Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [was/were] [verb] and " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Sammy by now had wormed his way up to the third rung where he was floundering and panting breathlessly . |
| 4 | On Tuesday nights Sidney Passmore must have sat where he was sitting and on Fridays , the undertaker . |
| 5 | Police say that he was kicked and punched by four people and struck about the head with a wooden object . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | Without noticing its onset I found that I was crying and I went on crying until I slept . |
| 8 | He found that he was rolling and unrolling the brim of Maidstone 's hat in his fingers . |
| 9 | Firstly , visits could be claimed if they were requested and made between 2200 and 0800 ( previously 2300 and 0700 ) . |
| 10 | Yet it was this very stability which made them so potentially harmful , for their effects upon a whole ecosystem , as opposed to an individual species , were not considered before they were adopted and so , as farmers enthusiastically seized the opportunities which these new insecticides offered , little thought was given to any possible chain reaction which might follow . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you suggesting that she was murdered and that the car business was a cover-up ? ’ |
| 12 | Tealtaoich stood quite still , regarding the waiting Trees and seeing that they were listening and apparently politely prepared to hear anything he had to say . |
| 13 | Quiss experienced the tiniest moment of fear , then savage anger , and was about to go down fighting — take as many of the little bastards with him as he could — when he realised that they were bowing and wringing their hands and making apologetic noises , not howling angry ones . |
| 14 | Julia realised that she was shaking and that Ian had taken her hand in his . |
| 15 | July 1944 , failed although he was injured and undoubtedly badly shaken . |
| 16 | Both Jessica and Nadea seemed to agree that it was fitting and appropriate when I told them my first choice would be to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force . |
| 17 | On the following day , however , after lengthy discussions with Cabinet and other colleagues , she announced that she was withdrawing and that she would accordingly resign as Prime Minister once the new party leader had been elected . |
| 18 | The government claimed that the miners had come to Bucharest " spontaneously " but admitted that they were fed and lodged in government-owned sports halls . |
| 19 | His sole gave him a peculiar sensation , realising that it was undone and dragging , made him laugh , in retort , but secretly , inside . |
| 20 | And although disagreeing in significant respects with Schwoerer , W. A. Speck concludes that significant inroads on the royal prerogative were made by the Revolution settlement , and that " the debate on the nature of the monarchy did end decisively in 1689 with the victory of those who argued that it was limited and mixed " . |
| 21 | He refused , whereupon she argued that he was impeding and delaying justice by cavillaciones et diffugia ( ‘ quibbling objections and subterfuges ’ ) , and aimed to dispossess her not only of Bigorre , but of her vicomté of Marsan as well . |
| 22 | It eventually got that they were typed and put into cellophane covers which made it a lot easier . |
| 23 | on their man , warning that he was armed and dangerous . |
| 24 | If A had an honest doubt whether there was a contract at all between B and C it has been held that this would provide a good defence but if the doubt is whether A 's rights or C's under two inconsistent agreements should prevail and A chooses to adopt a course which on one view of the law will undoubtedly interfere with C 's rights , it has been said that he must at least show that he was advised and honestly believed that he was entitled to take that course . |
| 25 | Finally , my father came and I was discharged and taken home . |
| 26 | We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming . |
| 27 | They asked if he was cheating and decided that if he was able to do his work so well , there was no harm in giving him some more . |
| 28 | She kept her face averted but Melissa could see that she was drawn and pale . |
| 29 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 30 | When he arrived at the meeting it was to be told that he was suspended and barred from his office . |