Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since no detailed register of these existed at the point of emancipation , one of the main purposes of the post-1861 charters was to set them down on paper . |
| 2 | Hauser thought the only way to keep his top men on their toes was to play one off against the other : to hint now and again someone else was after ; their job . |
| 3 | She was confused , one of her friends was picking her up at the studios that afternoon , not M. Apéritif , but a doe-eyed Persian who was — he said — training to be an engineer . |
| 4 | Hands was pulling himself up among the sails now , the knife between his teeth . |
| 5 | The only thing on our minds was getting it over with . |