Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the other two were my fault for changing the bike . |
| 2 | That were their logic in saving an animal 's life . |
| 3 | It was their way of expressing the saying , ‘ If you ca n't beat them , join them . ’ |
| 4 | It was their way of celebrating the belated arrival of the all male American dance troupe . |
| 5 | This was their way of making the celebrated assertion that quantum mechanics does not allow a separation between observer and the system observed . |
| 6 | The only reason affluent Victorians did not physically explode like Henry VIII ( after he was dead , naturally ) was their habit of heaping the dinner table with exotic greenery . |
| 7 | A and was the er was their method of operating the dumper in accordance with the site safety plan ? |
| 8 | It was her single-mindedness in keeping the show perfect that resulted in some very blunt speaking which some found hard to take . |
| 9 | Then suddenly , while aware she had told him that she did not love Travis , she realised that here was her chance of clouding the issue of who it was that she did love . |
| 10 | Wednesday was her day for replacing the flowers , and this morning she was carrying a small tissue-wrapped bunch of pink roses and one of small white chrysanthemums . |
| 11 | If she did n't like it then it was her fault for rocking the boat . |
| 12 | Mountbatten 's especial qualification in Attlee 's eyes for the job of viceroy was his success in getting the Burmese nationalists to come in on the British side in the closing stages of the war ; it was Attlee 's firm belief in later life , as indeed it was Mountbatten 's , that if Mountbatten had been left in charge in Rangoon , Burma would never have left the Commonwealth . |
| 13 | It was crucial to his remarkable success in winning the nomination of his party ; without that asset it is most unlikely that he would have secured his narrow victory over Gerald Ford , but it was his insistence on remaining an outsider in spirit that limited his accomplishments in office . |
| 14 | This was his responsibility for protecting the rights , lands , and privileges of the church of Canterbury . |
| 15 | He was an exacting colleague , and college meetings lasted for hours as he reminisced about the past ; but it was his way of educating the fellows in the traditions of the college . |
| 16 | ‘ It was his way of doing a Christian act . ’ |
| 17 | Less dramatic but far commoner was his habit of inserting a prohibition on religious houses trying cases of arson , rape , murder , and theft . |
| 18 | That was our prize for writing an essay , but he was a human being , this this teacher , he seemed to be so friendly towards us , you know . |