Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said we were spies but even a child could deduce that . |
| 2 | Assuming they were stiffs and not a fresh consignment of medical mistakes . ’ |
| 3 | They were selected on the basis of their general knowledge of the drug scene ( several were dealers and thus the centre of specific networks ) and their ability to communicate that knowledge . |
| 4 | ‘ Goodnight , ’ she said firmly , her chin tilted proudly towards the stars , as if she were royalty and not a woman sporting scraggly wet hair and a nearly see-through dress . |
| 5 | But there were mistakes and sometimes a wrong tune was precented which did not fit the words , and on one or two occasions the congregation took up a tune of their own which was not intended in my precenting . |
| 6 | There were reports that both the Lebanese and Syrian army had opened anti-aircraft fire on the attacking Israeli planes . |
| 7 | In chaos there was one god , Ptah-tenen , who was creator and also the land rising out of chaos . |
| 8 | There was Mr and then a bit further up on the right hand side was a fella who used to have the contract for making the bread for the |
| 9 | The music ended , there was applause and then the door opened . |
| 10 | There was Seville and then the wonderful fate that brought us together again . |
| 11 | Of these the most important was Abydos and either the pilgrimage to Abydos was depicted on the walls of the tomb or the deceased erected a stele along the great processional way at Abydos which led to the tomb of Osiris . |
| 12 | What was Arnie if not a romantic investment ? |
| 13 | For 1990/91 , as in previous years , this loan relief limit was £30,000 and therefore the pro-rata function would be £30,000 over £40,000 times the total gross interest paid . |
| 14 | There was silence and then a click and the line went dead . |
| 15 | And the next lot was Foulder and then the next part of the glen was Claypots And then there was the Broulands and then there was the Curtain of Glen Ayloch Er that was where the the market used to be held at the Curtain of Glen Ayloch where the hotel is now . |
| 16 | This exemption was not excluded by para 15(3) ( ba ) , Sch 6 since the ‘ property ’ was shares and not an interest in possession . |
| 17 | George Orwell was warning everyone of the plight of poverty-stricken masses , whose only salvation was socialism and not the sort recommended by vegetarian cranks in sandals . |
| 18 | Patrick Chauvel and I could see things were about to happen in Panama , Noriega had declared war on America , but it was Xmas and only a few of us went there . |