Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the honeymoon , Alexia was pregnant and he was progressing well on the film score . |
| 2 | Although Pak was Foreign Minister of North Korea , his position was weak and he was purged immediately after the Korean War ended . |
| 3 | Well in in general er the original work plan had divided up the production work to share out the technology and this meant that components were being shipped around more than actually they they needed to be or that was economic and it was found that there was the potential to concentrate manufacturers sub-assemblies for each of the major components of the aircraft and subsequently assemble the major components in one country rather than several . |
| 4 | My mouth was dry and I was sweating . |
| 5 | Listening to Mr Smith and Mr Lamont arguing on the radio last week I was unable to decide who was right and who was wrong ; still less who was Right and who was Left . |
| 6 | The educational psychologist said this was understandable while he was feeling rather unsettled . |
| 7 | Did n't she think it was odd that they were taking such a risk ? |
| 8 | They stressed that older people preferred to live independently both in their own houses and after admission to residential care and that this was possible if they were supported by kin and the wider community . |
| 9 | STUNNING pop singer Sophie B. Hawkins was upset when she was given the thumbs down to appearing in a white sumo-style nappy in her new video . |
| 10 | ‘ I was upset when I was told stand ins would be used , ’ he said . |
| 11 | It showed when he was upset when he was mocked by Peter Hain and attacked over Spitting Image at Questions earlier this week . |
| 12 | Schooling in New York was in turmoil so Joseph Fernandez was appointed as a troubleshooter — but strife was rife and he was sacked . |
| 13 | Julia was unharmed when she was returned ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Was that when I was treating her ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Was that because she was speaking to someone else ? ’ 'I do not know . ’ |
| 16 | It was easier once they were moving . |
| 17 | Swayne was a dealer , it was doubtful whether he was making more than a bare living out of his stamps and coins . |
| 18 | ‘ Still , I was quicker and I was pushing hard until about 10 laps from the finish when I thought the engine sounded a little bit different . |
| 19 | I must admit , some of you probably were brought up on Meccano , and certainly not in the mo mo more sophisticated technology we 've got at the moment , but the point is , a lot of these have n't really seen this part of what I call the basic technology itself and er , it was interesting because we were trying to build up some kind of game for their summer fair and the game was quite obviously er , you know er propel a ping-pong into a er series of slots with er , bit like bingo to a certain extent , where you can actually er give prizes for the various holes you could actually penetrate and things like that . |
| 20 | He was very confused , his body temperature was high and he was dehydrated . |
| 21 | But it was desolate when we were told it was n't going to be . |
| 22 | And then , damn me , it was clear that I was sitting on someone ! |
| 23 | I felt Niki was trying to be as much an elder statesman as a driver and though to say he was perfunctory in his driving would be an exaggeration , it was clear that he was looking to the future , and the development of the new engine , rather than to the present . |
| 24 | It was clear that he was dismissing the subject . |
| 25 | By that it was clear that he was referring to some sort of spiritual renaissance , and he succeeded , as so often , in implicitly prophesying the emergence of men like Solzhenitsyn . |
| 26 | Arghatun was speaking again , and he gestured once or twice in the direction of Rostov and the others so that it was clear that he was making a report . |
| 27 | It was clear that he was attracted to her . |
| 28 | The moment it was clear where they were going I 've had a message back . |
| 29 | No because it was funny cos we were talking to the lady . |
| 30 | It was different when she was snatched away by Decca a couple of years later . |