Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Not only was a large proportion of Communist Party membership unemployed but it was in the shattered heavy industrial areas that there seemed some possibility of gaining support in the " revolutionary " phase through which the Party was passing . |
| 2 | He 'd sent a photograph in and he was sitting in the garden and right and he was on a garden chair and he had his nice hair washed and shiny . |
| 3 | Because Dannii was famous and they were at the same school , Kylie wanted to make a name for herself . |
| 4 | Only one of the many newspapers I read mentioned the fact that the assailant was black and it was with the most extreme difficulty that I was able to ascertain from reporters and policemen , who all refused to be named , that the callous passers-by were also black . |
| 5 | Er yes I saw a small erm Afro-Caribbean child erm near the bed , whereabouts he was I I I I 'm not sure but it was near the bed . |
| 6 | The savings were major but they were in the future ; the costs would arise now . |
| 7 | I 've got one needle case I adore , it 's so beautiful and it was from an old lady aged eighty something with arthritis . ’ |
| 8 | It looked precarious but she was in no danger . |
| 9 | ‘ Ken , of course , was fairly right-wing and I was of the opposite persuasion . ’ |
| 10 | The two have users in common and it was at the request of some large accounts that the relationship was formed . |
| 11 | The sounds made him go a little faster , but progress was slow and difficult and he was near the point of exhaustion . |
| 12 | Right , erm I 've actually got down that erm you assumed that his wife was n't a tax pay sorry , his wife was n't a tax payer and you assumed that she was n't working but you did actually pick back up on that later that she was n't that she was n't going back to work after having the children so erm tt that is now irrelevant but it was at the time that you were saying it , that you did n't actually pick it up . |
| 13 | The colours all yelled at each other ; most of the furniture was cheap and shabby and it was in a clutter of smelly untidiness , but the general effect was of a room somebody had made the best of according to their taste , and enjoyed living in . |
| 14 | That connection was now leaderless and it was in the interests of both the affinity and Gloucester to come to a rapid agreement . |
| 15 | That connection was now leaderless and it was in the interests of both the affinity and Gloucester to come to a rapid agreement . |
| 16 | And another time he went quiet and he was in the front room and when I went in he was chewing the leg of the settee |
| 17 | ‘ Her husband 's a solicitor , ’ I said , which was n't strictly true but he was in the legal profession , and they 're all as thick as thieves as far as I 'm concerned . |