Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he said the they were pressing him for completion that very minute . |
| 2 | Jack Charlton and Billy Bingham were spouting nothing but platitudes last night , leaving the Dublin public to count punts and what sounded suspiciously like chickens before the Republic of Ireland 's historic World Cup tie against their northern neighbours at Lansdowne Road this afternoon . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I thought the idea was to see everybody in action first . ’ |
| 4 | Japanese records suggest that Kim was opposing them in May 1929 . |
| 5 | Number 60 's wife was shouting something at number 60 's children . |
| 6 | After a couple of minutes , one of them returned and placed a hand on Beattie 's shoulder and said that he was arresting him under Section 10 and Schedule 1 of the Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act . |
| 7 | David , feeling that he was learning nothing at Newtown Comprehensive and that his parents ' lives were increasingly centred on London , took a unilateral decision ; he left Clogau , moved into the family flat in Chelsea and enrolled at Holland Park Comprehensive , the most renowned , free-thinking state school of the day . |
| 8 | And er I was showing it to chap next to me , tall chap , he took a fatherly interest in showing me how to work you know when foreman was out and er ooh he said there 's a bloody Taffy . |
| 9 | Colonel Goreng was to entertain them at home that evening . |
| 10 | As a result , a new resort , Yulara , was constructed which as Fig. 8.3 shows is 19 km from the rock itself and 37 km from the Olgas . |