Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two hundred people were milling about the room ; 20 or 30 of them were hugging each other in greeting . |
| 2 | The two of them were crouched either side of a mass of scrawled diagrams in the dirt . |
| 3 | And a short while before that , while one of them was getting some tools or something from the van , a car drove past quite slowly as if the driver was looking for somewhere . |
| 4 | This group then went on to set up the Teifi Valley Economic and Social Regeneration Project ( TVESRP ) , the aim of which was to undertake more projects which would create employment in that part of Dyfed . |
| 5 | The LCAC advice was produced in April , the effect of which was to reject any extension for rights of audience for the CPS and other employed lawyers and the Advisory Committee concluded that the Law Society 's application was inadequate in certain respects . |
| 6 | Commissioned by Chapman & Hall , not as a novel but as the letterpress for a series of comic designs by Robert Seymour , 4 of which were to appear each month , about a club of sporting characters ; at that date novels were not published in monthly parts , a form commonly used for illustrated works . |
| 7 | Now I love the Labour Party and a lot of what was said this morning was painful . |
| 8 | It seems that the whole force has been under the direct comd of General Loehr , until contact with him was lost many days ago . " |
| 9 | In it were tucked all manner of bills , receipts and postcards bearing on the activities of the club . |
| 10 | To them was born another child , Malekith , who was to become the most hated of Elves . |
| 11 | About the most exciting thing that happened to me was knocking some ink over . |
| 12 | Breakfast was served in a long , low-ceilinged room , with a deep fireplace , on which were roasting several animals which Snodgrass said , in an awed whisper to Fenella , were oxen . |
| 13 | According to an early eighteenth-century edition of an early Han source , it was reported of the emperor Wen that he ‘ acquired a drinking cup of jade , on which was carved this inscription : ‘ Master of Mankind , may Thy Life be prolonged to the great delight of this world ! |
| 14 | And so Mr. Green , I think it was Chris Green , had to he was chairing that meeting and had a double vote . |
| 15 | We 'd sit around chatting for a bit then go on to whatever was happening that evening . |