Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and if it , if it were possible to forecast absolutely what the result is going to be , er , scientific research would be much easier . |
| 2 | The Fellows were accustomed to do mostly what the Master , Sir Henry Willink , Bart. , wanted . |
| 3 | Anselm was at this time in exile , so it is clear that the monks , who now had a prior whom Anselm had appointed , were able to do publicly what the Anglo-Saxon enthusiasts had had to do surreptitiously before Anselm 's arrival . |
| 4 | It was before the tapes were published — but it was impossible to make out what the argument was about . ’ |
| 5 | Well I er do n't agree that there has been er understaffing and in the statement which I made to the House today I was able to point out what a very big increase in er the total complement of the prison officers has taken place during recent years , but it 's up to Lord Justice Woolf to look in to whatever evidence is put before him , it 's for him to look at the terms of reference and he will no doubt decide what is relevant and what is not . |