Example sentences of "was [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the marriage that was being described was different from the one they had known , indeed bore almost no resemblance to it , and there was no-one to tell them this . |
| 2 | Mr Hall stressed there was nothing to suggest anything sinister about Mrs Scott 's death . |
| 3 | It was me put you all on to the Om prayer . |
| 4 | She was threatened , and the primitive male instinct to protect what was his brought his entire body to battle-readiness within seconds . |
| 5 | until they left home , first of all it was I break his bloody neck taking advantage of my daughter , cos they each lived with their |
| 6 | They must be independent , not mention in the will you ca n't have a beneficiary who 's a witness , you ca n't have a husband or wife of a beneficiary as a witness either because not I 'm told very first clause there are n't , to get a duplicate made bungalow or something like that he might be missing out on the bungalow and the was The course leader at the time told me the story that saw him and he would n't tell me who it was I want my ten percent commission . |
| 7 | They were now joined by John Maud as permanent Secretary , who soon found that his Minister — not particularly well on educational matters , although still capable of righteous passion in the face of wrong — was content to learn rather than There was plenty to keep them busy . |
| 8 | ‘ There was plenty to keep us busy and all is well for our 21st anniversary celebrations . |
| 9 | So no one 'd ever know it was you had 'em all the time . |
| 10 | Why was she telling him all this ? |
| 11 | Why was she telling him this , reliving her humiliation for his vicarious enjoyment ? |
| 12 | Why was she telling me this ? |
| 13 | Why was she leaving him alone ? |
| 14 | Grimwood it was who had his graphic way with the cherub , turning the classical , familiar , somewhat uninspiring image into the stylised , abstract muse-based beastie you see before you . |
| 15 | The deal was we made our own beds and fed on board . |
| 16 | Only later were , was one to find it possible to develop a small comedy action or a small dramatic action on the screen , this would be around nineteen hundred and three , four , five , about five or six years from the beginning , that films of this sort would make . |
| 17 | And England manager Taylor , whose departure five years ago signalled Watford 's decline as a footballing force , was there to witness their greatest night since those days . |
| 18 | but the site was they did their own down fall with the first ones that went on it , cos they ripped out all the water pipes and the toilets and the , they , they literally decimated the site so the Council said oh they 're not doing it again |
| 19 | How on earth was he to explain his abrupt departure to the family ? |
| 20 | What was your priorities when you were doing that , what were your priorities as far as , was it to get it all down or was it just to get in down in a particular way what what do you see as the priorities when you were talking about doing it ? |
| 21 | Nigeria was what kept her alive . |
| 22 | That was what upset me last week . |
| 23 | But maybe that was what made them different from him . |
| 24 | Both campaigns struggled , I believe that this was what made them different from the rest of the fleet . |
| 25 | None of the villagers would go near the pool , which was what made it such a suitable place for a rendezvous . |
| 26 | This was not snoring but a kind of clicking , irregular and sporadic — that was what made it irritating — and liable to start when least expected . |
| 27 | We found it hard at times , but my players showed character and that was what earned them both points . ’ |
| 28 | What hit him most was what hit him first . |