Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 2 | I would n't get the opportunity to find out who else was calling me at the same time . |
| 3 | But someone was saying something at the same time as Lord Boddy , making him falter and finally stop in midstride . |
| 4 | Barbara Coleman was saying something about the former beauty of the garden and its decline , but wondering aloud whether it was fair to say decline because what was happening was that the garden was returning to nature , and further wondering whether it was really and truly nature because some of the plants were not native to the region and did not entirely belong there , and then wondering whether that was not a strange remark to come from one who had made Provence her home for so long that she felt quite a part of the landscape . |
| 5 | ‘ Especially if he was doing it with a few friends . ’ |
| 6 | Because what Niki was doing-the subject was Niki 's contract and terms for 1977 — was putting himself on the same level as Enzo . |
| 7 | Hence , the ‘ Bow-Wave Phenomenon ’ turned into the ‘ Barrack Square Syndrome ’ , in which the only way to mop up money was to spend it on a few quickly and easily let contracts , like refurbishing barrack squares and military roads ! |