Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here too the distinction was not absolute , and hides many other differences ; but the bulk of the lower clergy were half educated at best , and led quite a different life from their superiors . |
| 2 | If we were all shouting at one another , the media would be here . |
| 3 | Black , No. 199 , cold grey 1 and 111 , sap green , No. 167 , geranium red light , No. 121 , light blue and rose carmine , were all used at this stage . |
| 4 | Gambling , football pools , fun-fairs , dog tracks , amusement arcades , dance halls , popular songs , street betting and speed-tracks were all attacked at different times in the interwar years for their demoralising influence , particularly on the young . |
| 5 | ‘ We were all saddened at this news , ’ writes Mrs Harrison . |
| 6 | They were all laughing at such ineptitude when Wainfleet telephoned . |
| 7 | This means that a business can easily work out what would happen if its sales , purchases , wages etc were all to change at different rates , with some going up and some going down . |