Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You see the tractor driving it , there 's the load , this was gathering up the hay as it went along and it tipped it over and we had to make the loads you see .
2 One was to downgrade a proposed new peer to a knighthood ; another was to leave out a name completely .
3 The graveyard was packed with people , more were arriving down the farm lanes and along the main road from east and west .
4 Burton describes being ‘ between the two men I most feared ’ but nevertheless , and with all that was hanging on the part , he went back for more .
5 No , that was picked out the history book
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