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 ? |