Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you were to compare it with a really accurate map there would be very little in common but the map achieves its aim successfully through massive simplification and artificial emphasis of the important features , in this case the stations and interchanges . |
| 2 | X owned an ox which , while his servants were driving it with due care through a town , entered the shop of Y , an ironmonger , through an open door . |
| 3 | I 've moved that , I moved that so he did n't knock it over cos he were knocking it with his tail . |
| 4 | But if England and Wales were to provide them with the right context come this Saturday , Mike Teague — who has been shortening in the betting and who was integral to the Lions ' strategy under the same coach , McGeechan , in Australia in 1989 — and either Emyr Lewis or Richard Webster could win the two blindside berths . |
| 5 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 6 | Crowds were to provide him with the project that kept him busy for decades , the writing of Crowds And Power . |
| 7 | When we were n't actually nursing him , we were upholding him with prayers — either Muslim or Christian . |
| 8 | Cos they were replacing it with a radial , they 're transferred that stock onto the other end product number . |
| 9 | Suddenly they were wearing expensive clothes on and off stage , taking cabs everywhere , men were showering them with gifts in an attempt just to be seen with them . |
| 10 | Chateaubriand , who happened to be visiting Arenenberg was asked by the young author for his opinion of the work , and the great writer graciously suggested that it would be improved if , where the word ‘ people ’ occurred , the Prince were to replace it with ‘ nation ’ . |
| 11 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
| 12 | A pessimistic interpretation of the findings based on this approach was that the visual cortex had nothing to do with vision , since few , if any , cells in that part of the brain showed any interest in spots of light they were presenting them with . |
| 13 | Johnny 's words had left her feeling inadequate , as though he were presenting her with some enormous challenge which she did not feel equal to meet . |
| 14 | Talk was intense among the youngsters , and the young actors and actresses roaming Sunset Strip were no different to the youth of America , if not the world , in that they too were a disoriented bunch in search of idols ; Clift , Brando and Dean were providing them with a whole new repertoire of sayings , postures , stances and gestures . |
| 15 | If he were to read it with a less selective eye , he would benefit considerably . |
| 16 | It was certainly true that now , when at last it looked as if we might have our prahu , an increasing number of extremely sinister nakodas were approaching us with offers to take us to the Aru Islands . |
| 17 | They swallowed it and said they were charging me with handling stolen goods . |
| 18 | And I was aware that they were doing something with my fire . |
| 19 | We , it was when I went to , when I , we were doing something with maps when I was at school and they were trying to find out what , it was the , where the local rates where the money was spent for the local rates and one of projects was taken down the sewage works . |
| 20 | Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths . |
| 21 | To no avail : my resolution was never called for debate and another , that if the SNP were to approach us with a view to talks ( an unlikely event after the Pollok by-election ) we would not close the door , was passed by a narrow majority . |
| 22 | Okay , if plough the fields , if we were to supply you with erm , fruit and veg , erm , obviously that would , some of for you to plough the fields , in which case you would have more to offer us . |
| 23 | The blue eyes were studying her with an intentness she found exceedingly disconcerting . |
| 24 | It had to be abolished , for the peasants were resisting it with increasing militancy and a mass uprising was entirely conceivable . |
| 25 | Our terms of reference made it clear that we were to concern ourselves with the English curriculum for all pupils , whatever their mother tongue . |
| 26 | You were discussing me with your girlfriend . |
| 27 | When , when a we were discussing it with said to me oh you do n't believe in , he meant ah and I . |
| 28 | If you were to touch him with a pin — and he 's a boy or a girl by now — he 'd move away , he feels pain . |
| 29 | Hurst 's voice had risen a little , but he dropped it again as he realized that several pairs of eyes were watching them with interest . |
| 30 | Hugh was aware that a small crowd of fishwives , shellfish diggers and freelance gawpers were watching them with interest . |