Example sentences of "was [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they begin to remember their younger life and what their job was or the day they went on holiday to Margate , the more they may begin to make links with things happening today . |
| 2 | Nothing he ever wrote came near to conveying to the reader the way the moor really was or the way he felt about it . |
| 3 | He could only assume that , being unaware of his true status as a DIA agent , the DEA and its oversight agency , the FBI , had seen him as a soft target , and framed the passport violation charge as a means of silencing an awkward witness without realizing who he was or the damage they were doing . |
| 4 | Erm , I remember years ago , well , well , say months ago , erm , one of the local estate agents were writing in one of the property news I think it was or the Advertiser , saying now is the time to buy , erm , whereas twelve months ago , now 's the time to buy because they |
| 5 | And whatever else the decor was or the show was that night , whatever city we were all supposed to be in , one thing that was always the same and that Madame never got rid of was the ceiling . |
| 6 | And er it used to be quite event when you saw all the queue and , and er of course with Walsall Wood you 've got the room over the shop where the Guild room was and a rest room I think for the staff . |
| 7 | She got a , I think she got a bit of a shock you know she actually probably thought she was better than she was and a lot of people had been giving her a lot of pats on the back and I tell you where half of that emanated from was down the corridor . |
| 8 | He had no idea where he was and no idea how far off the ground he was . |
| 9 | Maggie had no idea what it was and no notion of the time but as she opened her eyes every sense was alert . |
| 10 | Nothing more was said about what the scope of review for administrative institutions and inferior courts actually was and no dichotomy was drawn between them . |
| 11 | I sat actually sitting talking and drinking and the er in the house , that 's where her wedding dress was and the chauffeur sitting beside and I think he went away laughing . |
| 12 | Erm so we decided that it was important to try and find some more formalised way of testing what er the market satisfaction was and the service we are providing . |
| 13 | Some of this must be because they are a generation that ‘ made shift ’ through the was and the depression . |
| 14 | The management of the health service is now infinitely better than it was and the trend to devolving responsibility downwards has continued apace . |
| 15 | Oh , they said how heroic he was and the headmaster said all the right things at the school memorial service . |
| 16 | ‘ That is how my mother said it was and the history books tell the same story . |
| 17 | I felt very sorry for him , but there again , the way he was and the way he felt , he 's better off out of it . |
| 18 | No one knows how big the contribution was and the price paid for the electricity is being kept secret . |
| 19 | It is important to try to be clear about what exactly this force was and the nature of the challenge that it posed to British rule in India — for there was a profound difference between Gandhi 's perception of these things and that of the British . |
| 20 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 21 | You know , going , as if you were going to erm do you know where the erm the , the funny thing was and the Brow , Everton Brow , there was a |
| 22 | Do you kn erm on the subject of I know last last time I came when I spoke to you that you were saying about you were saying about religion and it was and the fact that you erm go to church . |
| 23 | But he did not know himself what it was and the impossibility of explaining made him turn his head at last and look across at the bright , rectangular picture Doyle was holding out . |
| 24 | Yes , they knew where their hotel was and the bus driver was a laugh but they were outraged that Irish money was not ‘ taken here ’ . |
| 25 | And tt Jan was er was er wondering during last year and went on to hormone replacement therapy because she was and the doctor was a bit concerned about possible osteoporosis which is erm brittle bone |
| 26 | It was but a village , and four small sailing boats , sails drooping and oars plying , moved out from a tiny wooden jetty as we moved in . |
| 27 | Perhaps a mature perception of this fact lay behind the rather surprising acquiescence of most Norman lords in William the Conqueror 's succession as duke in 1035 , though he was but a child and a bastard . |
| 28 | The first one was but a servant . |
| 29 | ‘ The other bearer , ’ said Georgiades , ‘ the first one , the one who was but a servant , was he also a Copt ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ A foolish thing was but a toy . ’ |