Example sentences of "[was/were] [conj] [adv] be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | which were and still are a display of dances that may or may not be applicable to the plot . |
| 2 | The impact it had on me was that here were a lot of gay people who were interested in politics ; for whom it was n't just a social thing to do after work . |
| 3 | The theme he hammered in yesterday 's speech was that here was an administration increasingly losing its grip , its miracles turning to dross , the ‘ Thatcher Revolution ’ shown up as a fraud . |
| 4 | I was and still am a liberal . |
| 5 | The Fouga , designed as a primary jet trainer , was and still is a very good machine for introducing pilots gently to jets ' special characteristics — while giving them lots of fun too . |
| 6 | This rock was and still is a major climbing crag . |
| 7 | Section 47 of the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 has not criminalised corporal punishment by a teacher ( although in some cases striking a pupil excessively was and still is an offence ) . |