Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were merely describing what the book was about . |
| 2 | The Baptists of Amersham were only doing what the universal Church had done for centuries in insisting on partaking in the Communion as a sign of being ‘ in communion ’ with the church . |
| 3 | But if anyone said that Christianity was n't going to cost you anything , they were not telling you the full story . |
| 4 | But they were NOT told what the bug was — or that other babies were affected . |
| 5 | His Quaker wife , the famous prison reformer Elizabeth Fry , felt members of her own family were also giving him the cold shoulder when they heard he was being ‘ investigated ’ by the Ratcliff and Barking monthly meeting . |
| 6 | It was with tears of joy in his eyes , that Felix went forward to meet the torchbearers , who by their chants were evidently proclaiming him the hero of the hour . |
| 7 | ‘ As is whether you were actually telling me the truth , or lying . |
| 8 | I was merely quoting what the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside said and I have said that I am willing to give way to him . |
| 9 | ‘ The Prince was perhaps showing him the sights ? ’ |
| 10 | She laughed , but he was only telling her the truth . |
| 11 | He was already handing her the piece of paper which certified that she was in good health and not suffering from any infectious disease . |
| 12 | Arsenal 's mastery of the First Division was already making them the best-loved , best-hated club . |
| 13 | ‘ Barratt was just telling us the other night at the Goodys ' , ’ says Prue , as she pours coffee in the living-room , ‘ about how he had lunch with God the other day . ’ |
| 14 | My separatist friends said I was selling out , and taking on the role of mother was just doing what the patriarchy had trained me for . |
| 15 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |
| 16 | But Donald , to judge from the size of the congregation - they were three deep in the aisles and old Mr Donovan from 21b ( ‘ I fought two wars for you lot ’ ) had to wait outside the double doors — Donald was not experiencing what the French sociologist called the Lonely Death . |
| 17 | ‘ As wholesalers we felt that Billingsgate was not offering us the facilities we needed , ’ he explains . |
| 18 | Morris suddenly felt tired ; the doctored wine was not giving him the uplift he needed . |
| 19 | Robinson was still giving him the low-down on life in Whitely when the key rattled in the door again and it opened to admit Rod Porter . |
| 20 | His sojourn in the car was simply to assure himself the messenger boy responded to the given description and had not been followed . |
| 21 | He was n't trying to give her false hope but was simply telling her the truth . |
| 22 | He was surely telling her the truth , surely , with that playful-sounding promise of a comedy about the Wall . |
| 23 | ‘ I was about to ask you the same question . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I was about to ask you the same question . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I was about to ask you the same question . ’ |
| 26 | Emmie saw , appalled , that he was about to tell him the truth . |
| 27 | Were were would you suggest that they have a lot of unresolved feelings about that , or maybe they had emotional scars because no-one was there to give them the kind of hope that might be available now ? |
| 28 | Its ears were erect and it was evidently giving them the full attention of sight , smell and hearing . |
| 29 | The Eastern Arts report of nineteen eighty six was never completed what the Eastern Arts did in actual fact was to produce a draft report and promised that the final report would be complete and circulate it as to date which is nineteen ninety-one we have not received the final report of the Eastern Arts appraisal . |