Example sentences of "[det] [coord] [pron] [was/were] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's punishment , yeah , they would either do that or there was one driver down there he broke a wheel , that were n't his fault , and he had to pay for it , he had to go in the office like I did once . |
| 2 | Employers were in no position to refuse this and there were certain advantages to them in not having disputes with their contractors over minor issues . |
| 3 | The construction and development industry is best known for this and there were notable scandals in the 1970s which linked architects ( such as John Poulson ) , who were highly dependent on local authority orders , to key local politicians ( such as T. Dan Smith ) , who had some influence over their allocation . |
| 4 | Jackie he was he was looking he was for something and he was looking for something in a hurry and I could n't find out I like T-shirts in one pile sweat shirts in another pullovers in another jeans in another but they were all sort of |
| 5 | Two LEAs provided six schools each and there were four schools from each of the remaining LEAs . |
| 6 | ( c ) Recalculate the two profit figures from ( b ) above assuming that all data remain the same except that , on 31 December Year 43 , Bergman Ltd had purchased an additional 1,000 units of Game X at £10.00 each and there were 3,000 units of Game X in stock on that date . |
| 7 | Well it 's quite fun just going off for the odd day cos then he goes off to see Ian , he enjoys that but it was two afternoons last week cos I did Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon |