Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It already had a well-developed product on the market , whilst its rivals were struggling to get one onto the drawing board . |
| 2 | Most items in these suites were designed to contrast one with another by varied time signatures , tempi and phrasing so that they built up to a climax which , in the early days , signalled the entrance of the king or the most important participant . |
| 3 | The 1991 World Youth Cup , which was going to Nigeria until they were caught fielding someone over age , will now take place in Portugal . |
| 4 | Random numbers were used to identify one in six of each type of practice . |
| 5 | ‘ We wrote that song two years ago , because we knew we were going to do something within two years and now it 's happening . |
| 6 | ‘ We wrote that song two years ago , because we knew we were going to do something within two years and now it 's happening . |
| 7 | ‘ You know , I was rather afraid you were going to say something like that . ’ |
| 8 | If I if you 've got people in prison and then you had to go visiting you , you could get relief after , after the first twenty five pounds , so if the expenses were going to see somebody in prison were more than twenty five pounds I could get relief with them |
| 9 | You were going to contact someone in ADSW ( I regret I forget the name ) with regard to the possibility of setting up some form of Communications Group representing all Departments in Scotland that would meet perhaps every quarter or half year . |
| 10 | I thought I thought you were going to get one on your desk , one like Jed 's that hums all the time . |
| 11 | In another presidential address , this time to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues , Stotland ( 1977 ) spoke on the topic of ‘ white-collar criminals ’ and argued that although we were beginning to know something about the people who commit white-collar and corporate crime , we ought to intensify our efforts . |
| 12 | One in five had received no training in the Act and most were expecting to receive none during the next six months . |
| 13 | When the main scale had been constructed , student and employer samples were asked to select one from a range of scaled descriptive phrases indicating the employability value of different features of the course . |
| 14 | ‘ There is plenty of accommodation to choose from and the days when you were forced to pay lots of money for grotty rentals have gone . ’ |
| 15 | And , and , you know , they 've got paid youth officer 's working in Harlow , now they are , there are , they 're over they 're over stretched it 's true and , but we , I mean what were doing here is actually supplementing there service and were not meeting all , we would n't of erm meeting all the demands , but the important thing I think is that were continuing to erm , you know , were trying to do something about it , and one of the things that were trying to do as officer 's in the Local Government Unit is work with Leisure Services and get them to put more resources into doing things for young people . |
| 16 | One of the things I 'd like to know , erm , fairly on in the course is is your asked to bring along some thought , something you were trying to influence somebody about . |
| 17 | If you were trying to train one from scratch and made an error like that it could easily mess up an entire day 's work . |
| 18 | And , while she was suddenly a little mesmerised to see a return of that charm , ‘ You mentioned to my secretary yesterday that you were hoping to see something of my country , ’ he reminded her . |
| 19 | and were hoping to get somebody from Bishop 's Stortford I think it 's important to have a , and I 'm also going to ask Bob , the ambulance driver if he 's free to come , I think we can use the . |
| 20 | Alternatively , of course , as many people do , you could use the capital for a worthwhile project such as improving your home ; or , if you were planning to give something to your grandchildren , this could be an opportune time to settle it on them . |
| 21 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 22 | The starting dose was adjusted to induce one to two bowel movements per day , loose enough to ensure complete daily emptying of the lower bowel and prevent pain or stool soiling , or both . |
| 23 | I understood that this was my mother 's wedding , and although I was necessary to it I was expected to do nothing but be there and appear contented . |
| 24 | As ever , little was done to conceal anything from me as I went in and out of the various rooms in which these gentlemen sat deep in discussion , and I thus could not avoid gaining a certain impression of the general mood at this stage of the proceedings . |
| 25 | She was not looking in their direction , her head was turned to say something to whomever she was with , her short hair blown straight up by the wind as they went into the little newsagent 's , leaving McLeish a clear run to get Catherine back to the Yard . |
| 26 | Northmore 's bastard son was destined to gain nothing from his relationship to a wealthy family . |
| 27 | The Act was destined to become something of a cause célèbre among successive generations of floggers who would fondly remember ( although without a shred of evidence to support their claim ) how flogging had put down the garotters and could be relied upon to stop Hooligans or Teddy Boys . |
| 28 | As home secretary , he had psyched himself up to batter the police unions and the chief constables , but on penal policy he was pushed to find anything in the agenda of Tony Blair , his Labour counterpart , to quarrel with . |
| 29 | She sounded pleased to say it and Tug stared at her , with a wild hope that she was going to explain everything to him . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , hopefully , it 'll all be sorted out by now ; Jennifer was going to explain everything at home . ’ |