Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were presumably with Martinez ’ agency when they signed up Brian Harley ? ’ |
| 2 | The dagger-shaped trefoils in the parabolic arches above were uniformly of blood hue . |
| 3 | In its evidence to an official inquiry five years ago , the Council said that the odds were overwhelmingly in favour of the banks rather than the customer . |
| 4 | The farmers , including the president of the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland , John Ross , and the union 's milk convener , Alex Brown , called on the Scottish Secretary to back Scotland 's milk producers , who were overwhelmingly in favour of the SMMB 's proposals , and help overturn the Office of Fair Trading 's findings that the plan would distort trade for milk . |
| 5 | Those attending the seminar were overwhelmingly from accountancy firms — excluding myself , 23 of the 26 participants . |
| 6 | Jury , audience and critics ( including me ) were overwhelmingly pro Vengerov , whether he was performing Bach , Beethoven or Paganini . |
| 7 | And yet they were right of course , they were right enough it , it never came again completely as it , noth nothing stay the same . |
| 8 | But you muste prove yourself to do som thynges that you were never taught , or else you shall not be able to doo any more than you were taught , and were rather to learne by rote than by reason . |
| 9 | They were rather like seismologists trying to detect the vulnerability of the hospital on an imaginary patient-neglect scale where the staff-patient ratio , amount of activity for patients , and the condition of the fabric had to be constantly monitored . |
| 10 | Clubs such as this were rather like workshops with the old pros as time-served tradesmen who expected the young apprentices to clean their boots and learn their trade . |
| 11 | And they in turn were in what were rather like bakers ' trays . |
| 12 | on that point er would the er minister indicate whether or not the British government supports the attitude of the French government because of course the British government at the time of the Edinburgh summit were wholly in favour of the agreement to require the European parliament to meet both in Brussels and in Strasbourg and therefore I assume that there 's an identity of interest between the British government and the French government on this question since the French government are maintaining their er opposition to the er six extra seats simply because they want to see a new parliament building constructed in Strasbourg , is that a position that the British government supports ? |
| 13 | They already had a lock on the number Zack had used first , but when he changed booths , even though the kiosks were side-by-side in Dunstable , they lost him . |
| 14 | This in in sharp contrast to the 1970s and most of the 1980s when the UGT and CCOO were bitterly at odds . |
| 15 | ‘ Last year the Yorkshire committee paid for an extensive coaching programme for six weeks to help youngsters in the area who were predominantly of Pakistani and Indian background . |
| 16 | In a broader sense , de Gaulle 's attitudes towards Germany and towards the empire ( which he wanted to see reconstituted in a reformed imperial federation ) were fundamentally at odds with the dynamics of the postwar world . |
| 17 | A UN Security Council resolution adopted unanimously on Nov. 25 noted that the meetings had not achieved their goal " in particular because certain positions adopted by the Turkish Cypriot side were fundamentally at variance with the Set of Ideas " , and urged the parties to adopt a series of confidence-building measures recommended by the Secretary-General . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , unless his senses were awry from fear and pain , a newcomer had arrived on the scene . |
| 19 | Until very recently , observers were rarely on board to verify officially reported figures , and even if they were , attempts were often made to stop them witnessing the dolphin catch . |
| 20 | Those who adopted the third and final position — although the arguments were rarely in practice as clear as this — went further still to argue that pupils should be brought together not only under one roof , not only studying one curriculum , but also within mixed-ability groups . |
| 21 | Inevitably , I noted these criticisms were rarely in relation to what he had said ( few had actually read the book ) , but rather were expressions of shocked outrage that he had failed to keep silent and say nothing at all . |
| 22 | The Junkers , as usual , were badly in debt . |
| 23 | Public attention had become difficult to avoid but both he and Mrs Wilson were badly in need of rest . |
| 24 | In spite of these initial advantages , furnishing fabrics , as clothes , were badly in need of overall direction and it was also in Paris that a young woman who had no formal design training but had worked for the exclusive Colefax and Fowler , was hired . |
| 25 | I thought it were on past Worksop . |
| 26 | Now they were on to stones . |
| 27 | Er when the election , local elections were on of course , er er er i we were n not quite so friendly to each other , because er each had got candidates er contesting for the er for the same er for the one er particular seat . |
| 28 | I thought we were on for charades . |
| 29 | Cos they were on about Emma . |
| 30 | Well , you said you know you , we were on about Germany and , and becoming you know could it happen again ? |