Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The match-guising results were interesting because instead of the typical prestige of the standard language , and the attractiveness of a dia You know a If you did R P and say er Cockney , you 'd probably get people saying that their R P was prestigious but the cockney was sort of more you know y more friendly and more attractive accent . |
| 2 | The salute and stamp of boot on bare floor were smarter than normally as a consequence . |
| 3 | In a random sample of women in Camberwell , the researchers found the following relationships between provoking agents and depression , first among a sample of women who were vulnerable and secondly among a sample of women who were not . |
| 4 | I know , I know Brian would n't at least three but , and this , and this was n't really big enough and they use two side by side , whenever they were late or away for a weekend I took over and see to the cats feed , they were sweet erm used to come on the porch and meow at me , it 's my dinner time , come on , just get not time yet , used to come to the porch , and tell me , they used to know when I was n't coming home , how do they do it ? |
| 5 | More persuasively , it has to be borne in mind that these are passages which need to be read in the context not only of the cases in which they were concerned but also of the judgments as a whole . |
| 6 | He thus revealed that he was out of touch with contemporary reality and that the complex dynamics of civilian society were more than ever beyond the grasp of his mechanistic , military mind . |
| 7 | Relations between the Meskhetians and the Uzbek majority had been strained for some time , largely as a result of the poor housing and other conditions in which the Meskhetians had been forced to remain ( many still lived in shanty towns , and levels of unemployment were higher than elsewhere in the republic ) . |
| 8 | Consciousness of all these pressures did not improve Michael Banks 's concentration and , together with fatigue , ensured that the lines were worse than ever on the Friday afternoon run . |
| 9 | I crossed wet ground and came to a long , open piece of sand , then went on to a place where the trees had branches that were thick and close to the sand . |
| 10 | Then she saw that the verandah doors were open and inside in the shade on two wicker-chairs , talking earnestly to one another , were Rosette and Andrée . |
| 11 | Most of the time it was rigid and still under the hot sky but on the occasions when it swayed , though no one noticed a breeze , there was a tiny ticking noise of brittle head against dry stalk . |
| 12 | It was impossible to judge whether she was asking because she was interested or merely for the sake of politeness . |
| 13 | Suddenly its noise was distinct and loud like a tractor coming over the western horizon . |
| 14 | The reaction of my careers adviser at University when I confessed my inclination was gloomy but perhaps at the time realistic : ‘ That 's all very well , but what are you going to do when you grow up ? ’ |
| 15 | Now fully recovered from a hairline crack of the shin , Robson spoke to the England manager , Bobby Robson , this morning to tell him that he had suffered no reaction from the Portsmouth game and was fit and well for the Polish trip . |
| 16 | He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity . |
| 17 | There was a long silence and then a deep sigh from Fernando and when he spoke again his voice was soft and almost at the point of exhaustion . |
| 18 | The geographical standpoint in art was basic until well into the 1940s , and I believe that it will be so again . |
| 19 | She remembered helping in the hotel kitchen when she was ten but nowhere near the Bar . |
| 20 | It was grey and just like an old bag . |
| 21 | Certainly , the British survey researchers saw little or no need for theories ; hard facts were what was important and so with the early opinion researchers in the United States . |
| 22 | But in terms of the preparation for that , in bidding for grant aid , and it was very much tied into a successful bid for grant aid , that was forthcoming but only on the grounds that the scheme was committed by the end of December . |
| 23 | It was hot and still in the little hollow . |
| 24 | And er it was salted and then For a few days , and then it was put in what we called brine , s more salt , and covered and it would be there for six weeks . |
| 25 | This design was not popular with the boatmen as it gave a less comfortable steering position — it was noisier and closer to the exhaust . |
| 26 | The severe depression of 1878 — 83 , which was longer and deeper in the coffee-growing Central Province than elsewhere , had little effect on cattle stealing ( Table 3.6 and Figure 3.1 ) . |
| 27 | The question was often a difficult and delicate one given radically different perceptions of what was necessary or right in the changed circumstances , the different styles of polytechnic directors and their senior staffs , different approaches to organizational development . |
| 28 | As you know I 've er been holding a number of er small meetings with staff er and one of the questions I 've been asking is whether or not there has been a need for the building presentation that we 've done for a couple of years er and generally there was the view expressed that yes it was desirable but perhaps in a different format . |