Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , the ones at the front of the store were for seventy P and they were marked firmed tomatoes , the others at the back were sixty P and they did n't say firm on them so I thought well , firm probably means hard , I 'll get the , get the others , so I 'll skinned a couple of them for tea |
| 2 | Lip-reading skills were of little use because her vocabulary had almost died of starvation . |
| 3 | These were of particular interest because they confirmed suspicions that Syrian traffickers were developing close commercial ties with the Colombian cartels , trading heroin base for cocaine base and bartering either or both as required for arms supplies to terrorist and revolutionary groups around the world . |
| 4 | This class consisted of curved spaces without singularities , which were of finite size but which did not have boundaries or edges . |
| 5 | ‘ Her legs and arms were like raw meat and her hands were black , like something from a bonfire . |
| 6 | Now the enemy 's all deflated and dead , I feel like all my friends and all the artists were like little pygmies and we 've been trying to kill this elephant all these years with little arrows , and finally tonight … |
| 7 | Indeed , some went so far as to ‘ play dumb ’ when they were with male students because they knew that the men did n't like clever women . |
| 8 | We were within 5,000 votes and I think when people see how nearly effective the amount of tactical voting was and when they see the Tory support slipping , they will come very strongly over to us . |
| 9 | At least two of the five he had brought back with him were in worse case than he ; and Adam , who had perhaps come off lightest in actual injuries , was by no means to be envied for that , for the same story Owen had to tell to the Prince , Adam was at this moment telling to Gilleis . |
| 10 | He later reported that they were in worse condition than he had first thought and doubted whether they were fit for the job . |
| 11 | Most participants in special programmes simultaneously answered that they were in temporary jobs because they had been unable to find permanent work ; a small proportion , consisting mainly of YTS participants , saw their places on the scheme as jobs which were temporary because they involved a contract for training . |
| 12 | His affairs and will were in good order but there were odd points that he wanted to check . |
| 13 | ‘ You were in good health when I saw you only a week ago today . ’ |
| 14 | At least we were in good hands while we licked our wounds . |
| 15 | They were in total agreement that it was the best thing for both sides that Isabelle should go . |
| 16 | When he left the vehicle on the Saturday evening , all four wheels were off , and they were in that state when he returned to the job on the Sunday morning . |
| 17 | ‘ We thought you would n't have been like you were in that interview unless you knew something that — that you were n't telling people . |
| 18 | Every last one of them I would imagine that were in that room when I met them er a week ago Friday I would , would probably stake my shirt on it , not that shirt , but this one |
| 19 | Really serious attention now had to be given to the reconstruction or replacement of the Company 's rolling stock and although the ex-Croydon cars were in better condition than their own , it was decided to rebuild the J type cars on the Sutton route and not to commission any more ex-Croydon cars for service . |
| 20 | The sixties were in full swing and we all lived , whether we like it or not , in a permissive society . |
| 21 | Blue Steel Mk II and Blue Streak were in full development and their cancellation was unthinkable . |
| 22 | On the whole , the sons-in-law were in better-paid jobs than their fathers-in-law , though only just ( see Table 10 ) . |
| 23 | The crew were in high spirits as they passed over the channel as this was to be their last mission before leave , away from the stress of bombing well protected targets over Germany . |
| 24 | Weighing from 1lb 6oz to 2lb 12oz , the babies were in intensive care but their condition was described by the hospital as stable . |
| 25 | It was won by the Cheshire Youth Orchestra , who were in jubilant mood as they left for the journey home . |
| 26 | Others were in lidded baskets until it was their turn ; more tied in sacks ; a few buttoned into deep pockets . |
| 27 | They were in chronological order and I saw him grow older before my eyes . |
| 28 | The special circumstances of the Great War undoubtedly played some part in bringing about change : for instance several soldiers from Canada or Australia who married women from Edinburgh were from better-off families than their brides . |
| 29 | He had time to have a word with everyone and on the occasions when I met him in England he was more than helpful — unlike some of his colleagues in the Press room who pestered you for information when at Leopardstown , then pretended you were from another planet when you went to a big meeting in England . |
| 30 | But you see it 's jut new regulations and a lot of the graveyards were on sandy ground and they 'd be quite liable |