Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five years ago there were over two hundred kidnappings there — the pickings were rich along the Costa Smeralda for those who were sticking it out on the hills above — but last year there were only three , and one of those a complete failure . |
| 2 | Well he said tha , they were cooking it on like on site on the caravan site , he said an , an , and you know , they got out of this caravan and then |
| 3 | Er I thought you did well in erm giving yourself credibility by talking about the shares , oh yes you can have two hundred and fifty pounds per month in the shares and they 've done well and I said oh yes they have done well , and I felt good that you were praising me up for being such a clever chap , and so I thought that was all , all jolly good stuff . |
| 4 | The only dangerous time we had was on the way back when we were trying to get away from the coast of Iceland and a whole series of fronts were driving us back into the coast . |
| 5 | They pulled me up off the floor with my hands up behind my back and they were walking me out of the chemist with my arms up and my head pushed down and one of them was kicking me in the back of my legs to get me over to the car . |
| 6 | He said clients keen to move into Britain have had deals ‘ in the pipeline ’ but were delaying them out of concern about a Labour government 's competition policies or in the hope of further interest rate cuts . |
| 7 | round the place and then we 'll see how it goes from there , with a view to letting you out , back into the world and er as soon as they 'd gone and they were escorting him back to his , his room , they do n't have cells they have erm , he turned to the warden who are called nurses , and said never wanted to have an operation , I like having sex with little girls , he said |
| 8 | Always out for a laugh , I mentioned that his volumes of ‘ free verse ’ were costing me up to $2. per copy , and he promised to send me his next book . |
| 9 | She felt that the atmosphere between them was suddenly much easier although he said nothing for a moment but kept on looking at her as if he were turning something over in his mind . |
| 10 | Did n't particularly hate it , I du n no , I mean I had no idea that they were camping anything up from that record . |
| 11 | Maybe they were holding him back in Beirut while the final details were worked out . |
| 12 | You were holding it up to the window . ’ |
| 13 | We were sharing it out between four so we got we we always say a quarter I think I think it 's a good idea the way the Americans say a fourth cos you can it ties it up with the four shared out between four people . |
| 14 | If I were sending you off without a decent breakfast you could say that , but as it is … ’ |
| 15 | His companions at base camp were expecting him back by dusk at the latest . |
| 16 | We were expecting you down at the Man in the Moon . |
| 17 | Although the flight of the U2 spy plane and the debacle of the summit the following year were to put everybody back on guard once more , there were some moments at the end of the Fifties when the fog of ideology cleared enough for realism to creep in . |
| 18 | All down the corridor people were propping themselves up against the walls , or lying on the floor singly or in couples . |
| 19 | The poorest families who spent more time at home , like the unemployed , were having anything up to £35 per week from their Social Security Benefits deducted and paid direct to the fuel companies to cover fuel debts . |
| 20 | Whilst Jean was there , the women were spending anything up to twenty-three hours a day locked in their cells . |
| 21 | You follow me you were to keep it up as a habit and keep to the habit |
| 22 | Therefore , when clients relate their first and subsequent panic attacks , or other symptoms of anxiety and stress , and explain that they were doing nothing out of the ordinary , it is entirely possible that this was the case . |
| 23 | The development was welcomed by exhibitors , who felt that stage adaptations would enable them to attract a better class of customer , but they were n't to know what they were letting themselves in for . |
| 24 | Few clients knew the probable losses they were letting themselves in for , were they to continue trading . |
| 25 | She could see , as plain as the nose on her face , that here was a man of the self-centred , philandering , dangerous variety , the kind of man no girl in her right mind would risk getting involved with … so how come her hormones were letting her down in this maddening way ? |
| 26 | Bloody hell , we did n't know what we were letting ourselves in for . |
| 27 | In the words of one user , ‘ they were giving them out as if they were going out of style ’ . |
| 28 | There had been no acquittal since they were taking him back to the prison . |
| 29 | ‘ They were taking us out for meals . |
| 30 | But with a th a single wardrobe ironically you ca n't get them up the stairs because soon as you reach that step you 've got another step so if you were to lift it up to the next step it 'll hit the top of the d doorjamb so it wo n't go any further . |