Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I could do was write a letter , and by the time I 'd written a letter and it got where it was going and a reply got back , a week or two weeks could have gone by . |
| 2 | Dusty relics lay where they were left when the mill shut down . |
| 3 | It was only when his embrace became more adventurous , his hands more demanding as he became aroused , that she realised where they were heading and she finally found the strength to pull away from him . |
| 4 | Sammy by now had wormed his way up to the third rung where he was floundering and panting breathlessly . |
| 5 | On Tuesday nights Sidney Passmore must have sat where he was sitting and on Fridays , the undertaker . |
| 6 | The direct and indirect statutory controls over the rules of the SIB and SROs and , in particular , the role of the Secretary of State suggest that it was contemplated that rules which survived their scrutiny would adequately protect investors . |
| 7 | The rules which apply to such cases and can be derived from the cases are summed up in Chitty on Contracts as follows : ( 1 ) If the person receiving the document did not know that there was writing or printing on it , he is not bound . |
| 8 | ‘ We do n't know that anyone was killed or injured near there so there should n't be anyone haunting it . ’ |
| 9 | Police say that he was kicked and punched by four people and struck about the head with a wooden object . |
| 10 | ‘ They also say that he was murdered because he was the father of Cissie Jordan 's baby . ’ |
| 11 | But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ? |
| 12 | Without noticing its onset I found that I was crying and I went on crying until I slept . |
| 13 | He found that he was rolling and unrolling the brim of Maidstone 's hat in his fingers . |
| 14 | Poets were so highly esteemed that it was said that a Delhi-wallah visiting a friend in another part of India would always take with him as a present not jewels or hookahs or fine weapons but a few of Mir Taqi Mir 's new verses copied on to a single sheet of paper . |
| 15 | My buttocks began to freeze and I was wondering whether to return when I heard the clop of the horse 's hooves and glimpsed Sir John riding vigorously by . |
| 16 | Firstly , visits could be claimed if they were requested and made between 2200 and 0800 ( previously 2300 and 0700 ) . |
| 17 | She did n't know if she was rocking or if it was the room . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't even know if he was killed that Sunday or if he was tortured before he was murdered . |
| 19 | I did n't know if he was armed or … |
| 20 | I do n't know if it was pressed or not , hello |
| 21 | He managed somehow to get under my skin , tangle me up inside so that I did n't know if I was coming or going . |
| 22 | Another fairly important change was that a review by a review board should be discontinued if it was established that the inspector 's report did not adversely affect the reputation of the person who applied for the review . |
| 23 | 13 , the definition of sale by retail was considered and it was held that the sale was defined by reference to quantity sold , not to the person to whom that quantity was sold . |
| 24 | Avery observed how completely Minton 's face dropped if anything was said that pained him , but that he would as quickly recover . |
| 25 | The Cabinet had agreed on March 20 that Decree No. 42 should be discarded but it was understood that some members of the Cabinet favoured new press legislation to replace the decree , while others thought that the existing criminal code was enough to ensure a responsible press . |
| 26 | The importance of the Cycladic islands had been exaggerated because it was alleged that there were Cycladic influences in the Balkans and in Italy and indeed Sicily , and in Iberia . |
| 27 | The Concentrated Reinforcement Programme was discontinued since it was considered that the very marginal improvement that it had over the Standard programme was not worth the relatively more substantial increase in running costs . |
| 28 | Ours has n't been decorated since it was erected because every year is supposed to be its ‘ last ’ year . |
| 29 | They demolished Moseley , who did n't seem to know whether they were coming or going . |
| 30 | I DID N'T know whether I was coming or going . |