Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps she would be angry if , by trying to impose responsibility on her daughter by giving her the vote , we were also taking from her the only comfort which she has , namely that when she is older she will change all that . |
| 2 | His move to the New Forest and the forest itself were vividly described in his The Book of Gorley ( 1910 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I was only thinking about you the other day , David , ’ said his grandmother , settling herself in a high-backed chair , her feet planted firmly on the floral Axminster carpet . |
| 4 | She had hoped for Pascoe 's sake that the MacQuillan affair would fade from his mind , but perhaps his memory was already concealing from him the truth about the killing . |
| 5 | It took three and a half months and I was just wondering about it the whole time and I thought , ‘ Man , it 's either going to be so good that I 'm never going to want to play another guitar , or it 's going to suck . |