Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [was/were] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some fundholders did switch hospitals for some specialties where they were promised a better or a cheaper service . |
| 2 | They returned to North Coates where they were to share a rented house with another officer and his wife . |
| 3 | They left , somewhat sheepishly , and followed Finnan into a tiny , grubby kitchen where he was setting a water-filled pot over the fire . |
| 4 | In 1867 Newman Hall visited America , or at least the northern states , where he was assured a warm welcome because of his support of the North during the recent war . |
| 5 | Five minutes before kick-off , Leicester goalkeeper Carl Muggleton went down in agony with a slipped disc and Hoult was ordered from the stand , where he was eating a hot dog . |
| 6 | In fact , he rarely came out of Bath and Wells , where he was proving a conscientious diocesan , predictably of a brisk administrative turn of mind . |
| 7 | He may have reassured himself of the contnuing power of his charisma during recent tours of the south , where he was given a rapturous welcome . |
| 8 | He was taken to the hospital by police , where he was given a great deal of medicine and became unconscious . |
| 9 | Where it was melting a huge pile of boulder clay was built up , as a terminal moraine . |
| 10 | We could n't get a babysitter , so I was expecting a cold TV dinner thrown at my head when I rolled back . |
| 11 | My two main subjects were English and music , so I was spending a large part of every day doing the things I loved most . |
| 12 | That is left for members of the host community to do , as it busies itself ghettoizing the minority ; and as it ghettoizes it mumbles , and if you listen carefully you can just discern beneath the self-righteousness , the self-congratulation , the following : ‘ Okay , okay , so you were having a hard time in your own country . |
| 13 | Where once you were making a conscious effort to cast long and accurately and were aware of the amount of punch you needed to put into the strike , you will find that with experience you begin to do these things quite naturally . |
| 14 | The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose . |
| 15 | The prices crash has resulted in used hot hatchbacks selling for up to £1,000 less than they were fetching a few months ago , according to Mr Tom Atkins , general manager of BRS Car Auctions , Stoke . |
| 16 | Although he was paid a handsome salary by GE to be a morale booster and public relations spokesman , it should not be assumed that his role was merely that of a glad hander , a retired film star capitalizing on a fading reputation . |
| 17 | And in fact that showed no relief to the A sixty one at all in that it was quicker for traffic to actually pass er through on the A sixty one going to the to the traffic model and the all the assumptions built into it , er than it was to use a southern bypass er out to the inner northern route and then back to the A sixty one south of Killinghall . |
| 18 | On a more general level it is possible to say that since painting is in any case an art of illusion , in so far as it conveys sensations of volume and depth on a two-dimensional surface , it was easier for the Cubists to break with traditional conventions , to push the ‘ illusion ’ one step further , and to invent a new pictorial language , than it was to find a new way of dealing with the solid , tangible forms themselves . |
| 19 | Although his voice rides the airwaves as fresh as it ever did , he admits that physically he is past his prime : arthritis brings him recurring pain in his legs although he has already lived 18 months longer than he was told a 60-a-day smoking habit would allow . |
| 20 | If I were wearing a next-to-nothing nightie and he was sitting on my bed , I 'd be having serious trouble breathing too ! |
| 21 | Erm and , and very enjoyable days they were , but erm I think if I were to plan a big party , or an anniversary or something like that , and I 'd hope those would be jolly enjoyable days too . |
| 22 | It 's the sort of ’ You stupid boy , stop trying to drown yourself ’ speech I can imagine I would deliver if I were dragging a recalcitrant lad back to land . |
| 23 | If I were to use a fine grained canvas the paint would become thick and unworkable . |
| 24 | I would not want to change even if I were offered a British-sounding voice . |
| 25 | If I were interviewing a new act , I would try to ascertain their sheer punishment factor . |
| 26 | ‘ If I was designing a one-off house , I would make acoustics a priority , because noise is one of the most harrowing problems of contemporary living . |
| 27 | I love a piece of orange , I I would n't eat a whole orange but I do like er little pieces of oranges now I might get away with that but if I was to have a whole orange |
| 28 | So if I was working a full week , Sunday to Sunday , the next day would be my rest day , and the next week , it would be a Tuesday . |
| 29 | I might if I was running a coronary ambulance . |
| 30 | He 'd walk me home from school and it 's often said that he carried my ballet shoes , which sounds kind of romantic , but he actually did sometimes , if I was carrying a whole load of things . |