Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [pers pn] were [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crossing the worse danger zones was like some horrible game of ‘ Last Across ’ ; they told you that forty cuistots had got across safely since the last casualty ; you waited for the explosion , then staggered frantically over the open space , knowing that if you were No. 41 the next shell probably had your name on it . |
| 2 | On this occasion , he said that if he were Secretary of State he would introduce compulsory competitive tendering only in extremis . |
| 3 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |
| 4 | Clara , when the idea was broached , declared instantly that it was not worth her while to ask her mother 's permission , whereupon the school embarrassingly said that if it were finance that were in question , then help might be forthcoming . |
| 5 | And think of the climate — more people will want to spend their holidays with you than when you were MP for Ribble Valley . ’ |
| 6 | It gave her an oddly unsettled feeling to think that Johnny used these things each day in his ordinary life , and that they were part of that aspect of his life of which she knew nothing . |
| 7 | and if they were disproportion or , or were excess in that regard they would fall within eighty five , one . |
| 8 | But if it were pigeon droppings then it would be a moot point as to whether merely to murmur condolences and hurry on or to set to work with a clean handkerchief . |
| 9 | Yet he deposited her on it as carefully as if she were china , and that brought a weak tear to her eye . |
| 10 | Too stunned to be furious , Maggie sat and after a few seconds of close and silent scrutiny Devlin Parnham sat too , facing her across a magnificent Persian rug , with the fire banked as high as if it were mid-winter . |
| 11 | They believe me , Connelly thought as he tried to suck in breath , tasting the rancid atmosphere as thickly as if it were smoke . |
| 12 | To Marian it seemed that she and Allen were being overwhelmed and carried along by the rush of sound and the race of the sun up the sky , as though they were part of the birds ' song and the general triumphant awakening of the dawn . |
| 13 | Zen watched the younger man circling the office , inspecting the fixtures and fittings as though they were evidence at the scene of a crime . |
| 14 | People root for pianists as though they were football teams , hoping that one will really make the most of the commissioned piece , trying to nobble the judges at parties to announce that someone 's interpretation of Brahms has changed their hearts and souls . |
| 15 | Does he believe that that is possible in Northern Ireland , when some sections of the security services are colluding with terrorists , when they are using terrorists as agents while they are involved in terrorist activity and when some members of the security services are handing out confidential security documents as though they were pen-pal photographs ? |
| 16 | Anyone who withdraws more than net interest or pledges the Tessa as security for a loan immediately loses the tax exemption and has to pay tax on all interest credited up to that time as though it were income arising during the year when the withdrawal or pledge took place . |
| 17 | She dipped her spoon into her plate of fish soup as though it were gutter water she was forcing herself to swallow , and she would n't take any of the little circles of toast spread with delicious fiery rouille . |
| 18 | Is it the case that all communication within a species should be treated as though it were part of selfish manipulation ? |
| 19 | And when Marcel visits Elstir 's studio , he 's fascinated by the way in which the sea is sometimes painted as though it were part of the sky , and sometimes it looks as though the sky is part of the sea . |
| 20 | Bernice felt something , some force , move through her , penetrating her skin as though it were ether . |
| 21 | That did not matter for soon burning aircraft lit the scene as though it were daylight . |
| 22 | It was a stupid idea to waste an entire morning on a foolish whim , and it was even more stupid to believe it as though it were truth instead of conjecture . |
| 23 | To present such fantasy in your article as though it were fact is unworthy of your newspaper and can only be regarded as malicious mischief-making . |
| 24 | He swung it in a glittering arc , and it sliced through the table as though it were butter , carving its way through the heavy wood and jarring his arm , striking sparks off the stone floor . |
| 25 | The dog had learned to associate the tuning fork with food and responded to it as though it were food . |
| 26 | She was no lightweight , yet he had lifted her as though she were thistledown . |
| 27 | She felt transported into their safe , happy world , felt as though she were part of it . |
| 28 | Riding , she had noticed how straight he held himself in the saddle , how unruffled he had been when leading his horse across a fast-flowing stream , how easily he brought his mount to jump a wall ; as though he were part of the animal he rode . |
| 29 | But Nocker , the part he played in Camel was no Bilko , even though he threw his weight around just as though he were head of the transport squad at Fort Baxter . |