Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] were [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recently watched Dorothy Heathcote , halfway through a lesson on preparing for robbing a bank , release some junior school pupils into a free-play experience where they were to go down a manhole and then search the sewers under the bank . |
| 2 | The main thing was that we were picking up a lot of hawking know-how , even if we did look ridiculous . |
| 3 | A few months ago NME cover stars SEAN HUGHES and CATHAL COUGHLAN announced that they were bringing out an LP together . |
| 4 | The rumour was that they were to give up the siege and have their contracts revoked before Christmas . |
| 5 | Though he could n't hear them , Trent knew that they were setting up a race . |
| 6 | In a statement broadcast on national radio , the soldiers , who appeared to be led by Capt. Valentine Strasser , announced that they were setting up a National Provisional Defence Council . |
| 7 | Conservationists criticized the Spanish authorities for failing to take sufficient measures to rescue oiled seabirds , and suggested that they were covering up the extent of the damage . |
| 8 | She was fanning her cheeks desultorily when she realised with a start that they were pulling off the road and Niall was bringing the car to a halt . |
| 9 | Politically it was the awakening of these groups which was most important , for as Professor Christie has concluded : |
| 10 | One evening in mid-April , Dr Jaffery and I were walking down the Chandni Chowk heading towards the doctor 's rooms in the Ghazi-ud-Din Medresse . |
| 11 | If I were taking on a new act , their ability to perform on stage would be second only to the quality of their songwriting . |
| 12 | If I were to draw up a spec list of preferred bass amp facilities , the resulting layout would probably look similar to the Hartke 's : uncluttered and functional . |
| 13 | If she were to climb up the hillock and semaphore with her flags the signals would be clearly outlined against the sky . |
| 14 | er If it 's an emergency case — if you were bringing in a sick relative who you were wishing to have admitted to our accident and emergency department , you can park your car right outside the front door and bring your relative in . |
| 15 | If you were to draw up the specification for the ideal material for electronic engineering , I guess it would be something combining the properties of the perfect conductor , the perfect insulator and the ideal semiconductor . |
| 16 | In reality you just invent a tale , as if you were sitting round a fire in a cave . ’ |
| 17 | Discuss how your analysis would have been altered if you were carrying out the analysis on behalf of a prospective shareholder . |
| 18 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 19 | He 'd whistle and all the horses would run over to us ; and there we were surrounded by these great horses , and we were holding up the babies to them ! |
| 20 | And we did n't know we could see her and we were looking out the window going and he was there looking , put his sunglasses on to see . |
| 21 | Below the nesting area the slopes were rich with vegetation , enriched by bird-droppings , and we were climbing up the slope when we became aware that a polar bear with a big cub was ‘ grazing ’ on the slope . |
| 22 | I mean , and we were going down every day to see her when she was |
| 23 | Erm , the oil company continue to invest in capital expenditure , as it should do and er , most of that is spent between services , drilling and , and radar and at , Tussauds we continue to invest er , Alton Towers has got er , the Ghost House opening today and the Runaway Train and we were finishing off the Marylebone Road project , which is a very big , big project involving er , re the complete refurbishment er , new shops and a view right there in the basement . |
| 24 | The town ended sharply , and we were driving along a bumpy lane through the jungle at reckless speed . |
| 25 | If we were to carry out a similar survey in the future and recording conversations would you be willing to take part ? |
| 26 | For as well as suggesting that if we were to give up the view that most actions are autonomous we should have to give up a great deal else as well , it asserts that this transformation of our attitudes is actually beyond us . |
| 27 | Of course , if we were to add up the term in every market/island in the economy we would have the answer zero — the markets with below-average demand cancel out those with above-average demand . |
| 28 | If we were carrying out a similar survey in the future , recording conversations , would you be willing to take part ? |
| 29 | If we were to wind up the POWs fund and pay out the money once and for all to all POWs that we could find , we could run into severe problems in the next 10 to 15 years as these chaps get very old and need help even more . |
| 30 | That 's why , and they were smoking out the window , er , up here . |