Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I was having little joy with the fine slub yarns in different colours . |
| 2 | Its a , during the course of the time of the crucifixion , Jesus is on the cross and its says there , there were two others also who were criminals , were being lead away to be put to death with Jesus and they came to the place called The Skull , there they crucified him and the criminals one on the right and the other on the left , but Jesus was saying father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing , and they cast locks divided up his garments among themselves and the people stood by and looking on and even the rulers was sneering at him excuse me , and even the rulers were sneering at him saying he saved others , let him save himself if this is the Christ of god , his chosen one , and the soldiers also mocked him , coming up to him offering sour wine and saying if your the king of the Jews save yourself now there was also an inscription above him , this is the kind of the Jews , and one of the criminals who was hanged there was hurling abut at him and saying you are not the Christ , save yourself and us , but the other answered and rebuking him said do you not even fear god , since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed justly for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds , but this man has done nothing wrong and he was say , and he was saying Jesus remember me when you come in your kingdom , Jesus said to him truly I say to you today you shall be with me in paradise I wonder if you 've ever been in that awful position of facing of what you thought was certain death perhaps you were seriously ill and er , there seemed little hope of your recovery , perhaps you were facing some danger , some , some risk and it seemed almost certain that short of a miracle you were gon na die , I wonder what sort of thoughts would have been going through your mind , maybe w , may well be that you were with other people , I wonder what sort of things if you were in a condition of speaking , what sort of things you would of been saying to them . |
| 3 | Perhaps you were facing some danger , some , some risk and it seemed almost certain that short of a miracle you were gon na die . |
| 4 | So we were doing this music which was away from the pop stuff that was around . |
| 5 | Whose arms went out first they would never know , but suddenly they were holding each other tightly , their mouths hungry for each other . |
| 6 | In that square place that was over there , it was a pantry , some of them were so fused together they were holding each other . |
| 7 | Of all the men in Chung Kuo , only he was allowed this richness , this lifelong measure of perfection . |
| 8 | I therefore reminded him that the Emperor had authorized my journey , and told him that whether his soldiers came with me or not I was leaving that afternoon . |
| 9 | Soon we were making more money than the car company was losing . |
| 10 | I mean presumably you was born this side of the river ? |
| 11 | All at once she was wishing that Desmond was with her . |
| 12 | Mr Robert Sheldon , chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee , said yesterday he was seeking more documents from the Department of Trade after Monday 's hearing when he cross-examined Sir Peter Gregson , the permanent secretary at the ministry . |
| 13 | With my family growing up I was needing more money and er that 's when I decided I would apply for a foreman 's job at . |
| 14 | Later I was to see this body investigating a syllabus elsewhere . |
| 15 | Later I was to find this sort of coincidence recurring . |
| 16 | A day or two later she was to receive another surprise so far as animals were concerned when the ginger kitten , more adventurous than his brothers , found his way into the cabin where the Dalmatian was suckling her pups and joined in the free feast . |
| 17 | Later we were to have several talks , but when I first arrived sick and ill and my GP went through the diagnosis , his greatest concern was to get me into the hands of a good specialist which he did with the utmost speed . |
| 18 | Bodo and I had been watching a bodysurfing video starring Mark Cunningham , but when Ace found out I was writing some articles about the North Shore he insisted on an immediate full-scale press conference . |
| 19 | Anyone else would be tearing their hair out trying to work out who was perpetrating such deeds , but you know who 's doing it ! ’ |
| 20 | I know just now when I came in just now you were doing some housework . |
| 21 | They had left her at school as long as they could , because they did n't know what to do with her ; but now she was to take this course and later get a job on a newspaper . |
| 22 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |
| 23 | Amery was convinced of the need to introduce a scheme of family allowance even if , in the interest of economy , it was limited to third and subsequent children ; and now he was finding more support for that view from the Conservative benches as well as from other parties . |
| 24 | Well I was reading that article in the Sunday Times with you and the chap who 's the champion said he liked it because it 's like chess and bridge . |
| 25 | Er well I was doing all kinds really there was a staff then and of servants but I was lo I was er looking after the old lady more than anything . |
| 26 | Well they were bubbling this morning , I think mainly because of Saturday , when it r we were reall the whole club was lifted through Saturday afternoon because something was shown that erm has n't been shown for quite a while here . |
| 27 | Well they were bubbling this morning , I think mainly because of Saturday , when it r we were reall the whole club was lifted through Saturday afternoon because something was shown that erm has n't been shown for quite a while here . |
| 28 | And not only have they consumed practically a quart of maple ice-cream , but just before I came in here they were ordering some pizzas ! |
| 29 | Increasingly it was reported that gold was being reconverted into cash , which was then deposited in new saving accounts offering high rates of interest . |
| 30 | Well it was looking that way , as Glenn Hoddle closed in to shoot . |