitive their husbands were always made her tired . |
| 4 | The Corporal was also carrying his trusty parang . |
| 5 | Andrea was up to see me one day . |
| 6 | Following this , an Act of Parliament was passed to abolish the name of Ruthven and Huntingtower was then given its present name . |
| 7 | Lucy was already regretting her impulsive words , but , knowing she had to come up with an answer , she said in a matter-of-fact tone , ‘ Silas has already assured me that women will no longer play a part in his life . |
| 8 | But , if this was the answer , Rafiq was not giving it all away at once . |
| 9 | Elisa was about to make her second attempt to leave when a bell was heard — the front-door bell . |
| 10 | David was merely paying his social class dues — yes , you 've guessed it — Dave and the lads were boarders at the same minor Public School together . |
| 11 | Barney was still holding his own . |
| 12 | Thus , just at the moment when the Battle of Verdun was about to enter its grimmest phase , the one man on the German side who could have put an end to the butchery was impotent to do so . |
| 13 | One day Judge Raymond Dean was reminding us of the perils of ignoring men 's bestial nature-— ‘ Men ca n't turn their emotions on and off like a tap as some women can ’ ; the next , Prince Edward was vehemently denying his alleged homosexuality by expressing outrage that such an insult should be levelled at him ; meanwhile , on TV the Audi driver screeched to a halt at the hospital where — with toddler in arms — he managed narrowly to miss his second child 's birth , and Good Housekeeping boasted a curious advert showing New Man ( Audi safely in the garage ? ) in boxer shorts , cradling new baby , sitting on a German washing machine . |
| 14 | Her dress , cunningly draped around her plump figure , made her look almost voluptuous ; and over her shoulders was carelessly thrown her Persian lamb coat , which made Mrs Frizzell 's eyes glisten with envy . |
| 15 | Boxer was about to remind him that time was getting on but then thought better of it and withdrew . |
| 16 | The wind was already driving them clear of the shore as he raised the sails . |
| 17 | Leith was still wondering what brilliant sense of direction had brought the aggressive male to her door when , in the late afternoon , an extremely apologetic Travis called . |
| 18 | The hon. Member for Tooting was not reading his brief properly ; not 130,000 but 1.3 million houses and flats have been sold under the arrangement . |
| 19 | After around twelve years of what had been almost continuous debate , the recommendations of the Wolfenden Committee were about to reach their legislative conclusion . |
| 20 | Yet as early as this blacks were also making their own films : ‘ race films ’ , shown in all-black theatres during the years of segregation . |
| 21 | The chaps were only trying their best . |
| 22 | SHEFFIELD EAGLES were doubtless declaring themselves unofficial world club champions last night — and it was not the Stones Bitter talking . |
| 23 | The Normans were later to add their own castle , Pevensey Castle , inside the Roman walls . |
| 24 | This stuff about him and Eva was really making me uncomfortable . |
| 25 | They had n't been short of opinions , either , and Dominic Wetherby was now becoming something more than just a name . |
| 26 | Wordsworth was already constructing his own philosophy in a series of blank verse effusions which were incorporated in The Prelude . |
| 27 | The old lady was defiantly wearing her dead husband 's Legion d'honneur about her neck . |
| 28 | was concerned that the Institute was not controlling its own destiny , and that there was conflict between various procedures . |
| 29 | ‘ The Warden was just telling me all the details when this policeman come over , wanted to talk to 'im . |
| 30 | Sir Hugh said loyalists were rapidly developing their bomb-making skills . |