Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and also you know when Janet 's doing a stint because you can see if Barbara 's smokes well me and Jenny had a do that week and then you , it were my birthday on the Wednesday were n't it ? |
| 2 | In Britain , for the Irish entering in search of a new life , Liverpool and London stations were their gateways to the streets more often paved with misery than with gold . |
| 3 | Before the review began , and immediately after the agreed report had been presented , I interviewed the various participants in order to find out what were their feelings about the review . |
| 4 | The Salesian Sisters , who were their hostesses for the weekend , gave them a warm and friendly welcome , and the retreatants quickly settled down in the beautiful house . |
| 5 | ‘ But all right , ’ he said sociably , ‘ were there days at the orphanage that were better than others ? ’ |
| 6 | Were they part of a manuscript ? ’ |
| 7 | What is much more difficult to know is what were his motives for the decision , and what he expected to be the likely outcome . |
| 8 | The only sounds were his footsteps on the stairs , the slamming of her front door followed by the noise of his car engine as it roared away from her flat . |
| 9 | Two practical features of Tripp 's proposals were his advocacy of a hierarchy of roads — arterial , sub-arterial and local — and the use of ‘ precincts ’ of shopping , business or residences from which traffic would be excluded . |
| 10 | Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’ |
| 11 | Among many professional distinctions were his presidencies of the Institutions of Mechanical Engineers ( 1909 ) and Civil Engineers ( 1919 ) , and the ( Smeatonian ) Society of Civil Engineers ( 1931 ) . |
| 12 | Other servants of the prince who continued to hold office in the earldom were his steward of the household , Sir William Stanley , and Robert Roo , his gentleman of the pantry . |
| 13 | Other servants of the prince who continued to hold office in the earldom were his steward of the household , Sir William Stanley , and Robert Roo , his gentleman of the pantry . |
| 14 | ‘ I have seen God face to face , and yet my life is preserved ’ were his words at the start of the day . |
| 15 | As though he had suddenly realised that Curtis was bluffing him , frightening him into pleading for mercy in a pathetic attempt to humiliate him — or perhaps to force from him a confession of what the lieutenant claimed were his crimes against the whores he had exterminated . |
| 16 | To help their children benefit from schooling , parents need to understand what happens in school , to appreciate that methods of teaching have changed in the 15 or 20 years since they were themselves pupils in an infant or junior classroom . |
| 17 | What what were your experiences of the war ? |
| 18 | ‘ So they were your soldiers at the ford , ’ Isabel realised . |
| 19 | 1 Why did all the children laugh at Julie on the first day she went to her new school ? 2 How do you think Julie felt that day ? 3 Did you feel sorry for her then ? 4 Did you feel sorry for her later in the story ? 5 When Julie was left tied to the lamp post was it fair , unfair , cruel … or what ? 6 Whose fault was it that Julie and Bee stopped seeing each other ? 7 Why did Julie get hurts and what effect did it have on Bee ? 8 What were your feelings at the end ? |
| 20 | So when you had peat on , were your doors in the water then ? |
| 21 | Forced by her boyfriend , it is alleged , the girl sold sex for up to £90 a session and there was nothing staff at the Suffolk County Council home could do about it , Ipswich Crown Court was told yesterday . |
| 22 | ‘ It was my responsibility as a project to establish the whole thing , ’ he said proudly , adding that his work at Newcastle called for a very broad range of expertise . |
| 23 | ‘ She was my hero as a kid . |
| 24 | The intensive care time was the most distressing , though my admiration for the nursing staff was boundless , and so was my gratitude to the surgeon who quite literally saved Michael 's life . |
| 25 | Asked whether he would ask for a postponement of the talks Mr Clerides said : ‘ This was my position in the election campaign , and it still stands . ’ |
| 26 | He was my room-mate in the days when your school was used as a sort of summer camp for magicians and he actually did disappear one day and we all thought he must have gone home . |
| 27 | ‘ He was my man of the match , ’ said two-goal Goodman . |
| 28 | Kelly had another good match , Strachan was superb , Wallace was my Man of the Match , Deane caused them problems all night , McAllister Speed and batty were good the first half , but Speed especially seemed to drop out of the game in the second half . |
| 29 | ‘ He was my tutor at the Recruitment Project . |
| 30 | I thought it was my turn for a kip . |