Example sentences of "[was/were] [subord] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a section was held responsible for an offence ( as it was if someone outside the section was offended ) the victims would hold the section responsible ; but even though the section shaikh made the peace , he had no power to collect from the lineages in his section : he had to get the agreement of the lineage shaikhs , and they then collected from their members . |
| 2 | And the reason it was a landmark was because nothing in the show itself was a cliché . |
| 3 | That 's how it was for lots of families in those days . |
| 4 | And yet his knowledge was as nothing beside the compulsion that drove him to see her again . |
| 5 | The file was a remarkable achievement , yet it was as nothing beside what the boy was capable of . |
| 6 | The discontent of the monarchists and Falangists was as nothing by comparison with the rage felt by the regime 's left-wing opponents . |