Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [noun sg] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , as West Ham were wasting time the whole match ( until we scored ) , why do referees play the injury/extra time ? |
| 2 | They were having dinner the following day when there was a loud knocking on the front door . |
| 3 | I guess my thought was that , was that in view that there we were doing philosophy the more convergence there would be if we really knew what we were about as philosophers . |
| 4 | He was made sergeant the following year . |
| 5 | How far was combating socialism the prime motive for the Liberal social reforms 1906–14 ? |
| 6 | While Dorian was having breakfast the next morning , Basil Hallward came to see him . |
| 7 | While the Labour conference was taking place the Prime Minister had a trial run with the televising of Parliament . |
| 8 | She told me that the trial of the young man was to take place the following month and that she was , of course , the only witness . |