Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , you were out in the kitchen erm he went and I thought oh do n't you dare |
| 2 | Three weeks went by and we were back at the vet 's surgery . |
| 3 | Two hours later we were back at the Aiguille du Midi . |
| 4 | Er , once the , the man was down on the floor er he placed his hands into the small of his back . |
| 5 | His telephone rang almost at once ; he was through to the chief 's personal assistant , a grey-haired lady of vast experience who monitored and sometimes modulated communication ( other than face to face ) between the chief and the outside world — including his policemen . |
| 6 | After the show had ended , the black Cizeta on display was off to the company 's first client in Singapore , who 'll be $630,000 lighter for the privilege of owning the world 's only V16-engined production car . |
| 7 | Now I was up with the world 's elite sprinters , with Ben and Carl , Calvin and Dennis . |
| 8 | But Gregory , he came down to the er to the base , and then I went out , you see and er er he he was back at the base whil whil whilst this was going on . |
| 9 | Very soon he was back at the Friar 's side . |
| 10 | CHIRPY Les Dawson was back in a dame 's frock yesterday for a knees up with Linda Lusardi . |
| 11 | SNOOKER star Neal Foulds was back in the winners ' enclosure at Motherwell last night after a four-year wait . |
| 12 | That section states that a person convicted of taking without consent is liable to pay compensation for any — and I emphasise that word — damage to the property ’ occurring while it was out of the owner 's possession ’ and that such damage is to be treated as ’ having resulted from the offence , however and by whomsoever' the damage was caused . ’ |
| 13 | An architect on holiday in the Scottish Highlands was out for an afternoon 's hill walking . |
| 14 | I was out at a friend 's house , we were opening a bottle of beer , the top had jammed , and I stuck it in the heel of the door to get the top off , and it exploded , I suppose it was too shaken up with everyone handling it . |
| 15 | On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed . |