Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was sounding strained , and as always when she was over-extended she was being unnecessarily bossy . |
| 2 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 3 | When eventually the story was checked it was found to be false , evidently initiated as part of an intercommunal feud by a tribal group which held a grudge against the government . |
| 4 | Due to the anti-Japanese war of nineteen thirty seven to forty five , the United Front was formed which was committed to the maintenance of a broad alliance of classes . |
| 5 | The first category , compare and contrast positive and negatives , involves a comparison between positive and negative adjectives describing the person used together to form the final opinion ; for example , ‘ [ I ] weighed all good points against all bad points ’ or ‘ as far as I was able to tell , every person was described by three positive/favourable adjectives and three negative/unfavourable ones … just as an impression was formed it was negated by the 5th or 6th words , giving it a cancelling out effect . |
| 6 | Without hesitation , she set off in pursuit , unable to think beyond the fact that he would be lost , not even considering that if she was dismissed he was no longer her responsibility . |
| 7 | And then it was boiled and boiled that it was er tender and that and then it was taken out and cut into bits and this is what a potted head And then it was That was done and then er Where the water what was boiled there was often fat but that was all skimmed off , and er next day there was as much water in the And er meat from the head was put in and pepper and salt and that , and then it was boiled again and then put into little dishes and that was your potted head . |
| 8 | About 1.30 am we got home to Debenham , it was raining it was cold and completely desolate . |
| 9 | We were lucky last week cos half of us have got netball , half of us have got hockey , but last week because it was raining it was too bad for the hockey people to go out cos they co , with it being dark as well so we , we just stayed inside . |
| 10 | What was to heal them was the act of obedience to what God had said , and faith in what he had said . |
| 11 | They were n't hurt or threatened verbally — in fact , apart from the message she was given they were n't spoken to at all . |
| 12 | ALL THAT WAS GIVEN ME WAS THE MATTER OF THREE SCENES , AND THE CENTRAL IDEA OF A VOLUNTARY CHANGE BECOMING INVOLUNTARY . |
| 13 | I thought from the discussion we had a month or so ago , that they 've used the eighty three based correction factors , but it maybe something else because the description this morning was given it was some lo other local one . |
| 14 | Well I do n't I was suggesting we were becoming one but I was suggesting that the Prime Minister thought this is desirable . |
| 15 | I was all prepared he was suggesting there was a beautiful big orange over there , it was , he found out that neither of us , non , |
| 16 | When at last he went out as the dusk was gathering she was very glad to see him go . |
| 17 | She was planning to get into university on demobilisation , to study history , and wherever she was posted she was accompanied by a large wooden crate of study books . |
| 18 | So what would a a riveter have done then once they were once their job was completed they were put on the the on the street basically ? |
| 19 | The end of year deadline for eradication of asbestos-contaminated rolling stock , agreed many years ago between BR and the unions , was quietly and mutually forgotten when it was realised it was a long way from being achieved unless services were decimated . |
| 20 | Although he was sacked he was taken back a fourth time and he did indeed die in harness . |
| 21 | If it was conditioning it was deep as her bones and marrow . |
| 22 | As long as they was eating they were alright you see . |
| 23 | All the time he was eating he was thinking how he could get out again . |
| 24 | The official report of the Maadi Hospital states that when Sadat arrived at the hospital and was examined he was in a state of complete coma . |
| 25 | We 'd had these super three weeks in Crete — marvellous weather , nice hotel , swimming , really got on — and even though the flight was delayed we were still in a terrific mood when we got to Gatwick . |
| 26 | When he used to chase his tail and I remember I was walking I was walking round the shops with him and there 's this big alsatian and Roly was giving it cos you know how scared he was of dogs it was barking at him ! |
| 27 | It was claimed there were twenty-six . |
| 28 | If the would-be Finian was wounded he was not accepted . |
| 29 | The basis of the system was to establish what was happening , who was responsible , what the targets were and whether they were being monitored ( see Greenwood and Wilson , 1989 , p. 125 ) . |
| 30 | And when he was caught he was given a bowl of Winalot dog food , he alleged . |