Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] [prep] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He said : ‘ I thought the idea was to see everybody in action first . ’
2 Japanese records suggest that Kim was opposing them in May 1929 .
3 Number 60 's wife was shouting something at number 60 's children .
4 After a couple of minutes , one of them returned and placed a hand on Beattie 's shoulder and said that he was arresting him under Section 10 and Schedule 1 of the Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act .
5 David , feeling that he was learning nothing at Newtown Comprehensive and that his parents ' lives were increasingly centred on London , took a unilateral decision ; he left Clogau , moved into the family flat in Chelsea and enrolled at Holland Park Comprehensive , the most renowned , free-thinking state school of the day .
6 And er I was showing it to chap next to me , tall chap , he took a fatherly interest in showing me how to work you know when foreman was out and er ooh he said there 's a bloody Taffy .
7 Colonel Goreng was to entertain them at home that evening .
8 As a result , a new resort , Yulara , was constructed which as Fig. 8.3 shows is 19 km from the rock itself and 37 km from the Olgas .
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