Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [was/were] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back I can now see that some of the happenings through which I lived professionally were destined to be profound and far reaching in their impact and to become milestones of educational change . |
| 2 | There 'd been neither sight nor sound of James since that fateful day and no doubt he had forgotten her as quickly as he had taken her , but he must be told there was going to be a child . |
| 3 | In the same broadcast , Erman announced government proposals to cut armed forces numbers from an estimated 75,000 to 55,000 and to reduce the period of conscription from a year to six months , although in the current year the number of conscripts called up was expected to be doubled . |
| 4 | Getting back was going to be a problem . |
| 5 | For the O level people and those who just wanted to work , mucking around was seen to be unfair both to them because it held them back and to the teachers : here they interpret ‘ mucking about ’ wholly within the official theory of schooling . |
| 6 | The Judge held the air of someone very world-weary , and this was accurate to some extent , as he had just re-read the case notes , and sensed today was going to be another long day . |
| 7 | In November 1985 , when he had heard there was going to be another Israeli shipment to Iran , he called North . |
| 8 | On the other they disapproved of some of the impediments which had been erected in the twentieth century : the requirements of a lis inter partes and a superadded duty to act judicially were said to be false constraints . |
| 9 | Over a period some mistakes had been made and several members of the Committee were not in full agreement , but if ideas and plans were to be achieved there was bound to be hard talking at Meetings . |
| 10 | The disparity between different sized companies mentioned opposite was found to be more pronounced in the software and services sector than for hardware companies . |