Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ai n't goin' downstairs , ’ said Linda , ‘ I bet you was goin' to pinch things from that bag . |
| 2 | He knew that what he was seeing meant jobs for Cork , wage-packets for its workers , money for its shopkeepers , business for its tradesmen ; but , more than that , more even than the commerce that would result on a national scale , he saw it as history in action . |
| 3 | The delegates denied that the meeting was intended to create structures supplanting the CIS , but President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan , one of the strongest proponents of the CIS , said after the meeting that his confidence in the stability of the CIS had decreased because of Ukraine 's attitude at the last CIS summit [ see p. 38825 ] and the course of the Russian Congress of People 's Deputies [ for which see p. 38875 ] . |
| 4 | The delegates denied that the meeting was intended to create structures supplanting the CIS , but President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan , one of the strongest proponents of the CIS , said after the meeting that his confidence in the stability of the CIS had decreased because of Ukraine 's attitude at the last CIS summit [ see p. 38825 ] and the course of the Russian Congress of People 's Deputies [ see p. 38875 ] . |
| 5 | The two LEAs in Wales were invited after advice from the Welsh Office , as it was intended to include tests in Welsh in the schools . |
| 6 | This was intended to reassure sections of the population worried about unification with Romania . |
| 7 | There have certainly been criticisms of the relatively narrow view which private practitioners have taken of their work ( a failing which results partly from the type of legal education currently provided ) and it is true that the introduction of the legal advice and assistance scheme in 1973 was intended to give solicitors the opportunity to take a wider range of work . |
| 8 | However , each task was intended to give children the opportunity to exercise a range of reading , writing and other language skills . |
| 9 | It was intended to hold meetings of regional councils and officials in the next two weeks to discuss the mechanics and legal issues surrounding the proposal . |
| 10 | Internment , introduced in August , was intended to take leaders of the IRA out of circulation , but the information on which arrests were made was often out of date or just plain mistaken . |
| 11 | The 1971 Act also effectively discriminated against black workers by the introduction of the concept of ‘ patrials ’ , which was intended to distinguish persons with close ties to Britain from those without and give them the right to reside in Britain . |
| 12 | The move was intended to boost farmers ' cash flow , and thus to counterbalance a 3 per cent cut in the intervention price which was due to be invoked in July under the EC cereals stabilizer regime [ see p. 35914 ] because of the heavy cereal crop in 1989-90 . |
| 13 | Second , FoE pointed out that Article 9 allowing derogations for nitrate levels arising from the ‘ nature and structure ’ of the ground was intended to cover exemptions for water from nitrate-bearing rocks and soils , whereas most of the nitrate found in UK groundwater stems from highly unnatural levels of fertiliser . |
| 14 | Subsequent reports , citing Interior Ministry officials , indicated that the Iraqi landing was intended to retrieve weapons and ammunition abandoned after Iraq 's defeat in the Gulf War [ see pp. 37982-86 ] . |
| 15 | In allowing farmers to plant certain crops such as soya beans and wheat without losing existing government support , the bill was intended to encourage farmers to plant crops in response to market demand rather than government incentive . |
| 16 | It was intended to encourage students to make self-assessments and to keep a record of their own progress . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) That , although the scope of Code C of the Codes of Practice ( 1985 ed. ) extended beyond persons in detention , it was intended to protect suspects who were , or thought themselves to be , vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers , and applied where a suspect was being questioned about an offence by a police officer acting as such for the purpose of obtaining evidence ; that , since the appellants were not being questioned by police officers acting as such and conversation was on equal terms , there could be no question of pressure or intimidation by the officers as persons actually or believed to be in authority ; and that , accordingly , Code C did not apply in the circumstances and the judge 's approach could not be faulted ( post , p. 237C–E , H ) . |
| 18 | In our view , although the Code extends beyond the treatment of those in detention , what is clear is that it was intended to protect suspects who are vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers or who may believe themselves to be so . |
| 19 | Section 2 , which replaces s. 40 of the Law of Property Act 1925 , was intended to prevent disputes over whether the parties had entered into a binding agreement or over what terms they had agreed . |
| 20 | Scheduled to last for two months , the dialogue was intended to present proposals on the direct election of regional parliaments and on the fiscal competencies of the francophone and Flemish executives . |
| 21 | But he was struggling to score goals and the fans were turning against him until New Year 's Day 1991 . |
| 22 | While he was struggling to put things right , and to organise the manufacture of cannon , of which his vast , mainly barefoot , army was desperately short , a large French convoy of 24 ships of the line and ten fireships docked at Bantry Bay , near Cork , bringing welcome supplies and reinforcements . |
| 23 | The Cabernet Sauvignon from Languedoc is made by a company that was struggling to make ends meet by blending plonk until a few years ago . |
| 24 | The Vale Wildlife Rescue Centre in Evesham was struggling to make ends meet because the recession caused donations to dry up . |
| 25 | On Thursday 24 February a provisional committee was formed to support Raybestos in the Ballincollig/Ovens area . |
| 26 | ANDREW LAMBIRTH profiles the talents of the man who was formed to paint women . |
| 27 | In a general election in June 1989 the Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( Panellinion Socialistikou Kinema — Pasok ) , led by Andreas Papandreou , lost its overall majority of seats , and a temporary government was formed comprising members of the right-wing New Democracy ( Nea Demokratia — ND ) and the communist-dominated Coalition of the Left and Progress ( Synaspismos ) and led by Tzannis Tzannetakis [ see pp. 36738-39 ] . |
| 28 | The new grouping , which had the support of three SDPP MPs , was formed to challenge Articles 141 and 142 of the penal code under which communist parties were outlawed . |
| 29 | That dark , purring kind of voice he was using sent chills down her back . |
| 30 | First he was to endorse publicly the NoS Equal Opportunities approach , and second he was to agree to allow negotiations with the unions to ‘ run their course ’ quietly . |