Example sentences of "[verb] [vb base] [det] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 1981 that the law in Northern Ireland was in breach of its convention that the process of reform started there , bringing change that was fifteen years behind England and Wales , and twenty-five years after the publication of the Wolfenden Report . |
| 2 | Weber 's photographs were given display that was unprecedented for anyone in fashion , particularly someone so young . " |
| 3 | Through her time of growing up , Miranda had had to talk so loud to interrupt the brawling , crying , canoodling jag that was her parent 's marriage , to entertain so insistently in order to divert them from the partying , bickering , kiss-and-make-up affair that absorbed them totally , that she had become as deaf to tremors and to nuances as her former games mistress shouting ‘ Bombs Coming Over ’ or ‘ Scrub the Decks ’ through a megaphone in the gym at the dim convent Miranda had been sent to for those three years of her childhood when the family had been in funds . |
| 4 | Now many , many students who , in terms of CSE Grade 1 produced work that was ‘ O ’ level , ‘ A ’ level standard or more , but … we had problems with the status of the thing . |
| 5 | Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites |
| 6 | Yeah , but I thought Take That was for twelve year olds . |
| 7 | For most of his career with us he was producing form that was not far short of Alderson or Callender — and that is some company to be in . |
| 8 | Now she could feel the solid muscle of her daughter 's arms and she wanted to lean against her and draw comfort and strength ; but she pulled away and looked at Phoebe with that straight , clear , appraising look that was her hallmark . |