Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the words were his the images were taken from those things Kraal and Minch had told him about that distant place . |
| 2 | Native peoples were not simply savages unable to pit their wits against a superior enemy , nor were they the Russians ' dupes . |
| 3 | Were they the ones that really bad ? |
| 4 | Were they the ones you can put in a jar ? |
| 5 | Local peace initiative activities were themselves the targets of violence attacks . |
| 6 | The mistrust which their recent sufferings had engendered against all Turks made it impossible for the Serbs to collaborate with the more reasonable spahis , who were themselves the victims of the janissaries , whose leaders were known as dayis . |
| 7 | The Mayor and his friends were themselves the criminals , hand in glove with the smugglers whose leader Jake was clearly an old ally . |
| 8 | Indeed , when Mt Rowland and Lonrho were themselves the subjects of a DTI inspectors ' report in 1976 , they had no such protection . |
| 9 | This was something the authorities had never dreamt of doing . |
| 10 | A reference to British Steel was something the punters would relate to , much to the dealers ' amusement . |
| 11 | This was something the Pioneers seem not to have tried . |
| 12 | Was it the monks of Glastonbury ? ’ |
| 13 | I did n't understand her questions was it the figures had come from the private sector I 'm not sure if she understood it herself either erm we 've talked in the social services planning cuts committee about a list of homes for refurbishment and Mr wanted a very long list er a list which would blight every home not on the list . |
| 14 | Was it the ramblers ? |
| 15 | Well I know at district council there was two environmental groups , was it the officers group and the members group . |
| 16 | Just before they reached the station she said , ‘ Was it the birds ? ’ |
| 17 | Was it the towns which were poor rather than the townsmen ? |
| 18 | Was it the police ? |
| 19 | Was it the police precinct ? |
| 20 | Was it the Walkers ? |
| 21 | So what was it the Catholics objected to ? |
| 22 | Was it the nuns at school ? |
| 23 | Oh was it the Roly-Polies ? |
| 24 | Who did this entertainment , was it the workers themselves or did they ? |
| 25 | Was it because you knew somebody in the factory or was it the wages that attracted you ? |
| 26 | Was it the Cages that prevented you helping her ? ’ |
| 27 | What he brought to the Card Trio was what the singers also brought , which is dramatic tension ; and yet its subtlety is such that it does not draw attention to itself , but simply contributes to the dramatic fabric of the whole . |
| 28 | They have cut the price , er of meals charged to the children , they 've er made some adjustments o c , to the menus offered , which was what the parents wanted , and as a result they 've actually increased the take-up of school meals by something like sixty percent . |
| 29 | This took the approach that mother and baby health and welfare was what the women wanted , seeing the woman 's main role in society was as a breeder . |
| 30 | Though pond fidelity was what the researchers were primarily interested in , the marking and measuring of individuals in Dorset did provide an unexpected bonus : the largest toads ever recorded in the UK , a male 85mm long , and a giant female 113mm long , almost 15 per cent larger than the previous record . |