Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 2 | In his mind the CIA had become an evil , many-tentacled monster that was trying to strangle his young nation by every means possible . |
| 3 | There were two scheduled stops on my journey : the first was a company that was going to hold my bulkier items in storage ( a firm that my now ex-landlord had told me about which had some spare space in a lock-up in a basement car park ) ; the second was of course the Palace Hotel where I was going to drop off everything else . |
| 4 | There was so much to achieve and I fretted endlessly about the work that was needed to co-ordinate it all . |
| 5 | The companies were contacted directly and were asked to send their annual and interim reports . |
| 6 | - While the government broke the strike , they were unable to destroy the union and were forced to concede it legal recognition . |
| 7 | One of the mothers said she felt quite sorry for the police officers involved and was tempted to offer them warm drinks to keep out the cold ! |
| 8 | He was in love with Marlene , had left the lovely Mariella and was determined to keep his private life private . |
| 9 | The goddess of truth and justice in Egyptian mythology , Maat was the personification of world order and was determined to impose her own exemplary standards of legality upon wayward mortals . |
| 10 | The Scotch Corner-based driver was beaten in the A series final by Dalton le Dale 's Ian Sandwith and was determined to get his own back in the Superfinal . |
| 11 | Seven times consecutive winner of the Windscale marathon Kevin , who works in Research and Development , has completed three international marathons — Dublin , Belgrade and Reims — and was aiming to beat his last time of two hours 14 minutes . |
| 12 | We may take the ambiguity to imply that Wordsworth was unwilling to admit that the visionary gleam was entirely self-deception , and was trying to have it both ways . |
| 13 | After completing his apprenticeship he suffered a breakdown in health and was compelled to abandon his intended profession . |
| 14 | Born and raised in Merthyr Tydfil , he emigrated to Australia as a young man and worked in the construction industry until he injured his back 12 years later and was forced to reconsider his working future . |
| 15 | She had borrowed a small tape recorder from Jarvis and was going to record her own playing , a critical exercise that she had postponed from day to day . |
| 16 | The band had wanted a major deal for at least two years previously , but were determined to play it cool . |
| 17 | He added that the council , which accepts the transactions were unlawful , was not concerned with the two years of accounts ( 1987-88 and 1988-89 ) at issue in the case but was seeking to ensure its future position . |
| 18 | He was expected to practise for several hours a day , but was entrusted to supervise his own timetable . |
| 19 | Taking a leaf out of her newest role model Joan Collins ’ book , Kylie never again emerged through a customs hall before spending as long as was needed to make herself ready for the waiting world . |