Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where did you get that , darling , ’ he touched it lightly with a finger , as if it were a toy out of a cracker . |
| 2 | Southampton were a goal down after 11 minutes , when Hirst was bundled over by Ken Monkou , and John Sheridan 's penalty went in via the post . |
| 3 | They were a day out of Pesth on the way to Kinsai and Rostov was concerned that when he met the Kha-Khan he would be able to speak enough Yek to conduct a simple conversation . |
| 4 | He were a minister along of his delegation to Haiti . |
| 5 | She stared at the golden eagle , so arrogantly and eternally poised , and wondered why she had ever thought birds on furniture were a bit off : why had she never bothered to look , why had she never asked herself what her eyes had told her ? |
| 6 | This issue has generated cross-party support and those remarks were a bit off , given what we are trying to achieve . |
| 7 | Wher near our hospital they all liked to wear western clothes , they were a bit out of date but er the there , there were lots of T-shirts and s and dresses worn by the people , there was even a Blackpool T-shirt , I 'm not sure how they got in the shops . |
| 8 | Lunch was an avocado and prawn sandwich and a carton of mango juice , which I admit were a bit out of character but otherwise I looked for all the world like a real musher . |
| 9 | There were a recipe in for Queen 's for Queen Mother 's birthday cake . |
| 10 | We were a shot over in the second round and I began to wonder whether he would be mounting a serious challenge . |
| 11 | In his pocket he found a screwdriver and inspected the narrow end as if he were a surgeon about to perform a delicate operation . |
| 12 | I we I got down there and there were no bugger in ! |
| 13 | I says , you were n't in , there were no telly on , and I brayed the door down ! |
| 14 | What was the film on , did you watch that Memphis Belle ? |
| 15 | Was the ball over ? |
| 16 | Never has there been such a sporting farce over a straightforward issue : Was the ball out of shape through natural causes ( Law 5.5 ) or had it been damaged deliberately ( Law 42.5 ) ? |
| 17 | Leaving aside social legislation , the most important of these factors was the opening up of the grain-bearing areas of North America , refrigeration , and acceleration of maritime transport . |
| 18 | It was the campaign out of doors over Ulster that was the centre piece of the whole Unionist campaign . |
| 19 | And here was the bastard back again with his bloody ice-creams . |
| 20 | Was the Queen about to warn her in much the same way as Simon de Villiers had done ? |
| 21 | Was the underdog about to have his day ? |
| 22 | If a lettuce cost the retailer 10p and he sold it for 15p , what was the mark up in cash terms ? |
| 23 | So why was it and how come that Madame was claiming that the opposite was true and that it was her father who was the person out of favour ? |
| 24 | My report on the Fine Wood Project in Western Australia was one of the most stimulating , as was the day out at John Makepeace 's Hooke Park College . |
| 25 | This time Fallon was the man over and he took Guscott 's pass to score his second try . |
| 26 | was the turn up ? |
| 27 | The problem was that the whole thing had become so complex — it was n't only what he was going to do now but there was the stuff back at the club , there was Ashdown and what he knew , there was the whole sorry business of his suspension and the charges against him … taken one piece at a time it seemed bad enough , but taken all together it was far too much for his mind to handle . |
| 28 | Owen Pickard got the goal … one-one the final score … the only black spot was the sending off of Richard Jones … |
| 29 | Rangers ' biggest cause for concern , however , was the sending off of Mark Hateley before half-time . |
| 30 | What was the way out ? — ‘ For the Government to relent to public opinion for once . |