Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For seven or eight years he was down at the ground every day . |
| 2 | And er then we erm we , we , we went on the wards for about two or three hours a day and we just s sort of did what we were told , took out drinks and , and that sort of thing , and mouthwashes , and after er we 'd been there for about six or eight weeks we were allowed to wash patients , if , if they could n't wash themselves . |
| 3 | Except the first two or three years I was here . |
| 4 | Every two or three yards she was accosted , ‘ Signora ! |
| 5 | As you can imagine , I did n't do much sleeping the first two or three nights I was there . |
| 6 | For five or ten minutes we were all rushing up and down passages and in and out of rooms , challenging each other and answering , ‘ Smee ? |
| 7 | When those patients with none or one recorded diabetes related problem were compared with those with two or more problems they were found to have significantly better control . |
| 8 | Where a title appeared as a class reader in three or more schools it was regarded as ‘ well-used ’ overall . |
| 9 | Well you make notes when you 're listening to customers and make notes when you were questioning me did I and it was hard to even if it 's only four or five questions it was hard to pull together . |
| 10 | it depended on what the particular er problem was at the time , if something failed after four or five years it was then covered by insurance by the N H B C or by guarantees |
| 11 | Where peasants have inferior legal and civil rights to those enjoyed by the rich and powerful , in fact , whatever the theory , they can be coerced non-economically , and on Wallachian , Andalusian or Sicilian estates they were . |
| 12 | It was having the same sorts of mainly damaging effects on people 's personal lives and on their family lives and so on , and in research that I carried out in Brighton erm over the past three or four years we were looking at these effects — how they were affecting unemployed people in Brighton — and trying to explain them . |
| 13 | There were one or two rifles they were er , you know , |
| 14 | The first twelve months or two years it was very good . |
| 15 | Gavin Dalzell of Lesmahagow copied his machine in 1846 and passed on the details to so many people that for more than fifty years he was generally regarded as the inventor of the bicycle . |
| 16 | So if our hunting rug employs pastel rather than rich shades it was most probably not made in Persia , but in India or Pakistan . |
| 17 | So after less than three years it was removed to Cleveland Lodge in Great Ayton which was the home of John Pease . |
| 18 | After they had gone no more than ten metres they were shot dead . |
| 19 | In less than five minutes they were in the coach on their way to the address . |
| 20 | For more than thirty years he was president of the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol . |
| 21 | For more than two months he was at peace with himself and the world . |
| 22 | ‘ His enunciation proved prophetic , for in less than twenty-four hours he was no more . ’ |
| 23 | Aside from those who were involved in intellectual and political movements it was an open question how far mental health experts would be received into the bosom of the target population . |
| 24 | It was gratifying to me that he approved the political and economic articles I was writing for the New English Weekly . |
| 25 | As expected , his majorities in Moscow , Leningrad and other Russian cities were very big , while in many rural and outlying regions they were much smaller . |
| 26 | I mean seven years continual dredging for seven years apart from a month they in dock and you were taking out eight hundred tonne every hopper load and some days you were doing five loads and sometimes four loads , was a lot of mud we dumped so much mud out at erm near the Cork Lightship , now you would think they would level theirself off would n't you and if they did n't that up . |
| 27 | In recognition of Dicke 's outstanding clinical and scientific capacities he was appointed to the Chair of Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utrecht and he became Medical Director of the Wilhelmina Children 's Hospital in 1957 . |
| 28 | With their youthful good looks and bronzed faces they were an attractive couple . |
| 29 | Among many nomadic and tribal peoples it was often the only medium of creative release , and even in the more sophisticated cultures of Persia , China and Ottoman Turkey , weaving has always ranked alongside painting , architecture , sculpture and ceramics as a valid and celebrated visual art . |
| 30 | For both family farmers and part-time farmers it was essential to set dates well in advance of courses to allow sufficient time for organisation of work or time off from an off-farm job . |