Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was so skilfully effected that Giles and Cavell were metres away before Maria realised what was happening . |
| 2 | Her own sleep the light , fragmented pre-waking kind by this time , Maria realised what was happening at once and merely gave him a sleepily complacent smile , pleased to see the disturbance in his eyes as he regarded her suspiciously . |
| 3 | Investigations revealed he was driving without insurance or a licence . |
| 4 | and the story goes he was stuck within minutes . |
| 5 | So in the end , even the chairman agreed I was right . |
| 6 | A team led by Basil Rose used a cloud chamber to measure the momentum of the neutrons coming from Zeta 's plasma , the measurements which they made in the spring of 1958 , showed that the fusion reactions producing them were between nuclei with on average a net directed momentum . |
| 7 | One particular day , having struggled through an ugly crowd of protesters to the safety of the Welsh Office , the Prince announced he was going back out to talk to them . |
| 8 | Hirst admitted he was slightly disturbed by the bid at the time , but now says : ‘ The fact that we 're playing Manchester United means nothing special to me , nothing at all . |
| 9 | The only occasion that the present writer met him was as a member of a deputation to appeal for troop protection for Protestant homes that were being stoned and shot into by the Provisional IRA . |
| 10 | The Russians agreed they were legally at fault . |
| 11 | But police have told Adrian that even though the driver admitted she was in the wrong , she 's unlikely to be prosecuted . |
| 12 | They stood in a tight bunch and craned their necks to see what was causing the commotion . |
| 13 | THE Algarve is a mixture of the most expensive and exclusive holiday homes in Europe and monstrous concrete high-rise blocks built before the authorities realised they were killing the golden goose of tourism . |
| 14 | She would write her first reply in the bathroom , turning on the geyser to pretend she was having a bath and writing joyfully on a breadboard balanced on the small wooden basin ( they used a breadboard as a bathmat on the freezing floor , because he liked the genuineness of natural wood ) . |
| 15 | Today Cradley announced they were reporting the matter to the Speedway Promoters ' Association . |
| 16 | Sitting behind Eva and Dad in the car , watching their hands constantly fluttering towards each other , you did n't have to be a genius to see they were a couple . |
| 17 | But , under the system now envisaged by Mr MacGregor 's officials , higher education students would get a certificate proving they were on a recognised course and apply by post to the Glasgow-based Student Loans Company for a loan . |
| 18 | When this exploded , fortunately not fiercely enough to breach the wall of the vessel , the operators realized what was happening . |
| 19 | The fact that it lacked heraldry around it was a sign that he belonged to no particular lord , though the blue sash announced he was attached to the Household of Ralarth . |
| 20 | They told us three and a half , but there again a lot of rescue people do cut the ages of their dog , but , but , our , our two vets agreed he was around three and a half , between three and a half and four , look at his teeth and his coat and his bones . |
| 21 | Checks revealed they were from the infected zone . |
| 22 | Checks revealed they were from the infected zone . |
| 23 | Before any cash was received from the sheep tax it was repealed and a fourth year of the property tax substituted in its place . |
| 24 | But last night police and safety experts admitted they were worried . |
| 25 | Reflecting on that marvellous performance Jim Nelson said : ‘ With five minutes to go we were trailing by four points and I was more than happy to get a share of the points . |
| 26 | In 1982 , Justin won damages from the People after they 'd run a story suggesting he was homosexual . |
| 27 | But those who accepted Koresh 's teaching deny they were being brainwashed . |
| 28 | 6–2- " That whilst under the Old Testament Instrumental Music was prescribed as part of the Temple service it was removed along with the other peculiarities of that service , under the new and more spiritual dispensation from which ritualistic and sensuous forms of worship were excluded ; that no Instrumental Music was prescribed or practised by Christ and his Apostles … |
| 29 | But Harwell insists it was only a minor leak and the public was n't in danger . |
| 30 | He stressed there was no one else involved in the break-up which comes just days after comic Jim Davidson revealed he was splitting from his fourth wife . |