Example sentences of "[was/were] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were ye in a fight ? ’ |
| 2 | Erm were you as a midwife ever approached about abortions ? |
| 3 | Were you with a man ? |
| 4 | How satisfied were you with the refreshments ? |
| 5 | ‘ Were you on the Crusade ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Were you on the ice ? ’ |
| 7 | Why were you on the Moor alone ? |
| 8 | ‘ How long were you at the factory ? ’ she persisted . |
| 9 | ‘ Why were you at the gallery ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Why were you at the Star and Garter , sir ? ’ |
| 11 | " Where were you at the time ? " |
| 12 | And were you in a union of any sort ? |
| 13 | Clare were you in the past |
| 14 | Clare were you in the past |
| 15 | Were YOU in the SERVICES ? |
| 16 | Were you in the army ? |
| 17 | And er wh where were you in the order of entry ? |
| 18 | You might , were you in the celebrity business , react like literary agent Ed Victor : ‘ If I were the agent I would step on some jugulars to come home with $5 million for world-wide rights to the book and the film . ’ |
| 19 | Were you were you in the drama clubs here when you were younger then as well ? |
| 20 | They were telling me , a month ago , were you in the Christmas parade to be an old granny ? |
| 21 | Well were you in the house on your own all night ? |
| 22 | ‘ Were you in the War ? ’ asked Lee . |
| 23 | " Were you in the fighting ? " |
| 24 | Were you near the front ? |
| 25 | We doggedly persevered in our pursuit of consumer acceptance , so convinced were we of the superiority of our product , but , as always , ultimately the customer is king , and our product was rejected and has joined the ranks of many other good ideas whose time may come one day , but certainly is not with us now . |
| 26 | Where were they on the Sunday , that 'd be what … ? ’ |
| 27 | Mm , were they on the dock ? |
| 28 | So how much were they at the Swan 's then ? |
| 29 | Rye is officially what is called an ‘ Ancient Town ’ attached to the Cinque Ports , those small ports along the coasts of Kent and East Sussex which were fortified against the French ; so necessary were they to the Crown that , in 1278 , they were given legal privileges : exemption from taxes , the right to rule themselves and appoint their own judges . |
| 30 | Ceauşescu was happy to meet this condition : for him , as for any true follower of Lenin , a trade union was ‘ a transmission belt of authority ’ ; if the union officials could not get the workers to meet their targets , failed to anticipate strikes , and then did not resolve them at once , what use were they to the regime ? |