Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next three shops was which was a er he become I think in the finish but it was a toy shop and then you came to er the fruiters , on the other side of Street , and you came down to er little pawnshop . |
| 2 | We bought these two sloping chairs right and Tony , where our seats were there was a big light in the ceiling , a big round light there , and it shone straight in the side of me eye I said we ca n't sit here . |
| 3 | For Marx , however , these political and religious implications were what was central . |
| 4 | Common sense requires one to recognize that the most significant things were what was being said for the first time , at least in that form , in modern Catholic history and with such authority . |
| 5 | Even in daylight with every faculty at full steam it would n't have been an easy search , and as things were it was abysmal . |
| 6 | However hopeless things were he was rejoicing because of Benedicta 's words which he hugged to himself as if they were precious jewels . |
| 7 | The inauguration of President Roosevelt and the beginning of the New Deal created a new sense of national purpose and encouraged institutions and agencies to rethink their public role , and however bad things were there was at least evidence that movie-going was surviving as a social activity . |
| 8 | Plans were what was needed . |
| 9 | The catalyst to make her trust in her abilities and the improved results was there was no separate ladies ' event . |
| 10 | No er not , not really because the only time I , I wa I was in trouble with the police was I was riding a bike without a light . |
| 11 | If you 've ever looked up at a stage and seen a strange device with an illuminated spinning dial and wondered what it was , chances are it was a strobe tuner . |
| 12 | The chances are it was something like four to six weeks , if they could take the time off from household chores . |
| 13 | The chances are he was killed for the money he was carrying . |
| 14 | If you have ended up with an unsatisfactory employee the chances are there was a flaw in your selection procedure . |
| 15 | And , the women were it was very jokey , it was very jolly and lots of titters and things I 'm not making comment on whether I think it 's a good thing |
| 16 | It is , for instance , quite possible that the grain found on this particular estate by the royal surveyors was what was left after the deduction of food-distributions to slaves and other dependents . |
| 17 | Certainly , the British survey researchers saw little or no need for theories ; hard facts were what was important and so with the early opinion researchers in the United States . |