Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When plans for the NHS reforms were announced I quickly became an enthusiastic advocate of general practitioner fundholding , the purchaser-provider split , and the contract system . |
| 2 | The small family-owned firms in Illinois , Wisconsin and Florida that were to make it up had an annual turnover of $5m-6m between them in 1968 . |
| 3 | I think that he was pulling himself down to touch the pit of his character . |
| 4 | The growing mistrust with which the nuclear industry was surrounding itself now had a clear target . |
| 5 | ‘ You wo n't remember , but all the time I was racing I also ran a construction business . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'ad ter spin the geezer a tale that I was usin' it ter move a poor family out o' the buildin 's where I live . ’ |
| 7 | The latter , built of brick and glass in the functional and unelaborate manner of the early 1970s , were originally planned to occupy adjacent premises but the numbers of infant children were such that another larger building was needed which now stands a few hundred , wind-swept , yards away . |
| 8 | Looking back at the crowd at the foot of the great stone double staircase , she suddenly caught sight of the familiar blonde head of her daughter and called the nursemaid , who was holding her up to get a better view of all the excitement , to bring her over . |
| 9 | Erm but erm he was saying he now sees the weaknesses in and how , how pathetic are governments are . |
| 10 | No existing test was found which precisely suited the team 's purposes , so one which , though useful , was not entirely suitable for dementia sufferers living at home , was adapted . |
| 11 | Between these two ranges a large structural basin was created which now forms the high plateau of the Altiplano . |
| 12 | Either the message was not passed on , or it was ignored which indeed shows the power secretaries wield . |
| 13 | After labyrinthine inquiries , it was discovered he once photographed a series of ducumentaries of which the Government disapproved . |
| 14 | But Rufus tells them they should n't get within six feet of their prisoners , and they both hang their heads sideways like he was telling them how to open a can of beer . |
| 15 | In the 1980s a process was begun which greatly accelerated the progress towards creating a Common Market . |
| 16 | We shall miss his humour , his smile , his sometimes quite brilliant prose and always remember that if the name was mentioned it always brought a smile , and that is what we shall remember . |
| 17 | When Headway Intermediate was published it quickly became a firm favourite with students and teachers alike . |
| 18 | However , new public order legislation was promulgated which effectively allowed the Secretary for the Interior to continue to detain individuals on a wide range of grounds . |