Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gods were enjoying their own cruel joke ! |
| 2 | If software applications were to include their own specific operating systems they might well be more efficient , but they would be unwieldy , expensive to develop and could not interact with other applications or with the variety of computer hardware designs . |
| 3 | It is as if we were to carry our own sonic searchlight with us . |
| 4 | Mum was leading the chorus and us kids were singing our own dirty ditties . |
| 5 | My Trial , Cave and the Bad Seeds were staging their own dilapidated equivalents to ‘ By the Time I Get to Phoenix ’ and ‘ Something 's Gotten Hold of My Heart ’ , in the gently obliterating , slowly gathering , morose grandeur of ‘ Sad Waters ’ and ‘ Stranger Than Kindness ’ . |
| 6 | And as if one needed reminding that there 's more to this year 's contest than Karaoke , four of the 11 acts competing were to provide their own original accompaniment . |
| 7 | And just as impulsively she turned to check on the movements of that incalculable swarm of half-grown children who were causing him this natural anxiety . |
| 8 | In the announcement of their forthcoming System 7 software they revealed that they were moving towards the concept of using outline fonts to generate the screen displays and that they were developing their own proprietary format , then known as Royal but subsequently re-named TrueType . |
| 9 | Behind us , Carlssen and Harley were having their own private battle . |
| 10 | His voice sounded lazily relaxed , but his eyes , in spite of the smile , were giving her such exciting messages that Kate , under his spell as never before , could feel her heart once more begin to beat with a heavy , sensuous rhythm . |
| 11 | Nearly all were undertaking their own personal therapy or had done so in the past , and all were appropriately supervised . |
| 12 | Uzbekistan took control of all union enterprises on its territory and was to conduct its own foreign policy . |
| 13 | The theatre was given its own legal status in the Theatres Act 1968 , but the anomalous position of the cinema was not revealed until 1975 , when the President and Secretary of the BBFC were charged with aiding and abetting an indecent exhibition , namely the showing by Classic Cinemas Ltd of the Swedish sex-education film Language of Love . |
| 14 | As the result of some petty altercation with the Bishop of St Peter 's , that church was ‘ demoted ’ by the king into the parish of St Pancras , and St Paul 's was given its own separate parish . |
| 15 | Each member of staff ( approximately 160 people ) was given their own personal A5 folder complete with ‘ ROADCARE SIMPLY THE BEST LOGO ’ and an eight page booklet entitled ‘ Commercial Awareness ’ . |
| 16 | His sideways glance told her he 'd noticed the manoeuvre but he merely smiled as if , knowing he could curtail it at any time , he was allowing her that small freedom . |
| 17 | My beer was to be in a posh hotel where I was being treated for my birthday , and after the heaven of getting out of a T-shirt that was generating its own new species of life in the arm pits , and into a hot bath , I looked forward to discussing the day eagerly with my companion . |
| 18 | The next morning , although he felt better , his hands were shaking so much that I refused to let him shave with a safety razor and told him that a friend was bringing his own electric shaver to lend him . |
| 19 | No attempt was being made to manufacture British tactical nuclear weapons , but the Army was developing its own surface-to-surface tactical missile , called Blue Water , to replace Corporal . |
| 20 | however , it will suffice to note that this organizational liberty was being developed by Gregory VII and his most active supporters at the same time as Anselm , in relative isolation from ecclesiastical politics during his time at Bec , was developing his own contrasting other-worldly view of the real nature of individual liberty . |
| 21 | Watching this , I was developing my own angry theories of love . |
| 22 | The impact on the Germans was immediate ; from this moment , said the Reichs Archives , ‘ began the flanking fire on the ravines and roads north of Douaumont that was to cause us such severe casualties . ’ |
| 23 | The lust he had was to slake her own unmistakable lust . |
| 24 | The CNAA was establishing its own organizational shapes . |
| 25 | But they sparkled not outwardly but inwardly , for the deity which was causing him such intense satisfaction was inside himself . |
| 26 | She was going her own sweet way , totally unconcerned about what might be going on in her wake . |
| 27 | Mr Perot , as the guest on at least one night-time TV show , was to give his own public verdict on Mr Clinton 's speech . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The sun was shining over the Gower Peninsula and the train was sending me all how-green-was-my-valley . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Wellcome was undergoing its own strategic review and had decided to get out of making vaccines . |