Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various people were due to address them at various moments , in particular Winston . |
| 2 | She peered at its various buttons and dials and wondered if it were possible to wreck it by unintentional mis-setting . |
| 3 | That had been rather exciting and they were prepared to recount it at considerable length until Narouz intervened and told them to shut up . |
| 4 | His view of the visible church , for example , was much wider than that of even Whitgift , as he appeared to argue that since Christ had died for all , all men and women — including Roman Catholics — were potentially part of the visible church , and as such should be offered the sacrament of the eucharist , if they were prepared to receive it in good faith . |
| 5 | Yeah but you were supposed to put it in last night , not this morning . |
| 6 | Cycling in you know , and of course because nobody else wanted the job , sometimes we were supposed to share it with another , and nearly everybody else , except me , would be too big you see . |
| 7 | I had pulled the team together by the second half , and Sporting found us a very different proposition and were lucky to hold us to 0–0 . |
| 8 | The one indisputable fact these studies revealed is that the majority of those interviewed were not familiar with the extent of , or damage caused by , corporate crime and amongst the ‘ knowledgeable ’ minority , few were able to define it with any precision . |
| 9 | Fortunately , her relatives were able to move her to another home which was cheaper : that is an increasingly common practice . |
| 10 | Three days later , on 23rd. , the Stukas returned to the skies over Malta , and on this occasion the defences were able to engage them without undue fighter interference , although Plt.Off . |
| 11 | Because we reinterviewed the same people at different times throughout the year , we were able to divide them into persistent readers of Tory tabloids , persistent readers of Labour tabloids , persistent readers of broadsheets and , finally , those who changed papers or read no paper regularly . |
| 12 | The enzymes are specialized proteins which enable the body to carry out at body heat and atmospheric pressure complex reactions which , if man were able to reproduce them at all , would require high temperatures and high pressures to accomplish . |
| 13 | The police were anxious to charge him with this as well . |
| 14 | The survival of many stone walls and buildings , and especially churches , from the centuries of this book , testifies that even before the mid twelfth century their wealth and pride and religious sentiment were sufficient to beautify them in lasting materials — and often , and especially with the smaller ones , their condition reflects the declining prosperity of later centuries which saved their older buildings from being replaced . |
| 15 | All we know is that Nicola was due to meet him at nine o'clock and that he did n't turn up . |
| 16 | Coffin furniture was also exported to the colonies , it being so cheap to buy that it was unnecessary to produce it in far-flung corners of the Empire . |
| 17 | ‘ I certainly sha n't speak to her until she starts replying to my letters , ’ said Lord Grubb , cued in so that it was possible to say it at last . |
| 18 | The DEA was free to use it for any covert operation it wished , but if anything went wrong , Hurley could always say , ‘ Oh , you mean that Cypriot boat . ’ |
| 19 | This anonymous peasant sensed intuitively the lack of communication between the centre and the grass roots , and was prepared to overcome it through personal effort . |
| 20 | From the presence of enlarged joints and marine gastropods on these shelves , he was prepared to attribute them to marine action since the sea has stood at its present level . |
| 21 | Dr Neil — she could not think of him as Neil — was careful to hold her in such a way that she felt no restraint , although his own self-control was slowly beginning to slip . |
| 22 | His face filled with sly mockery , he allowed his eyes to slide insultingly over her , and a sneer pulled at his mouth as he said softly , ‘ Maybe I was wrong to ditch you after all . |
| 23 | Cassie was content to leave it at that . |
| 24 | ‘ I was supposed to take you in dead , ’ muttered K ! sdra sullenly . |
| 25 | I was supposed to use it for 20 minutes on each side in between Holly 's feeds , which were every two or three hours anyway . |
| 26 | I could have done with it , I could n't get on the bloo they got this internal bus service that runs from each college , cos you have to go to the other colleges for your lectures , and I just sort , there 's not enough , and you , you get turned away , and I just thought , I went for that bus Tuesday morning , I was supposed to get it at eight fifteen , and he just said sorry , no more room . |
| 27 | Travis was quick to deny it with one of his charming smiles . |
| 28 | He drove himself hard , expecting his workforce to do the same , but he was quick to provide them with social benefits — housing in 1901 and 1908 , a hospital and benefit scheme in 1917 , holidays with pay , and a consultative board of directors and workers ' representatives in 1927 . |
| 29 | It seemed that the Prime Minister was unable to dismiss her Chancellor , but was unable to invest him with full confidence either . |
| 30 | In all my life there have been very few occasions when I badly wanted more money and that was one of them , because on my wage of three shillings a day as an AC2 I was unable to drape her with expensive clothes . |