Example sentences of "[vb base] [was/were] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The anticipation overcame her fear , and there was fear : the thing which had most made her hesitate was the thought of the deaths of her two friends . |
| 2 | And would n't it be ironic if John Smith , after much agonising about Labour 's soul and purpose , bit the bullet , and , abandoning what many say was the reason for failure last time , promised not to put up taxes — and nobody believed him . |
| 3 | But we lived near a battery , we lived out at Whale Park And when they they deciding give the Elizabeth was just a baby then and I used to grab Elizabeth and go in the bed and the d down quilt and the pillows on top of us and lie tight and send you until the was in the sitting room and the search light follow the plane was at The plane was that near the house that the searchlight come right into the window , and the next I ken was the bullets ricocheting off the roof . |
| 4 | Export or perish was the message received by 98 countries from the IMF between 1980 and 19852 . |
| 5 | So complete was the ascendancy of Keynesian ideas that the antecedent classical modes of analysis were abandoned by all but a few die-hard sceptics . |
| 6 | A wether was the word for a castrated sheep , and thus he made clear his difference . |
| 7 | yeah no , what happen was the alarm went off in their block or something and they all had to go into a room , I do n't know |
| 8 | But what I remember was the way he 'd ask : " How much do you want from me ? " |
| 9 | A particular case that I remember was the client 's stock calculations geared to achieving the required gross profit percentage . |
| 10 | Erm and that 's I suppose was the point I was trying to make earlier that al that 's why abusers sometimes find it very easy because they 're able to tap into a lot of the ways in which we treat children um y'know so er |
| 11 | Hunting-shooting-and-fishing was the norm . |
| 12 | It was an affliction rather than a gift , and I was to be healed of it two years later by what I believe was the power of Christ . |
| 13 | Royal author Andrew Morton , whose best-seller Diana : Her True Story , is said to have been approved by Diana and many believe was the nail in the coffin of the royal marriage , said the princess may marry again . |
| 14 | The amendment the Government has put forward does not hold out much real hope for B R managers about remaining in the medium or long term in charge of viable business , to that extent the amendment does not carry out what I believe was the intention of Lord Paignton in in moving the amendment . |
| 15 | This has always been a great mystery to me because I remember seeing photographs of my father in hospital uniform wearing sergeant 's stripes ( which I understand was the practice then ) and later , after the war , he was a corporal . |
| 16 | erm I , I erm , I am actually dead against this for various reasons , and I do n't think I would bring up all the reasons that I am , because some of them are not absolutely purely planning reasons , which should n't be aired at this meeting , but I do feel that the provision there for thirty six properties will create a traffic hazard , and access problems , which , which I feel will support this Council at the , the traffic authority after having done a sufficiently detailed survey , I think was the problem , was n't it ? |
| 17 | Fourteen I think was the limit . |
| 18 | He 's talked about all the various departments , he 's erm used up half a ton of paper and erm I think was the job of the chief officers and the managers of the department . |
| 19 | Erm I wanted to make sure I 'd got the right turning I think was the answer but there was no reason to say I had problems finding you or I was held up I 'm sorry for that or , or anything , there was no , there was no actual acknowledgement or reason for being late . |
| 20 | One I think was the industry and the other was was it the Brendan that he says in |
| 21 | And when I went over to standard two , Miss was the name of the teacher with the the middle classes . |
| 22 | You see , and my name was on there , as I say and Miss was the top . |
| 23 | It may be that the decisive factor in H's favour was the fact that H was effectively on " garden leave " . |
| 24 | That 's right , see were the water is , it 's right on this side . |