Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [verb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So anyway have a look at page fifty six cos I promised you yesterday that I would take you through the verb if you were you know the things you would want to know about . |
| 2 | More than that , Ben , I think the world would lose something were you to neglect the gifts you have . ’ |
| 3 | The way to secure future prosperity is by embracing change not resisting it and as my honourable friend er indicates , by using our skills to best effect and competitively in a global market place were we to embrace the policies of members opposite in the European community we would shut the job , the door to the jobs which will come from that inward investment because we have opted out of the social chapter we do indeed have the opportunity that comes from being , if I may qui may quote er President Delors a pa a paradise for inward investment . |
| 4 | Mary Finnigan : It was at this time , when David flew out to Malta , then not only were we organising the Arts Lab but a free open air festival in Beckenham , David , having flown out to the Maltese song festival had sent Angie a postcard saying something to the effect that he was going to be in Italy and why did n't Angie come and join him , which she did , leaving me to sort out both the folk club and the free festival organised for Beckenham Park the following Sunday . ’ |
| 5 | And there was nothing to connect the nights I shared with Jean-Claude with the afternoons I spent with Émile . |
| 6 | Was I smelling the trees … or something else ? |
| 7 | But I remember I 'd got a box on my mantlepiece erm not only was I using the pessaries but I was also taking these when the period was due . |
| 8 | Another group just said , they were rooms one through ten , and er one of the tank farm group said , we did n't know exactly where we were but this was I think the assumptions that Group two told me were er , were about that . |
| 9 | The fifth , was I considered the plans were not detailed enough for us to give permission for outline for thirty six . |
| 10 | Was I tempting the Gods of war ? |
| 11 | Occasionally , these standards lapsed , as when an ITV News At Ten headline asked , ‘ Was Someone Directing The Riots ? ’ , a piece of pure speculation based ( like Knopfs Baltimore example ) on a brief clip of an unidentified motor scooter rider and passenger . |
| 12 | ‘ It was you let the others know , ’ Glinwood said . |
| 13 | It was you doing the games were you ? |
| 14 | ‘ But was she belittling the symptoms , or was it that she was more concerned about something else ? |
| 15 | Her name was Amadé , and it was she wove the baskets . |
| 16 | That , and unwanted copies of the Serpell report on Britain 's railways was something to stoke the fires with . |
| 17 | But , although it was something to tell the others at school , secretly I thought he was important enough already . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah — Mr Novakova , ’ Fabia pronounced , privately of the view that the name Ivo Novakova was one to get the jaws working . |
| 19 | I mean that was they dimmed the lights so that they 're not all erm silvery grey at one stage . |
| 20 | Was he counting the hours as well as the days . |
| 21 | Where on earth was he to get the funds for Paris amusements ? |
| 22 | I think we outnumbered their support here , it was it gave the players a great lift , it was tremendous erm all credit to them erm we will drag even more along to the next game . |
| 23 | Was it thrashing the bollocks out of it ? |
| 24 | The bit of marshy ground beyond the playing fields was vole country , which was what attracted the kestrels . |
| 25 | It was what brought the Chelonians to their valley . |