Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became aware that men were scheming against him and therefore summoned a council of gods . |
| 2 | The same restrictions were placed on me when I was in the southern province of China last year . |
| 3 | Once the engine was exposed on both sides , hawsers were placed around it and it was then lifted from the hole . |
| 4 | We must move from the idea that the animals were given to us and made for us , to the idea that we were made for creation , to serve it and ensure its continuance . |
| 5 | Richard Muddle , Wolverhampton managing director , said : ‘ The horses were struggling on it and were not happy with the undulations . |
| 6 | I can … ’ but the words were stopped in him and he seemed to suffocate and gasp with the sense of a power beyond the Cages that he had sensed briefly before . |
| 7 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 8 | Would n't she always feel a fool , knowing they were laughing at her and her Irish ways . |
| 9 | She saw that Jennifer and Vanessa were laughing at her and something inside her stirred . |
| 10 | Both these names were designed for us as being extremely auspicious . |
| 11 | A few pennies were dropped into it but he did n't look very pleased . |
| 12 | Even if the rules were obeyed , the system was clearly oppressive both to the families whose best sons were torn from them and to the young boys who would never see their parents again . |
| 13 | The result was not always music of good quality , but many worshippers were attracted by it and folk music made much headway , particularly in those parishes which had no working church musicians to compose for their own communities and resources . |
| 14 | He must also have regard to the matters set out in paragraphs ( a ) to ( f ) of the checklist in s1(3) ( see Chapter 9 , 6(b) ) as if it were addressed to him and not to the court . |
| 15 | And I they were addressed to him and they were from the council and I simply said , er wrote on the outside erm no longer here , address not known . |
| 16 | It is at once the strength and the weakness of Justinian 's law that its grasp of principle is slack : a powerful command of principle had led the classical lawyers to develop a finely worked system ; yet , that done , they were entrapped in it and helpless against its inadequacies . |
| 17 | Then says Mr. Daniel , ‘ Yes , but that is a future consideration and a future consideration , if nothing were done under it or nothing was proved to be done , would fail . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ A lot of prayers were said for me but for six weeks absolutely nothing happened . |
| 19 | She made contact and heard an exclamation of pain and then her arms were pinioned behind her and she was powerless . |
| 20 | In the first place developing countries accepted the loans that were thrust at them because they believed what the West was telling them — that it would be possible for them to industrialize , to develop their economies to the point where paying back the loan later on would be an easy matter . |
| 21 | They were dazzled by him and shut their eyes . |
| 22 | Inscribed Bibles were presented to them and among the recipients were several members of Edenderry . |
| 23 | In the antechapel petitions were presented to her before she went to her devotions . |
| 24 | He wrote poetry about his experiences , examples of this are Target Area and Return , both of which were written by him whilst captive in a Prisoner of War camp . |
| 25 | The three old men seated on chairs in the dark shop were looking at her as though she were an amusing variation on their usual routine of watching the shopping . |
| 26 | It was like people were looking at me and guessing my age and looking to see if I had a ring on my finger . |
| 27 | And they were looking at me and I thought this int my cup of tea ! |
| 28 | Tony and Stephen had stood back to let their sisters greet Terry , but they were looking at him and waiting eagerly to greet him , oblivious of Frank . |
| 29 | ‘ You were looking at it and frowning , ’ Nan said . |
| 30 | They said they were looking for me and I had to go with them back to the convent . ’ |