Example sentences of "[coord] was [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involved a teacher treating a pupil in a manner which suggested that he or she was the same sort of person as an older brother or sister who had either offended in some way or was being offered as a worthy model . |
| 2 | Well she may be better now , I do n't know anything about it except dad heard that she had had it , or was being treated for it . |
| 3 | Saint Edward 's is good or was was n't it . |
| 4 | So they might well have had convenient discussions with the N R A as late as Friday even though their letter preem the Inspectorate 's letter was written on the eighth of September and Friday of course was the day after this letter had been released to us on our request and was was two days after the Selby committee had met on Wednesday . |
| 5 | The Statue of Liberty had just arrived from Paris and was being assembled so it was not in New York harbour when they arrived . |
| 6 | Come and tell me about this morning , ’ He looked round for Catherine to discover that with admirable good sense she had asked for the facilities of the house , and was being issued with soap and hand-towels by Miss Williams . |
| 7 | She had started attending classes at the Blind Club , and was being prepared for her further loss of sight . |
| 8 | At the other end of the human time-scale , the idea that life could be , and was being , prolonged through man 's skill and foresight had taken a powerful hold . |
| 9 | Cascarino , who had scored only once in nine appearances for Chelsea and was being barracked by a section of the crowd , admitted Allen 's goal put him under pressure . |
| 10 | Similarly , the chorus from the terraces whenever a member of the opposition was hit in the unmentionables and was being approached by the trainer with magic sponge and slopping bucket , was : ‘ Nay lad , do n't wash ‘ em . |
| 11 | The 1989 Ryder Cup caddie master had been hit on the knee by a full-blooded Neal Briggs iron and was being carted off to hospital . |
| 12 | Sgt Newman 's father , Eric , 58 , suffered a mild angina attack after being told of the shooting , and was being cared for by a neighbour last night . |
| 13 | Mr Nicholas Bragge , for the French producers , claimed that the elderflower drink had been ‘ dressed up ’ in a champagne bottle with the familiar wire top and was being passed off as the real stuff . |
| 14 | By now Mould had been caught and was being dragged away to do seven lengths of the corridor . |
| 15 | By 1830 , the mill had passed from the Clissold family and was being run by Evans , Robson and Severs , who were London-based textile merchants . |
| 16 | Belvedere Mill in 1439 belonged to the Manor of Bisley and was being worked by Alexander Robull . |
| 17 | Marie sulked and complained that Victoria was always worn-out and was being spoiled . |
| 18 | It had the additional advantage that it was well out of the way of prying headquarters staff and was being established as a forward base for the LRDG . |
| 19 | I felt as if I was a schoolboy who had done something wrong and was being taken to see the headmaster . |
| 20 | All this had been done and was being done every day all over Europe by the people whom I had found so pleasant and human ever since I had been shot down . |
| 21 | This part closely resembled Brodrick 's best-known building , Leeds Town Hall , which was the result of a competition that he had won in 1853 and was being built at the time of the Government Offices competition . |
| 22 | Anyway , I explained to Auntie , I had joined the army , and was being sent to London ; and I wanted to see her , and get her blessings . |
| 23 | Her world repeatedly ‘ proved ’ to her that she was wicked and worthless , and was being punished . |
| 24 | Their little brother had fallen in and was being carried fast downstream by the current . |
| 25 | It was as though she was in an off-mood and was being a bit funny . ’ |
| 26 | On appeal against conviction under the 1978 Construction and Use Regulations from the Humberside Justices sitting at Barton-upon-Humber , Stephen Brown LJ and Skinner J were asked to determine whether on the facts of the case a fork-lift truck , which had defective tyres and was being used on a road , was a motor vehicle for the purposes of the Road Traffic Act 1972 . |
| 27 | The train driver was in such ‘ deep shock ’ he could not be interviewed and was being counselled by staff . |
| 28 | It was on display for the day and was being steamed so that the boiler inspectors could check it out and issue the necessary documents confirming that it was tested and available to work . |
| 29 | The admission that compromise was possible is the first sign that the confident period of Hildebrandine reform — the period of intense conviction and hope of complete success — was coming to an end , and was being replaced by the age of negotiation , undertaken by lawyers and administrators , differing in their briefs , but alike in their methods , and understanding each other very well . |
| 30 | On the other hand the ‘ real ’ crime that did need correcting was being perpetrated by the capitalists themselves ( and those very same agents ) , and was being ignored . |