Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This courier service could be most economically operated if both pollen and egg were placed close together on the plant . |
| 2 | If the price were to remain constant then the gain received on redemption would be constant . |
| 3 | In practice when items of archaeological information , such as the date of the sculpture and its style , are taken into account , we can eliminate some quarries because they are not operational at that date or because we know the sculptors were working in certain places and it is highly improbable that they were using distant rather than local sources . |
| 4 | ‘ In fact , my resistance is non-existent … ’ he groaned tautly , drawing her against him and running his hands down the slim curve of her back , so that their bodies were pressed close together . |
| 5 | We were parked Chinese like , you know , waiting cos they normally wave to us if there 's any things comes |
| 6 | By the time the flotilla had reached a latitude of 50°S , and had stopped again for rest and replenishment , the men were becoming restive once more : their plea now was ) — if the expedition wanted to reach the Spice Islands , why not turn east towards them and pass below the Cape of Good Hope , as usual ? |
| 7 | The students felt left behind , living in relative poverty while businessmen , getihu , were becoming rich often at the expense of the weaker groups in society . |
| 8 | Are we just moving people around from where they were becoming redundant somewhere else ? |
| 9 | The kinds of productivity change which can increase output sufficiently to offset rapid population growth were becoming significant only in the early nineteenth century . |
| 10 | In 1988 the Secretary of State for the Environment suggested that people were becoming homeless simply to jump the housing waiting list queue . |
| 11 | Not only were the streets no longer safe , the lobbies were becoming risky too . |
| 12 | I told my mother with timid spite , hidden terror and a certain mad braggadocio that in some countries chrysanthemums were considered appropriate only for funerals . |
| 13 | She added that 50 years ago society tolerated things that were considered intolerable now and that many of our laws coming up in the social area were the result of pressure from families . |
| 14 | At sixteen or seventeen many adolescents in the sample were considered old enough to make up their own minds about issues such as smoking , exercise , and diet ; it was often left entirely up to them to contact doctors , dentists , and sometimes schools for undiscovered GCSE results . |
| 15 | The sections were considered positive only if the number of epithelial cells which had at least 1+ staining was >10% of the total epithelial cells . |
| 16 | Differences were considered significant only when the p value was <0.05 . |
| 17 | The crew now wanted to abandon ship , and a few minutes later red flares were seen dead ahead . |
| 18 | At the same time , the geographical area within which royal charters were sought expanded again , particularly in the south , including the county of Toulouse , where the Capetians had never granted them before . |
| 19 | By mid-afternoon , with DeFreitas absent nursing a sore groin , and after Botham and Lawrence had shared a fruitless new-ball partnership , Gooch 's men were looking right down the barrel . |
| 20 | The Jerry observers were looking right down on us . |
| 21 | Paula and Louise were looking lovely too — Paula in a little white top with a boat shaped neck and a bright turquoise circular skirt , Louise in a figure hugging number which left none of her curves to the imagination — but for the first time in her life Sally felt she could compete with them on equal terms . |
| 22 | The Palestinian death count grew steadily , at least four were shot dead here in Gaza , and a line of stretchers , with hundreds more wounded Gazans piled into local hospitals . |
| 23 | The incident occurred 48 hours after three men and a woman were shot dead allegedly infiltrating up the River Tigris by boat . |
| 24 | In Natal Province , scene of a virtual civil war between the ANC and Inkatha , seven black people were shot dead yesterday . |
| 25 | Both were made nervous now by the prospect of the appointment and the tricky matter of timing . |
| 26 | The alloy of which they were made age-hardened quickly at normal temperatures , and all rivets had to be chilled before use . |
| 27 | Fewer still realized that initial Russian successes were made possible mainly because the elite Austrian forces had been transferred to Italy . |
| 28 | Let me ask you John , how would you actually feel if you were made redundant tomorrow ? |
| 29 | In particular need of such aid are those who were made redundant yesterday . |
| 30 | They were made bearable only because Rosie and Francisco were so happy that they did n't notice her moods . |