Example sentences of "was [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing to remind him of Eileen . |
| 2 | She justified her departure on the grounds that , with arrangements for Maurice 's funeral on Monday now in place , there was nothing to detain her at Swans ' Meadow . |
| 3 | Well there was nothing to stop him by now , there were two weights , there was the wardrobe sliding down the stairs and the man on top of it . |
| 4 | There was nothing to stop them for , and the brush-off had at least been done politely . |
| 5 | Erm and she was from the Pentiford area I think , erm oh quite a well educated girl , erm there was nothing to stop them from joining , I mean the London Fire Brigade there are , are fire fighters who are girls , erm and the er they do very well erm there are problems of course , with , with women on fire stations , but nevertheless there 's no reason why they should n't be there , providing they can do the job and I 'm sure those who read the papers and see the news know that in Russia and places like that , women do the , do the job very well . |
| 6 | In practice , there might be situations of doubt ; a man might claim that there was nothing to alert him to the girl 's age ( e.g. a 15-year-old girl , who looks much older , soliciting in a street with other prostitutes ) . |
| 7 | There was nothing to protect it save a company of disreputable rabble and a small strange looking nine-barrelled cannon . |
| 8 | There was nothing to tie him to the place now . |
| 9 | There was nothing to raise him from this unless world events should create the opportunity for him . |
| 10 | At least there was nothing to prevent me from enjoying a fantasy or two , now and then , while waiting . |
| 11 | I told my dad that was I chucked his in the bin and it had sort of stains on it and I told him that was |
| 12 | Right well what was I doing it for ? |
| 13 | But was that really her fault — or was I presenting her with an impossible task ? |
| 14 | Usually it was someone congratulating us on having won a free dancing lesson or test drive ; but there were quite a few grumpy wrong numbers , which made us feel at home . |
| 15 | What he needed was someone to get him by the scruff of the neck , tell him a few home truths and offer emotional stability . |
| 16 | With him , she felt none of the seething intoxication of love or lust or whatever it was which called her to Cameron . |
| 17 | The , the interviewer the other day said that she was somebody stopped her in Sandy Row , at the bottom of Sandy Row , |
| 18 | ‘ There was nobody to touch him on the pitch , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Then it all started to get VERY scrappy … the flicks kept coming but there was nobody running one to them . |
| 20 | But actually it does n't tell you anything about the quality of the care which they 're purchasing and the evidence that we are getting increasingly from the community health council is the experience of people of the health service is that actually the quality of the care is getting worse and this is not due to the staff in the health ee the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the e the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the for an operation er , four years , it should to be said er , she 's been waiting despite the government 's claim that all operations are done within two years er for very severe varicose veins and surprisingly enough she got them because of course most varicose have been removed her , the north-east Thames region erm , and er she turned up on the Wednesday and the operation had been postponed twice previously er , she was er gone through all the er , various tests which took her four hours cos she had to find all the places herself , there was nobody to show her to X-ray and various other places erm she was prepared for the op and then was sent home because there was n't a bed available ! |
| 21 | Today there 's not much of a problem , but at that time it was a little more troublesome and there was nobody doing anything about it . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it was you telling him about all those posh cars you test drive that really swung it . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps she was being a complete fool helping Craig Grenfell , was she allowing herself to be taken in by the first handsome man to come into her life ? |
| 24 | Why was she subjecting herself to this penal state of solitary confinement ? |
| 25 | Was she telling him about the plot to de-select Grunte ? |
| 26 | Why was she upsetting herself with thoughts of Vass ? |
| 27 | If he were to be an ‘ S. ’ also , a Stephen or a Sam , then how was she to know which of them had given her orders ? |
| 28 | Not only was she putting herself at risk but also her family , by carrying home all sorts of germs . |
| 29 | Constance looked at her aunt — was she blaming her for Nora 's lonely last years ? |
| 30 | Was she carrying anything at the time ? |