Example sentences of "[indef pn] [was/were] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But someone was saying something at the same time as Lord Boddy , making him falter and finally stop in midstride . |
| 2 | Eighteen or twenty thousand pounds was rolling out of Apple a week and nobody was doing anything about it . |
| 3 | Cos somebody was saying something about the la the last time they got in , it all went |
| 4 | Predictably Labour 's Alan Milburn was pleased with The Northern ‘ s poll result although he stressed no one was taking anything for granted and the relentless effort would not ease between now and polling on Thursday . |
| 5 | The teacher in charge claimed that there were at least nine children who ‘ linguistically could be good partials ’ but not one was attaining anything like his or her true linguistic potential . |