Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three reasons were given for his signing the interview notes : he had toothache ; he was tired and subdued ; and he was afraid that his solicitor might be reprimanded again . |
| 2 | Menem subsequently met President Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia in La Paz on Dec. 14 where bilateral agreements were signed including one covering the purchase of Bolivian natural gas . |
| 3 | ‘ I was resigned to him missing the return leg , but he has recovered remarkably quickly . |
| 4 | The bread supplied by Benjamin Maulden was ‘ very indifferently baked ’ and the house surgeon was to write to him expressing the Board 's dissatisfaction — which was extended to a Mr. Bentham , whose bread was found to be underweight . |
| 5 | We began to discuss what should be done and how I would manage to support the children , and if , from time to time , I had the feeling that something was wrong , it was only in a distant , elusive way , as if I was listening to someone playing a piano on the other side of the road and hearing occasionally , but only occasionally , a wrong note . |
| 6 | And she was silenced as one watching the rerun of an all too familiar catastrophe beyond change . |
| 7 | His vanity was exemplified by his taking a house at 36 Little St Martin 's Street ( once Sir Isaac Newton 's , and later rented by the celebrated Dr Burney and his daughter Frances , Madame D'Arblay , author of the once popular novel Evalina ) which was far beyond his means . |
| 8 | Following on from our silver award in 1991 , we were very pleased that our excellent safety record in 1992 was recognised by our achieving the RoSPA gold award which was presented in May of this year . |
| 9 | The delay in starting the course until January was caused by her leaving an interval of a few months before approaching Oxford . |
| 10 | Donal was standing beside her wearing a very sheepish grin . |
| 11 | See , when we get the pre-fab , we get this little titchy bit of space round the edge , so I was thinking of us having a garden . ’ |