Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | hairy chest , bit of a sun tan , they 've bee they were away last summer |
| 2 | If you were away last week can you please leave space to catch up with the writing which you will do in your own time . |
| 3 | But basically they were always second division stuff . |
| 4 | But basically they were always second division stuff . |
| 5 | He was moved on to the job when we were short-handed last winter , and up-graded from labourer . ’ |
| 6 | The entrance porch on the south side and the bell tower were probably 15th century additions , and it is obvious from the stone benches in the porch that as well as church , civil business was also conducted there ! |
| 7 | McGiven 's first two years with Town were as first team coach but in the summer , at Lyall 's suggestion , he was promoted to team manager . |
| 8 | Settlements were lower last year , but many bosses are convinced that , despite the government 's call for single-digit increases , the high inflation rate means that wage negotiations this spring will be back to the old pattern . |
| 9 | January is traditionally the peak of the tax-gathering season , but both income and corporation tax were lower last month than in January 1992 , and total government revenues are continuing to run below last year 's levels . |
| 10 | ‘ And you say your children were here last night ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Elizabeth and Beuno were here last night as well , ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ I had that feeling when we were here last year , ’ he reasoned . |
| 13 | When you were here last time … ’ |
| 14 | Erm , I think he said , I er , you know when I phoned erm when you were here last time |
| 15 | People were here last week then ? |
| 16 | Carla , Carla oh you were here last week when |
| 17 | And , as , I , I know the people who were here last week , the questions for act one scene one or two will be relevant to the second part of the seminar , it will be , but we 'll ignore them at the moment . |
| 18 | Although some search firms were undoubtedly first rate , a spokesman felt that it was unwise to stick to just one , especially for a company like Tesco , hitherto unused to search . |
| 19 | What other results were there last night ? |
| 20 | We were there last weekend , they 'd say , and the elements were against us , but we were snug from head to toe in our rubber suits . |
| 21 | Yes we were there last year because my granddaughter got married . |
| 22 | They 're still there , they were there last week |
| 23 | At first I was not aware that all the crews in the PFF had been selected by their Groups and , in the main , were either second tour volunteers or were well advanced on their first tour . |
| 24 | but I think they were either last week or the week before they were there |
| 25 | ‘ I bet I was right first time , ’ she said to Betty . |
| 26 | They 'd get off the bus from West London there because they were such big Faces fans and Malcolm 's shop was right next door to the home of the dandy fashion shop Granny Takes A Trip — a shop which had a Cadillac sticking out of its window — where The Faces and The Stones bought their clothes |
| 27 | You went to work by yourself but you had to be taken to the hospital , and when I was on Martin it was right next door . |
| 28 | common and he lived at Grimston and er he got this plot and er what was right next door to it was a sort of real big old li like a French chateau and he wanted a big ge red brick Georgian house , a real big one , sort of sitting at the back of this plot that the owner |
| 29 | Advertisement er , revenue at Westminster Press ended the six months at about the , advert revenue about the same level as last year but it was below last year 's level early on , so in other words erm , advertisement volume is growing , because there 's next to no , there 's , the yield is about the same overall . |
| 30 | So it was only third choice was it ? |