Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They each believed that what they were doing was vital for the betterment of the world as each saw it and neither would give way to the other , or defer in any way to the other 's claimed priority in attention , preference or responsibility . |
| 2 | No-one should ever think that what they were doing was too small . |
| 3 | The defendants claimed that what they were doing was in furtherance of their dispute with the provincial newspapers . |
| 4 | Remembering that what we were experiencing was meant to be enjoyable left our wits spinning like a lawn sprinkler . |
| 5 | ‘ The analysts finally said that what we were doing was not the problem — the problem was that we made it look as though the truth was being dragged out of us . |
| 6 | to me that it would be perverse of us to fall into the trap if we were to do so of endorsing Policy E two and not know that what we were endorsing was in fact what the Secretary of State specifically rejected on the grounds perhaps that it was unduly restricted or detailed or inappropriate for some of those other reasons that are set out in the earlier part of that notice of approval . |
| 7 | He knew that what he was communicating was urgency , irritability , frustrated life and fury , wrong things here , and indeed Mrs Marriott began hopelessly , her head in a pile of clean muslin nappies , to cry . |
| 8 | The terror , however , was not for herself or for the children but for Edward , who might realise that what he was saying was true . |
| 9 | We need to understand the position of the Sanhedrin , Jesus is really representing great changes in their tradition great a great revolution really and we know that what he was doing was was sort of getting Christianity to grow out of Judaism , but it meant that Judaism had to move to one side . |
| 10 | He knew that it 's a sin against himself , his own soul , he knew that what he was doing was against justice , it was against the advice of his wife , it was against everything within him and yet he still pursues this , this cause of having Jesus put to death . |
| 11 | Could it be that what he was feeling was a kind of envy , in the sense that he 'd brought her here , to a place that he felt he 'd made his own , and in a matter of weeks she 'd already grown closer to it than he could ever hope to be ? |
| 12 | Chesarynth sensed it and realized for the first time that what she was hearing was nothing but verbally-trimmed ideas . |
| 13 | Leila had told her that what she was experiencing was a kind of installation sequence , which had to be allowed to take its course . |
| 14 | I gave her the carrier and watched her jaunty backview disappear with it into the crowds , and I was more and more sure that what she was carrying was harmless . |
| 15 | I must say when I read that in 's letter , I did n't read that specific erm comment , I read something , something much much wider really , that , that really I felt that what she was saying was you know that when , when there is a group , then readers er musicians , everybody else reflect together and come together before they actually , you know , they do n't all operate the same but they come together and they reflect together on what the , the theme is , or you know , what was the main point of the readings . |
| 16 | I consulted the programme and discovered that what I was regarding was the rose garden of an English country house , circa 1922 . |
| 17 | I attempted desperately to convince myself that what I was experiencing was just a particularly cruel and hateful dream concocted by some part of my mind determined to exact due penalty from my conscience for my having behaved with such despicable lack of grace during the holidays … but failed utterly ; my sub-conscious ' stock of nightmare-paradigms includes nothing so banally twisted as Gav . |
| 18 | just a few lights and what we were doing was cleaning |
| 19 | The gentle , careful , intelligent eyes that gave nothing away while leaving you with the impression that you and what you were saying were the most intelligent things she had ever beheld and heard . |
| 20 | And what I was playing was an official competition . |
| 21 | And that is is is not what I get cos what I was doing is doing them meself and then |
| 22 | He said nothing to me about my fears for my sanity and behaved as if what we were doing were a common exercise , undertaken for purely scientific purposes . |
| 23 | And if what they were hearing was really true , then this was indeed more important than most of those East Coast press conferences . |
| 24 | But Suzy said there were all kinds of awards young people could get , particularly if what they were doing was connected with conservation — I was really surprised . |
| 25 | They were both behaving as if what they were saying was what was in their thoughts . |
| 26 | She was not sure if what she was hearing was truth or lies , or a mixture of both . |
| 27 | If what she was doing were n't so important she would never have put so much as a foot inside them . |
| 28 | Patrick sat beside her , unsure if what he was hearing was true . |
| 29 | ‘ And wondering if what you were feeling was infatuation , a holiday romance ? ’ |
| 30 | But what he was protecting was not her at all . |