Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill Clinton 's advisors gathered at the White House to face yet another foreign policy challenge , proposing the use of U S naval power to enforce sanctions against Haiti and at the United Nations , U S diplomats were pressing for what would be a virtual blockade of the island . |
| 2 | They , Peter , if he found out where they were coming from what might he do ? |
| 3 | On board the steamer the two of them were talking about what would happen to the title if Lord Woodleigh was to die before they had any children , and Lord Woodleigh said — Sven Hjerson 's ears heard it — although now you get the estate . |
| 4 | And on the ones cos they were trying to s screw us down to the floor and on the popular metric where they I knew they were gon na they could find better suppliers , I was only about two per cent on some of those . |
| 5 | He was living in what would traditionally be described as reduced circumstances . |
| 6 | I was going through what could only be described a ‘ drop-out ’ period . |
| 7 | No , you 'd , you 'd er you 'd just if provided you , the midwife thought everything was going as it should , that was it . |
| 8 | She might have been if she was going at you would n't she ? |
| 9 | Er only if erm the mother was torn at all or , or if you did n't think the baby was coming as it should , there was problems there , then you , you would . |
| 10 | She was crying for what would not be . |
| 11 | ‘ The Seat car hit the Chevette , and a Cavalier car that was travelling behind it could not avoid crashing into it . ’ |
| 12 | To misuse the cliche , the only game in town last week was speculating on who might succeed John Akers as chief executive of IBM Corp . |
| 13 | Louise was standing in what used to be the studio long ago , when Irena still taught ballet . |
| 14 | Yes , I was talking about he used to come over here a lot . |
| 15 | The objective was not outright dominance , it was posturing for who would head the table and set the agenda at the peace conference . |
| 16 | Indeed , DEC president Bob Palmer , was missing from what should have been a showpiece event . |
| 17 | Further memories were revived by a visit from his mother in the summer of 1921 which brought ‘ another anxiety as well as a joy ’ when Eliot was working on what would become The Waste Land . |