Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The worst hazard of standing in that crowd was someone pissing down the back of your leg . ’ |
| 2 | Patients were dying by the hundreds , but there was nobody to carry away the corpses . |
| 3 | Stair , turning to see what was happening , was borne away from Neil , who was himself carried down the Haymarket by a shouting throng — the rugger match had triggered off an impromptu riot as well . |
| 4 | And erm did your mother work or was she bringing up the family ? |
| 5 | Master Macaulay it was who took up the baton , adopting a convincingly highfalutin' tone and laying into several powerful members of the journalistic and cultural establishments , secure in the knowledge that their rage would be turned upon yours truly , rather than the actual perpetrator . |
| 6 | Reynolds it was who strung together the rackets that made those blistering returns . |
| 7 | He it was who ushered in the new head of state to the dais in Prague Castle where the oath was sworn . |
| 8 | For everyone else , it really does n't matter , because the detective work is going to lead to applications for us today , as disciples who follow in the footsteps of Matthew the apostle and whoever it was who put together the first gospel of the New testament . |
| 9 | Adam it was who made up the fires of a morning , when his mistress , who slept only fitfully at night , was already awake , Adam who crept noiselessly about the place , unnoticed , who must have seen them together last night outside the ballroom . |
| 10 | For many it was something to break up the monotony of camp-life . |
| 11 | That was something to make up the quarter of your shift . |
| 12 | Lesley Joseph , sexy Dorien in the show with Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke as the wives of two jailbirds , was there to pick up the award . |
| 13 | Was he taking up the gauntlet against the subtle yet inevitable erosion such wealth would bring to the culture of his people ? |
| 14 | And how was anyone to make even the bottom step of that wretched ladder thing when the launch was rising and falling like a demented yo-yo ? |
| 15 | This balance was what set apart the New Testament view from its Greco-Roman surroundings . |