Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geoffrey says nobody knows whether they let it out accidentally , or were getting their own back on Sykes for wasting a whole weekend . |
| 2 | The Barbarians , who were actually Celts and were given their cruel name by their invaders , transported their stuff by sea or by horse and cattle ( and had links with Europe , incidentally ) , the Romans built roads . |
| 3 | Benefit of the Doubt must be given that all employed by the Grand Canyon were brain damaged at birth and were given their bureaucratic procedure in India . |
| 4 | Sandy McGlashan had arrived late , his hair plastered down with sweat ; he was spluttering over the tale , to whoever would listen , of how he had ‘ come up flemyng and Menzies of Bolfracks , in the street at Aberfeldy , they had their heads together and were plotting something wicked , no doubt about it , if only he could have heard what they were saying ’ . |
| 5 | They had bought their first house and were expecting their first baby . |
| 6 | But they got on famously together and were to become our stalwart allies in a maelstrom of conflicting vendettas which were to unfold around us . |
| 7 | Most of the other students had foregathered by this time and were awaiting their final briefing from their tutor . |
| 8 | Party elders were concerned that the younger generation of intellectuals took no interest in Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought and were neglecting their political studies . |
| 9 | Simon glanced round at Tony , the owner 's son , who had stopped reading his comic and was watching them both , curiously . |
| 10 | Uzbekistan took control of all union enterprises on its territory and was to conduct its own foreign policy . |
| 11 | Once she kept me hanging around for an hour and a half , which might sound like a backward step , but you have to remember she was sitting in a place of her own choice , and was taking it all in . |
| 12 | After that , Anne became a novelist , won the Booker and the Whitbread in the same year with different books , and was given her own television show . |
| 13 | One night of winter , with howling winds blowing and heavy rain lashing the streets , he arrived cold and wet at the Club , went straight to the bar as usual , and was given his usual drink by the bar man , ‘ Johnny ’ . |
| 14 | Even as he shouted for attention , Jesus had picked a target star and was tracking its apparent movement around the Lift . |
| 15 | Jill grinned , and was handing her empty cup to Lindsey when the door opened and Niall walked in , a harassed expression marring his attractive features . |
| 16 | Whilst Hooker defended the Church 's beliefs and practices in the name of reason , Andrewes went further and boldly asserted that the Anglican Church was part of a Catholic and Universal Church and was maintaining its true traditions which had been corrupted by Rome . |
| 17 | The Headmaster had decided that he would retire when he had completed 21 years at the School ; the Chairman of Governors had recently celebrated his 80th birthday , and was considering his future commitments ; the Bursar had also decided to retire : it seemed that there would be a new team at the top to take the School on from its 475th birthday . |
| 18 | A few minutes later , Chrissie had moved the cat 's body round to the back of the house , and was escorting her two weeping children down the garden to where Anne Hanvey waited in the school car . |
| 19 | Even as he greeted Dalgliesh he was taking off his jacket and was drawing his fine latex gloves over stubby-fingered hands which looked unnaturally white , almost bloodless . |
| 20 | He also gave us the name of an excellent brickie who had worked with d-i-yers before and was to give us some good advice , as well as building straight walls . |
| 21 | So I had crudely skinned the dead creature , and was holding its armoured hide above me , before the shower began in earnest . |
| 22 | Or could it be Colebrooke , who had discovered Sir Ralph 's murky past and was promoting his own ambitions under the guise of revenge for past misdeeds ? |
| 23 | He had taken the knife from Molassi 's body and was studying its bloody tip with interest when the Doctor entered . |
| 24 | ‘ You do a bit , ’ said Betty with a note of true concern , and quite taking the wind out of Lydia 's sails , who wondered whether it was true that she had been seriously wounded and was repressing her hurt to the detriment of her psyche . |
| 25 | Mr Hunter — Martin , to his students — was one of the lecturers at the Art School , and was giving his customary late Christmas party , in January . |
| 26 | He had taken hold of her other wrist now , and was gripping her lower arms firmly in his . |
| 27 | And yet , even though her father had talked to her like one adult to another , as if at last he was ready to acknowledge that she 'd grown up and was making her own decisions , she 'd sensed the undercurrent of despair in what he was saying . |
| 28 | The leader , with four-under par was Jim Thorpe , a comparatively unknown black professional , who had made several unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the Championship and was making his first appearance . |
| 29 | At 15 , our daughter knew the calorific contents of every morsel and was making herself sick by drinking vinegar . |
| 30 | He was drunk , and was finding her interesting again . |