Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [conj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Flag printed New Year messages in 1914 from Lansdowne , Bonar Law , Selborne , Austen Chamberlain , Long , Carson , Smith , Steel-Maitland , Lord Edmund Talbot , and George Younger , in that order ; the last three were presumably included as Party Chairman , Chief Whip and Scottish Whip , but the rest of the list may be taken as indicative of a rough order of precedence at that time . |
| 2 | Much time would have been invested in making these fine vessels , and many were apparently viewed as prestige items fit to be placed with burials of the period ( fig. 7.9 ) . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , baser appetites were not neglected and Miss Lewis vouchsafes that ‘ Steve is also a brilliant lover , the very best I have ever known . ’ |
| 4 | Sham-manipulations were not performed because ornament manipulation could not have affected model ‘ behaviour ’ , and there were no visible artefacts of manipulation . |
| 5 | But Roundhay 's chances were not helped when Barry Willis had to be helped off with a leg injury . |
| 6 | Trade unions were not permitted and San Bartolo free zone was like entering a prison — there was barbed wire fencing around the site and a special security force in operation . |
| 7 | The Chemics were finally rewarded when Aussie Julian O'Neill launched a 70-yard movement finished off by David Hulme . |
| 8 | Purplish patches were already forming and Miss Fogerty knew from her first-aid classes that she should really be applying hot and cold water in turn to the damaged joint . |
| 9 | Including part-time workers , the LPU said almost 10million people were low paid and pay rises of 25.8 per cent would be needed to restore them to their relative position in 1979 . |
| 10 | Rother 's woes were further compounded when Richard Whitmore Jones was injured in the first game and took no further part in the match . |
| 11 | His preparations were further boosted when Barry Breen and Gary Mason came through week-end training sessions without mishap having been previously sidelined through injuries . |
| 12 | Nine other people were slightly hurt and parachutist Chris Lomax suffered arm and leg injuries . |
| 13 | All 35 patients with duodenal ulcers were clearly identified as H pylori positive ( 35 positive by culture , 35 positive by histology , 34 positive in the CLO-test ) . |
| 14 | I did not meet him socially until 1975 when we were both invited as guest speakers to the annual dinner of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne division of the Royal Naval Reserves . |
| 15 | Thirteen rare species and 3 introduced species were also discovered and Dr Lassiere is particularly concerned that 8 of the 14 sites where these occurred have no special conservation protection . |
| 16 | Cubicles for accommodation were also needed and Lydney Park provides an excellent example of these provisions . |
| 17 | Parish nature trails were also mentioned and Miss Bellamy said that it was possible to obtain grants towards producing leaflets . |
| 18 | The selectors have long refused to hear a strident case for Carlisle Best , and locals were also miffed that Desmond Haynes was overlooked for the West Indies captaincy . |
| 19 | In an incident-packed game , chances were evenly shared and Barnsley manager Mel Machin said : ‘ We needed that result . |
| 20 | First , we should understand that the political hacks were peeved when he won the overwhelming support of his colleagues to represent them on Labour 's shadow cabinet and they were really gutted when John Smith gave him the Scottish Office to shadow . |
| 21 | Although some of its own experiments were now showing that air pollution in southern England damaged leaves and made them fall early from trees , it could not bring itself to say as much . |
| 22 | At the key Harrogate carpet fair this month , our new ranges were well received and order intake has improved . |
| 23 | The Chinese whispers the next day were even claiming that Paul Smith stormed out of the awards in disgust . |
| 24 | Two bison , painted 15,000 years ago in a cave known as the Grotte de Mayrieres near Bruniquel , France , were virtually erased when Boy Scouts decided to give them a spring clean under the impression that they were graffiti . |
| 25 | St. Brice and St. Martin were closely associated and St. Brice succeeded St. Martin as bishop of Tours in 444 . |
| 26 | Of the courses that were specifically described as management training , 67% of them were carried out by libraries who expected an above average number of programmes for the coming year , who themselves comprised 27% of the sample . |
| 27 | I remember , vividly , the winter of discontent when the trains were never running and hospital workers were dealing only with emergencies , and mountains of rubbish were subsiding into the streets . |
| 28 | The elections were never held and Ho Chi Minh and Diem remained in power . |
| 29 | Mr and Mrs Bourne were told by experts their son 's condition was not genetic , and chemicals were commonly used when Mrs Bourne was pregnant . |
| 30 | After 25 minutes , Hammer 's chances were cruelly hit when Gordon Elliott , their experienced striker , limped off injured , to be replaced by the inexperienced but talented Justin Searle . |