Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [coord] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , baser appetites were not neglected and Miss Lewis vouchsafes that ‘ Steve is also a brilliant lover , the very best I have ever known . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Nine other people were slightly hurt and parachutist Chris Lomax suffered arm and leg injuries . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Cubicles for accommodation were also needed and Lydney Park provides an excellent example of these provisions . |
| 8 | Parish nature trails were also mentioned and Miss Bellamy said that it was possible to obtain grants towards producing leaflets . |
| 9 | In an incident-packed game , chances were evenly shared and Barnsley manager Mel Machin said : ‘ We needed that result . |
| 10 | At the key Harrogate carpet fair this month , our new ranges were well received and order intake has improved . |
| 11 | St. Brice and St. Martin were closely associated and St. Brice succeeded St. Martin as bishop of Tours in 444 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The elections were never held and Ho Chi Minh and Diem remained in power . |
| 14 | By 1980 though , the US contribution had fallen to about one sixth , America 's day of being an oil exporter was long gone and oil dependence on the Middle East had begun . |
| 15 | Keelan was suddenly gone and Nurse Lambert was in her place . |
| 16 | The 15 January deadline set by the UN was not met and Operation Desert Storm began . |
| 17 | It is difficult to believe that she was not embalmed and Elizabeth Southwell , a minor courtier , relates how Lord Cecil ordered it to be done and Clapham , in his Elizabeth of England , states that ‘ The Queen 's body was left in a manner alone a day or two after her death and meane persons [ embalmers ] had access to it . ’ |
| 18 | The movie was quickly forgotten but director Martin Scorsese remembered Pesci and hired him to play Joey La Motta in Raging Bull , for which he was nominated for an Oscar . |
| 19 | Labour 's manifesto was also launched and Mr. Kinnock promised to abolish the Community Charge immediately and replace it with a modified version of the old rates system based on ability to pay . |
| 20 | The stability of the building was also queried and Mr. Fair ‘ absolutely guaranteed it for 200 years ! ’ |
| 21 | Mr Gorbachev was immediately supported and Mr Melnikov wound up apologising . |
| 22 | In contrast , the Australian marsupial fauna has remained isolated by sea and not until late Tertiary times , when Australia-New Guinea had moved close to the Indonesian islands , was even limited and chance colonisation possible of Asian placentals across small water barriers ( Whitmore , 1981 ) . |
| 23 | His shot was well saved but Mark Steen was present for his thirteenth goal of the season . |
| 24 | One of the important things we learnt at art college was how to note and store detail . ’ |
| 25 | He insisted on seeing the Board in person for an explanation of their order ; some accommodation was evidently reached and Mr. Bailey was continued in office for a further year . |
| 26 | St Michael 's Church — ‘ a gem of Baroque Moravian architecture ’ — was firmly shut and St Wenceslas Cathedral , founded in 1109 and rebuilt at the end of the last century on a vast neo-Gothic scale , was dark , impressive and so cold inside it made your head ache . |