Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [conj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything about it exceeded expectation , though one of the things that struck him was that while the fairways are wide , the hitting area is in fact very narrow if there is to be a chance of attacking the flagsticks . |
| 2 | Lenin wishes to explain why it was that although the ‘ peaceful mask ’ of capitalism had been torn off in all the countries of Western Europe by the end of the nineteenth century , and popular discontent was widespread , it was only in Russia that a successful revolution occurred . |
| 3 | Pearce v Foster indicated why it was that if the original affidavit or a copy made by the employee had been sent to the solicitors , that would not have been privileged from disclosure by the first and second defendants , although sent to the solicitors for the purpose of advising them on their position against the employee . |
| 4 | And thus it was that when the day shift set off back to the Barracks that evening , Jackie Tiptoe remained behind , suspended from the ceiling like a crooked spider snarled up in its own web . |
| 5 | So it was that when the Hundred Years War began , although both the French and the English kingdoms had particular naval objectives which they needed to further for military reasons , neither could be said to have possessed a proper navy . |
| 6 | So it was that when the defendant was arraigned he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and counsel stated in open court that the Crown was prepared to accept that plea . |
| 7 | Ginny had no idea who it was or where the scream came from . |
| 8 | IT WAS as though a great weight had been removed from sagging shoulders . |
| 9 | It was as though a giant hand were pushing me downward until my knees hit the floor . |
| 10 | It was as though a voice had actually said the words aloud , and she moved sharply and leaned against the window to stare blankly at the room . |
| 11 | I tried to move , but could not , it was as though a band gripped my body , and another band was tied about my face . |
| 12 | It was as though a stream had been damned in the heart of the forest and had gradually widened out making the centre of the great bowl they were trying to cross into a swamp . |
| 13 | It was as though a chapter in the conversation had finished . |
| 14 | It was as though a breeze was sweeping the room and carrying everyone to one side . |
| 15 | It was as though a pain that had been worrying me had disappeared . |
| 16 | It was as though a white cloak had been thrown over the entire countryside , a cloak which gleamed beneath an enormous ghostly-white moon , robbing the night of its darkness . |
| 17 | It was as though a light had gone out somewhere inside of him . |
| 18 | As his grip on her loosened , she took a step back , and it was as though a cold wind suddenly whistled all around her . |
| 19 | And all at once it was as though a fire raged between them , scorching their hungry bodies , sending sparks into the air around them . |
| 20 | Whenever he did , it was as though a bolt of red-hot lightning streaked through her body , reducing her to a quivering jelly . |
| 21 | Sometimes it was as though the risk and the pleasure had grown together , nourishing each other . |
| 22 | It was as though the clouds were not themselves mere vapour but impermeable sagging sacks , purposely constructed and hung to contain water . |
| 23 | It was as though the unwanted debris from a dozen mansions had been dumped in a single , overcrowded space . |
| 24 | It was as though the creature had never existed ; or had only existed in Mungo 's imagination . |
| 25 | It was as though the very innermost lining of my already emptied stomach was violently detaching itself into long , coppery green strands of rejected bile . |
| 26 | It was as though the railway companies wished to put their excursionists in the mood , remind them of the rather light-hearted , somewhat extravagant outing they were engaged upon , quite different from everyday commuting and business travel . |
| 27 | It was as though the newer imperial power had to assert itself more bombastically through its station architecture . |
| 28 | It was as though the waves had chosen Hawaiians to act as their mouthpiece . |
| 29 | Strangely , it was as though the wave had chosen me more than I had chosen it . |
| 30 | It was as though the river had suddenly died ; as though a mysterious lethal pollution had struck and wiped out all life . |