Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stars who were nothing to do with the film but stuck their necks out anyway included Sharon ( Basic Instinct ) Stone and Jason ( Beverly Hills 90210 ) Priestley . |
| 2 | She had known when she set eyes on them that they were nothing to do with the Smoke and nothing to do with the expedition that was preparing . |
| 3 | We were nothing to do with the prison camp or the escaped prisoners . |
| 4 | Were I inclined to a sense of responsibility , this factor alone would go no small way towards vitiating it . |
| 5 | would be unwise for us in analysing our 1983 data to treat the unemployed in the same way as in 1972 without at least considering whether this might not seriously distort our results ; more specifically , it would seem important to examine what effect it would have on he 1983 mobility [ results ] if unemployment , or at all events long-term unemployment , were itself regarded as a mobility ‘ status ’ or outcome . |
| 6 | Were you beaten as a child ? |
| 7 | And were you visited by the peddler the pack-man character |
| 8 | Were you thinking about a child who could own er |
| 9 | Were you thinking of a trust ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If you knew the batteries were in this cupboard what were you mooching in the bedroom for ? ’ |
| 11 | And w how much were you getting as an electrician then ? |
| 12 | What what kind of food did you get , and where were you living at the time ? |
| 13 | And so were you born as an animal ? |
| 14 | Were you scrabbling about the floor ? |
| 15 | But they were on this bonus system you know , they were you know on the bonus but they were n't quarry men . |
| 16 | And were you issued with a weapon ? |
| 17 | And were you issued with a weapon ? |
| 18 | ‘ What were you talking to the professor about ? ’ |
| 19 | For example : A : Why were you sitting in the town hall fountain , with a goldfish bowl over your head ? |
| 20 | Was it , were you married at the time ? |
| 21 | ‘ What were you offering as an inducement ? ’ |
| 22 | And where were you working at the time ? |
| 23 | What were you doing during the conversation ? |
| 24 | ‘ What were you doing on the bus ? |
| 25 | See if you can conjure up a picture of you being successful — what were the events , what were your thoughts and feelings , and what were you doing at the time ? |
| 26 | ‘ What were you doing in the museum ? ’ he asked , ignoring her taunt . |
| 27 | Were you waiting for the school |
| 28 | Why were you waiting in the garden ? ’ |
| 29 | It is true that , characteristically , he was about to cadge a lift ; but lift or no lift , most elevated academics of those ( and these ) days when accosted by some unknown student would look at him as if he were something deposited on the pavement in contravention of the local by laws . |
| 30 | Were we designed on a drawing board too , and were our parts assembled by a skilled engineer ? |