Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [verb] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone told him that the way to make money was to buy when the shares were low and sell when they were high . |
| 2 | They were turned down at the one where they were married and christened because they 'd moved five miles outside the parish . |
| 3 | They were heavy and sparkled when she held them to the light , and she thought they were the most beautiful things she would ever own . |
| 4 | She nodded slightly , and he bent his head to give her a kiss which was meant to be fleeting , but which went on and on until they were breathless and shaken when he put her away from him at last . |
| 5 | She told me she was pregnant and asked if I would baptise the baby . |
| 6 | She told me she was pregnant and asked if I would baptise the baby . |
| 7 | He favoured her with a slightly haggard smile , but his voice was dry and laboured as he said : ‘ I 'm delighted to meet my old friend 's niece . |
| 8 | She was evasive when asked if she still felt like killing herself . |
| 9 | Outwardly he was calm and composed as he walked in the warm evening sunshine towards the House , but like the swans gliding serenely across the water , he too was paddling like hell underneath . |
| 10 | Martha longed to show off her advancement in reading and writing , for which she had been noted in the valley , and was bewildered and humiliated when she could make no sense of the books she was given . |
| 11 | It was claimed that union growth was positively correlated with business prosperity , increasing when it was good and falling when it was bad . |
| 12 | His second victim was drugged and raped when she went to see him for advice about work three months later . |
| 13 | And that was all that mattered as they cruised down the freeway , alone together in Zitney 's gleaming red hatchback . |
| 14 | Anne was angry and upset when she heard the news , and found that many of the women at work agreed with her . |
| 15 | He called us to say Paul was available and asked if we were still interested the answer was yes , ’ explained Dalglish . |
| 16 | The UK telecommunications industry was fragmented and suffered because it was unable to reap economies of scale . |
| 17 | Rain doubted this was necessary but did as he wished . |
| 18 | The first time he tried it , with elastic supports round his wrists , Anne Heaton was terrified and wondered whether she would live to tell the tale , but it worked . |
| 19 | She was surprised and offended when he left the room . |
| 20 | He was frightened and trembled when he saw iron bars because of his earlier experience of detentions . |