Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other Evangelicals rejected the idea that God was constantly ordering men 's lives . |
| 2 | The object of the exercise … was not to enhance others ' enjoyment and understanding of Jane Austen , still less to honour t e novelist herself , but to put a definitive stop to the production of any further garbage on the subject . |
| 3 | When Camille entered the open-plan area that was Barbs 's kitchen and dining-room , she realized she was still holding Barbs 's handbag , and she put it on the table with a swift , rejecting movement as though it was hot or unclean . |
| 4 | When your mother was sort of having a lot of a lot of children and and after you you know you you were growing up and she was still having children erm had you any idea of erm the processes by which all this was coming about ? |
| 5 | Moreover , throughout the year the particular day of the week on which Innocents ' Day had fallen the previous year was also regarded as a black-letter day , and was also called Innocents ' Day . |