Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to me that was the wrong way to go . |
| 2 | It was actually writing them that was the difficulty . |
| 3 | Yeah , but it was only really , we had that we had those soul D Js that , that , that were blowing them that was the problem . |
| 4 | I what , I do know a bit about them that was the grapefruit scoop . |
| 5 | What appealed to me was the notion , on paper at least , of dealing with a so-called pacifist who was unaware of his feelings and potential for violence inside himself that were the very same feelings he abhorred in society . |
| 6 | What he did was relatively harmless , yet it damaged me and was the cause of reckless behaviour with consequences as far reaching as now . ’ |
| 7 | Look forgive me and were the first of the two troops going in through that door . |
| 8 | Their allegiance was thus to the king , who had appointed them and was the source of their power , and to their followers , for whom they sought offices , titles and pensions , rather than to their colleagues or to any leader amongst them . |
| 9 | ‘ Before him , ’ he said , ‘ people only knew how to make a grey wine or one that was the colour of straw . ’ |
| 10 | It was only it was only that erm you know erm when you said the sixty pen pence it was the one that was the only one that I seemed to get stuck on . |
| 11 | So I mean w was there a s kind of like one that was the one to be in if you could get in , and other ones that were maybe not so good or was it just going from one to another till you ? |
| 12 | Yeah , well you know this , this Selby 's one that was the same , when the switchboard was busy it would er , if you , if you sees line three and played it down , well if anybody sees line three and played it down it used to do that or if you sees the intercom that did it , says it 's more like the Selby 's one than the new one |
| 13 | But no , she let him tell her what to do — him that was the cause of it all — and what does he do but fix up for her to go and see this Dr Graham ? |
| 14 | She did n't tell him that was the only way she had been able to cope with his absence , by blocking him out completely and refusing even to acknowledge his existence . |
| 15 | How could she tell him that was the worst thing he could say ? |
| 16 | I know , I told him that was the only part that was hurting and he looked at it and said did n't |
| 17 | All she wanted to do was to snuggle close to him , but waves of resentment coming from Dana told her that was the last thing she could do . |
| 18 | out of shit and she oh had a different bloke in her flat every night and you never , you , if you ever wanted to see her that was the one really annoying thing you could n't really go and see her and she was hardly ever about . |
| 19 | Steadman , of Clare Court , Little Hulton , Greater Manchester , denies murder and robbery , together with Rodney Smith , 27 , of Wildbrook Road , Little Hulton , who the Crown alleges planned the robbery with him and was the getaway driver on a stolen 1000cc motor cycle . |
| 20 | Mills worked for it and was the officer responsible for any new Polish operations , amongst others . |
| 21 | She and I agreed that what we really envied them for was the power of crying when they are bored or , as an extreme measure , being sick . |
| 22 | ‘ I have rebuilt my life , but that day is very special to me as were the 10 days I spent with my husband . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I have rebuilt my life but that day is very special to me as were the 10 days I spent with my husband . ’ |
| 24 | Wimbledon was as much a mystery to them as was the Orinoco to Henry . |