Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [noun pl] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were raging lions then and England 's name was feared from the northern seas to the Straits of Gibraltar . |
| 2 | The Euro institutionalists see Japan and the United States as if they were multi-national companies rather than countries , and they seem to be trying to respond in kind , as if they were the directors of Europe Ltd . |
| 3 | This is really the heart of my thesis ; the eighteenth-century philosophers said that true men differed from sub-men because they were rational philosophers rather than poets ; the nineteenth-century positivists said that true men differed from sub-men because they were scientists rather than superstitious believers in magic ; I am saying that men are men and not non-men because they have created artistic imagination which is bound up with the use of language and other forms of patterned but arbitrary expression , e.g. dancing and music . |
| 4 | When I lived there , the Soviet Union was labouring in its final throes and the parades were desperate assertions rather than celebrations . |
| 5 | There were other friends too and people she had grown up with . |
| 6 | They were young Communists together after Stephen fled Austria . |
| 7 | However , there were lingering fears yesterday that Nigel Lawson might yet be forced to raise rates even higher if another run on the pound develops because of poor trade figures . |
| 8 | Curry led all the way , and at the half-distance was 49 seconds faster than Boone with Hunter at 2.32 and David Coulter ( Old Bleach CC ) at 3.18 . |
| 9 | Cows and calves inside were led to safety , and it was some hours later that firemen discovered a body in the debris . |
| 10 | It was some months later that Harold and Richard realised that Phil Prior had found a husband elsewhere . |
| 11 | It was 10 years ago that Dr Roubik first discovered that some stingless bees are exclusively carrion-eaters , based on a complete absence of pollen in the nest , and the absence of the usual pollen baskets on the hind legs of workers . |
| 12 | And his first goal tends to get forgotten … but it was 100 times better than Cuntona 's effort a few weeks back , and better than Peles effort … in fact probably the best goal of that type ( 45 yard lobs ) youll ever see . |
| 13 | It was three years ago that Marilyn Hunter met her future husband at a friend 's engagement party . |
| 14 | That was three years ago and Mrs Hilton is now relishing her new role as fundraiser for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society . |
| 15 | It was 5 weeks ago that Murray died after a he received single knife wound to the chest during an incident in Cheltenham town centre . |
| 16 | The pound jumped , the stock market soared , and Chancellor John Major was all smiles today after Britain finally joined the European Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 17 | But Rofe hit back : ‘ Reece 's challenge on Chris Short was a bit late but the ref was ten yards away while County 's manager was 55 yards away . ’ |
| 18 | That was two strokes better than Davis , who went into the final round with a three-stroke advantage over his great county rival . |
| 19 | The new season was two days away and Alex Ferguson , a manager trying to compensate for a previous disappointing campaign , had spent £2.5m on two midfielders , Mike Phelan and Neil Webb . |
| 20 | It was four hours later when Madeleine managed to slip in to Jeanne 's cell . |
| 21 | It was four days later when Black called Sargent Maxwell back into his office . |
| 22 | It was four years ago that Billy Wright was Best Man at his cousin 's wedding and were he first met his future wife . |
| 23 | It was four years ago and Ingrid could n't cope with Adele . |
| 24 | Indeed , the last known Hercules crash was 20 years ago so questions will be asked about this low level exercise . |
| 25 | It was seven miles away and petrol was still rationed . |