Example sentences of "[conj] was [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The signalbox at Kirton Lindsey was the subject of an unexplained occurrence that was to baffle everyone for ever . |
| 2 | He jumped out of the van and pulled off a sack that was hiding something in the back of the truck . |
| 3 | I 'd got an assortment of sarnies and some cans of Diet Coke and bottles of Perrier at a café behind Liverpool Street and was allowing plenty of time for the traffic to get back into the City . |
| 4 | He stayed the week and was given lots of extra training , but he was still unsafe when he returned to the USA . |
| 5 | She herself gave some of the lectures and was preparing one on business conditions in America . |
| 6 | In movements which could have been those of a somnambulist Kersey had retrieved his cigarettes and was placing one between his lips while feeling in his pockets for a lighter . |
| 7 | Sandra joined the Nicholson crowd in the B-movie circle and was to become something of a model for future long-term relationships . |