Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Corporal was also carrying his trusty parang . |
| 2 | Boxer was about to remind him that time was getting on but then thought better of it and withdrew . |
| 3 | The wind was already driving them clear of the shore as he raised the sails . |
| 4 | Leith was still wondering what brilliant sense of direction had brought the aggressive male to her door when , in the late afternoon , an extremely apologetic Travis called . |
| 5 | After around twelve years of what had been almost continuous debate , the recommendations of the Wolfenden Committee were about to reach their legislative conclusion . |
| 6 | The old lady was defiantly wearing her dead husband 's Legion d'honneur about her neck . |
| 7 | was concerned that the Institute was not controlling its own destiny , and that there was conflict between various procedures . |
| 8 | ‘ The Warden was just telling me all the details when this policeman come over , wanted to talk to 'im . |
| 9 | At a time when capitalism was evidently ruining its working classes , could a state afford to do without a reservoir of healthy countrymen from which to recruit the towns ? |
| 10 | The drizzle was already soaking it darker . |
| 11 | Her husband was away visiting his ailing mother , and the rest of the family was out . |
| 12 | In other words , on the divorce question the Roman catholic clerical leadership were still using their joint authority , which is legitimate in the eyes of the majority in the Southern state , to press into civil legislation their views of public morality , and to use the informed conscience of the faithful as the primary vehicle . |
| 13 | From the need to produce videos of Virgin artists came the idea of distributing them on a commercial basis as well through their own distribution company ; and within two years Virgin were busily developing their own , European version of MTV , Music Box . |
| 14 | I have cheated a bit by not mentioning them until now , but the first mention of women by the union does not actually occur until late January and early February , that is when the strike was already entering its final phase . |
| 15 | Still , David was also an honest and capable footballer and , even if his Palace career was not to reach his previous level , he played some useful games for us and was probably at his best in the autumn of 1983 , when he also scored some valuable goals , including one late winner against his home town club , Cardiff City . |
| 16 | Conceivably he may have thought in 1921–2 that previous peasant intransigence was now receiving its just reward . |
| 17 | The FO and the Government were n't doing anything effective and , worse , they seemed proud of it . |
| 18 | If a firm was not maximising its future cash flows , and hence its value , an opportunity opened up for a bid . |
| 19 | Topaz was trying to pretend that this man was n't making her weak at the knees . |
| 20 | The man was now working his right foot out of its slipper . |
| 21 | It also demanded the immediate lifting of the ban on political activity , claiming that the government was openly organizing its political forces under the name of " The Eagle Club " . |
| 22 | Despite widespread protests , the government was about to launch its third structural adjustment programme in May 1991 . |
| 23 | Buddie was still wearing his working clothes , though his big wellington boots with the turned-down tops were standing in the yard outside the kitchen door . |
| 24 | Her eyes were red and puffy and the remnant of a tear was still moistening her left cheek . |
| 25 | Francis realized that the Doctor was about to do something wrong . |
| 26 | ‘ The little girl in the film Poltergeist had her audience sitting on the edge of their seats when she revealed to her family that the strange creatures from the TV were back to haunt them all . |
| 27 | The only problem was how to set them loose in a manner not too blatantly contravening all the rules of civilized warfare . |
| 28 | His voice had grown hushed and childish with wonder and his eyes filled , looking back to record this playful divination which might yet predict a future far removed from the cloister , which in any case was already losing its visionary charm for him . |
| 29 | However , my presence was clearly unsettling its regular inhabitants so I decided it was time to make a move — and time to confront Charles Howard . |
| 30 | ‘ You had it all wrong — your mother was just doing her silly act , like these avant-garde artists . |