Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [noun] on [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | There was my plate on the wall beside me , a symbol of my solid importance . |
| 4 | I have interviewed people who had spent 30 years in a big bureaucracy who said that the 6-month development task force was the only thing they were excited by and the only thing they would be remembered for — change was their mark on the organization . |
| 5 | With her was her bit on the side , one John Bryan , a financial wizard , all the way from Texas , who spent much time in close proximity , valuing her assets . |
| 6 | For those reasons , I would declare that it was within the power of the single justice ; indeed , it was her duty on the Friday to complete the proceeding under section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 , and that it was unlawful for her to adjourn the matter to the following Monday , she having no power to do so , and that the decision of the justices on the Monday was correct . |
| 7 | Of the report 's 60 recommendations , the most far-reaching was its call on the US administration to support pre-emptive military measures against terrorist targets . |
| 8 | DEC also subcontracted the London-based software house Transvik Ltd which had previously developed the software for the Nordex exchange in the City of London ; it was its foundation on the pound sterling that caused the failure of the bond transaction , but contrary to local press reports , the system did not crash and an update to overcome the problem should be in place in a few weeks time . |
| 9 | The distinctive feature of this Reformed theology of salvation was its emphasis on the doctrines of predestination , assurance ( or perseverance ) , and sanctification . |
| 10 | The most important aspect of the Revolt was its effect on the attitude of the Roman Government towards Britain . |
| 11 | The Church of England Newspaper said , unkindly , that the weakest part of the Lambeth Conference of 1958 was its report on the Bible ; and that this would have been an excellent report for a Lambeth Conference of 1858 not 1958 . |
| 12 | One of the major features of Scargill 's campaign to mobilize support for the strike was his emphasis on the centrality of the pit to a community 's economic and social health . |
| 13 | Of great importance was his work on the development of commercial crystallizers , which he dealt with in his 1947 presidential address . |
| 14 | One September Sarah was his companion on a walk to Coniston , and the following day , when they went to Seathwaite , was ‘ much amused by the appearance of the sea on our scramble to Goat 's Water . ’ |
| 15 | Half time came and the fans artound me were a bit pissed off because a ) Leeds were n't actually playing all that well and b ) Rocky was nowhere to be seen ( ironic when you consider it was his picture on the front of the program along with an interview where he said Wilko came to him & said ‘ you 're in the team , just go do it ’ — or something like that- ) . |
| 16 | It was his place on the development corporation that fell vacant because of his untimely death before the local elections , and the appointment of the lord mayor followed on naturally from that . |
| 17 | And yet here was his father on the brink of suicide destroyed by a bourgeois system that he so admired . |
| 18 | The man who , more than any other , provoked and personified that revolt was Karl Barth ( 1886 — 1968 ) ; and the book which , as one critic put it , ‘ fell like a bomb on the playground of the theologians ’ , was his Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans , first published in 1918 , when its then virtually unknown author was pastor of Safenwil in his native Switzerland . |
| 19 | ‘ Was our marriage on the rocks ? |
| 20 | Er , right , why was your dad on the front of a magazine , is it embarrassing or can you tell us ? |
| 21 | What was your views on the fire station ? |
| 22 | What was your stance on the decision to opt out ? |