Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jeez , how on earth d' ya take a bath and how is your love life ’ were presumably part of the empathy process from Gerry and his audience almost comatose with voyeurism and in need of splints for drop-jaw . |
| 2 | The men , who were mostly Sudanis from the south , ignored them but looked uneasy . |
| 3 | Of course in doing this we were inadvertently upwind of the rabbits then out to feed , and numbers would head for the main wood . |
| 4 | so people were constantly sort of shoving this aside and walking through . |
| 5 | In fact he and his wife Rosemary were extremely kind to me when they lived in South Yorkshire and later when I stayed with then , in North Yorkshire whilst working in that area . |
| 6 | Kinloss was a pleasant environment and the locals were extremely kind to the alien invasion , but one felt so very much out of the hurly burly of wartime England , this was made particularly clear when pupils I had trained returned for their rest period , and one did get the message that my operational background was no longer valid or right to pass on to the crews coming forward for conversion to twin-engined aircraft . |
| 7 | Physical disruption , fear , the adrenalin events — they were only part of it . |
| 8 | The steely granite-grey eyes beneath their deeply hooded lids were only part of his dark attraction . |
| 9 | Mr Lang said that the allocations were only part of the story since authorities could also spend their capital receipts and use revenue to fund capital expenditure . |
| 10 | It were only quarter past one and I finished at and I felt really |
| 11 | Er I 'd want to be seen if it were only back of , back of |
| 12 | ‘ We got our scores at crucial stages and it was always difficult for England when they were only level at half-time having played with the breeze . |
| 13 | ‘ We got our scores at crucial stages and it was always difficult for England when they were only level at half-time having played with the breeze . |
| 14 | It seemed to me that hardly any left the building in those weeks of May without murmuring apologetically that they were only leaving in order to get some baking done at home ! |
| 15 | We were only thinking of you the other week . |
| 16 | A lot of Mickeys and Goofys recognized John 's condition and were especially kind to him . |
| 17 | There was n't much to be proud of in a mixed bunch of movies which were largely exploitation of current trends , regardless of how Corman tried to disguise them with socio-explanations . |
| 18 | ‘ To them we were just part of their extended families . ’ |
| 19 | That the compliments were just part of the softening-up process . ’ |
| 20 | the events were just part of a programme of special attractions running until the end of September . |
| 21 | unless we were just kind of indulge in a conversation and we did n't see it |
| 22 | Now obviously the you could see the cars in that fast lane there , they were just nose to tail , nose to tail . |
| 23 | I mean th they , they might do n't necessarily see why it 's improving and what 's behind it , but their lot must improve if there 's industrialization and weapons and things to be made , that they they have jobs and presumably have more money than they had before when they were just sort of not doing very much . |
| 24 | They were just sort of as I said , they used this celluloid . |
| 25 | Alright , I mean , we were just sort of thinking well sort of four o'clock was n't she , she was starting to come out to Che she came out with Cheeky with us last night , but of course , that 's all gon na go again in n it , if it 's gon na be five o'clock ? |
| 26 | My girl-friend and I were just making-up after a quarrel . |
| 27 | It seemed as if the nurses were already part of the angelic host as they flew along the outdoor corridors with provisions , that the Steward 's staff , under the direction of Mr Charles Read , soon to be a Desert Rat , had brought in from West Kensington , Fulham and Chelsea . |
| 28 | At this stage it is anticipated that quota trading to secure premium payment on ewes that were already part of the 1993 claim will take place between 15 April and 15 June — although the dates could be put back and the period might be shortened . |
| 29 | Lin Foh hesitated , frowned , then glanced back at the two young Foreign Office men ; they were hardly protection for the Colonel ; rather , were deliberately overt presences with him , keeping an eye on him on the instruction of the Foreign Secretary . |
| 30 | Also on the surge , they were quickly face to face with Mallachy and Rory . |