Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The investigation included soil gas surveys and core drilling , and showed that modern industries were not responsible.The pollution probably derived from an engineering works that was closed some IS years ago . |
| 2 | Well they were n't York stone then were they ? |
| 3 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 4 | The same approach could be taken with regard to the Maastricht Treaty : when it was signed there was already Community legislation on , for example , consumer protection , tourism , energy policy , European networks , health protection , and ( to a limited extent ) education . |
| 5 | It was not Sussex backwardness alone that brought trouble but the collapse of the artificial prosperity across England when the wars ended in 1815 and were followed by a series of disastrous harvests . |
| 6 | This was Home Road School now Cumberland School . |
| 7 | That 's not to say there was n't child abuse now , I I have my own thoughts and in my own feelings feel that there could have been some child abuse especially ch sexual abuse . |
| 8 | I was n't chewing gum though , I was eating sweets |
| 9 | Well , so , no it was n't Saturday night then . |