Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reprinted by Heinemann in 1956 , these little books are still ( or were last year ) available at 25. 6d. each . |
| 2 | That were first thing I said to her this morning , I says d' ya ask |
| 3 | That were last year , we 're in nineteen ninety two now . |
| 4 | He had a mind of quicksilver and a gift of repartee that was second nature ; his special love of language arose , I think , from the absence of a formal education . |
| 5 | And that 's not from a Conservative , that 's from the present Chairman of C N D , and was n't a spectacle that was last week . |
| 6 | Although more oil is ablaze than was first thought , there is less oil at sea . |
| 7 | Scientists excavating the fossilized remains of about twenty nests containing from 1 to 24 eggs each , in southern Alberta near the border between Canada and the United States in 1987 , suggest that dinosaurs were more socially complex than was first thought . |
| 8 | More recently studies have attempted to refine their research methodologies so that reviews of this research are much clearer about what we can claim to know and not know about abuse and in particular that it is a much more complex problem than was first thought . |
| 9 | The making of the assessment of damages in the light of all facts known at the date of the trial enables the court to take into account , if it be the case , the fact that the consequences of the plaintiff 's injuries were more serious than at first thought ; the fact that the expenses to which the plaintiff would be put in consequence of his injuries were higher than was first thought ; the fact that the plaintiff has died ; or the fact that the plaintiff has , since the accident , volunteered to be made redundant . |
| 10 | Detectives think Sian was killed because she recognised the man — and were last night sifting through hundreds of betting slips for clues . |
| 11 | Three youths who escaped from the wreckage ran away from the scene and were last night branded cowards by police . |
| 12 | He staggered to hospital and was last night in a stable condition . |
| 13 | A 28-year-old man was later arrested and was last night helping with inquiries at Witham police station . |
| 14 | She received head injuries and a badly broken leg , and was last night ‘ stable but rather poorly ’ in North Tees General Hospital , Stockton . |
| 15 | He was hit in the leg and was last night said to be in a serious condition . |
| 16 | She did not play opposite him , but was second soubrette usually . |
| 17 | It is , however , undeniable that there is a great difference in the quality of experience during REM bursts and REM quiescence , with visual and auditory hallucinatory sensations characterizing the REM bursts , even if the difference is not quite as striking as was first thought . |