Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The natives were treacherous people , as everyone knew , ungodly and faithless , and their early shows of friendship were nothing but a ruse to lull the pioneers into a false feeling of security , so that they could ensnare them in their false enchantments , pounce on them unawares and kill them while they slept . |
| 2 | A SELF-STYLED showbiz entrepre-neur 's widely-publicised claims for a brand-new TV soap to rival Coronation Street and EastEnders were nothing but a load of froth . |
| 3 | ‘ I knew as soon as I saw you that you were nothing but a piece of filth ! |
| 4 | People were impostors and children were nothing but the promise of broken bones . |
| 5 | they were nothing but an excuse for idleness ; twelve hours being too many for a man to work underground without intermission . |
| 6 | ‘ I told 'em — -them — you were nothing of the kind . |
| 7 | The Report criticised the crew of the Croydon for not doing more to rectify the compass problems which they had experienced and for relying too heavily on D/F bearings , but it implied that the Darwin W/T station should not have stated the bearings of ‘ night error ’ , they should have known they were nothing of the sort . |
| 8 | Even the early varieties developed in the time of Browning and Tennyson were nothing like the splendours of today , and one wonders what the genius of their poetic expressions would have made of the ethereal glow in the half light of ‘ Super Star ’ ( see page 129 ) , the exquisite shape and deepest of all crimson-black red of ‘ Charles Mallerin ’ or a hundred and one other modern marvels . |
| 9 | In 1924 , the All Blacks undertook internal matches against Auckland and Manawatu as preparation for a European tour and promptly lost 14-3 to Auckland , who in those days were nothing like the force they are now . |
| 10 | And then he felt as if there were someone nearby , as if there were someone on the summit waiting , waiting to greet him . |
| 11 | There were plenty in the Store . |
| 12 | Were ye in a fight ? ’ |
| 13 | This was another of those naked spaces , so exposed it was useless — putting a chair out there to sit in the sun seemed unthinkable , there were none of the nooks and crannies or spaces that invited use . |
| 14 | There were none of the crowds that had been there during the day and we could really pray . |
| 15 | There were none of the demonstrations or obstructions which he had feared , and in fact such was the success of the play that he was featured on the cover of Time magazine on 6 March . |
| 16 | There were none of the comforts we take for granted now . |
| 17 | Er there were none of the incubators and this sort of thing for them like we 've got today . |
| 18 | ‘ All I wanted was a pain-killer but they said at the desk that there were none in the hotel . |
| 19 | Erm were you as a midwife ever approached about abortions ? |
| 20 | Were you with a man ? |
| 21 | How satisfied were you with the refreshments ? |
| 22 | ‘ Were you on the Crusade ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Were you on the ice ? ’ |
| 24 | Why were you on the Moor alone ? |
| 25 | ‘ How long were you at the factory ? ’ she persisted . |
| 26 | ‘ Why were you at the gallery ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why were you at the Star and Garter , sir ? ’ |
| 28 | " Where were you at the time ? " |
| 29 | And were you in a union of any sort ? |
| 30 | Clare were you in the past |