Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An aide to Mr Yeltsin said a draft of a new constitution prepared on behalf of the president would be presented to Congress today that would put the emergency powers he was granted last autumn on a permanent basis . |
| 2 | It would put the emergency powers he was granted last autumn on a permanent basis . |
| 3 | An aide to Mr Yeltsin said a draft of a new constitution prepared on behalf of the president would be presented to Congress today that would put the emergency powers he was granted last autumn on a permanent basis . |
| 4 | With forty picked men he was given special powers ; 228 wagons were needed , but only thirty had been sent to Siberia . |
| 5 | When he finally rejoined the others he was carrying several samples of rock , and there was very little light left . |
| 6 | window and I sort of pinged the cat 's tray , you know , if I shut the door and walked back in and hid the paint on the side , and on a couple of occasions he was painting that window and suddenly this cat appeared outside |