Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing that concerned me was particular slots which do n't seem to ever produce much in the way of attendance or revenue . |
| 2 | ‘ This is ridiculous — I 'm so excited , you 'd think I was five years old ! ’ |
| 3 | och , do you know I was five minutes late , but that was different I was twenty five minutes late , I I did n't even ask her why , cos I knew we 'd in the door like as I 'm walking through it . |
| 4 | By the time she had parked she was twenty minutes late and quite beyond caring . |
| 5 | You seem to have forgotten we were all children together . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You did n't know we were old mates , did you ? ’ said Gazzer . |
| 7 | He did n't doubt there were many others also who had brothers , fathers or sons among the fifty thousand Irishmen slain in the Great War and who had to swallow their grief and mourn in private . |
| 8 | ‘ Did you know there were two blokes behind us ? ’ |
| 9 | But we do know there were thirty pupils , which has n't Has that appeared in your equation anywhere ? |
| 10 | The mast I could manage but I did n't know there were different names for the parts of the sail — the head being at the top , the leech at the back and the luff by the mast . |
| 11 | ‘ I — I did n't know there were different kinds . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't know there were any politicians on there anyway , politicians . |
| 13 | Did n't know there was two versions of . |
| 14 | Oh I 'm sorry , but there was only that one which is all , it 's got her latest stuff on it , I 'm not really keen on anything else , it 's got those last , you know the sort of her last few records of it , on it I should say I did n't know there was any others around , when I told you I wanted the Cher one , it was the one that was out now not the old ones . |
| 15 | John and wife Pam had written off to appear on the programme only to discover there were 10,000 applicants . |
| 16 | About thirty in each suite to differ and a master key and as I say there was five suites and they had to make a key that 'd open everyone of the fifty-five . |
| 17 | The Post Office , who handle his mail , say there were 600,000 letters for the plump , red-cheeked old fellow . |
| 18 | The Liverpool Coastguard say there were particular problems on Saturday because some rafts were fighting against the tide . |
| 19 | They say there were blank sheets bearing Dali 's signature alongside 20,000 fake Miros and 650 fake Chagalls . |
| 20 | That is why I can not find it within me to sympathise with the poor punters who once besieged the offices of the Daily Mail demanding their £35,000 in prize money only to find that when the music stopped there were more winners than chairs for them to sit upon . |
| 21 | Bunting ( 1978 ) in more general terms disclaims this responsibility and states that with the introduction of high-yielding paddy it was to be expected there were social problems but it was up to the politicians to ‘ do something about it ’ . |
| 22 | Players certainly gained in terms of rising wages , advertising , and other sources of income , but at the highest level they often found there were new stresses to cope with as they were ‘ declassed ’ and lost touch with their old communities . |
| 23 | The survey was conducted outside London , but a comparable investigation within the capital found there were more complaints about prices , beer quality and the general character of the pub , but fewer about service . |
| 24 | I I feel a bit sorry for for some of the counters because they can see certain on one palette for instance , I found there were three sorts of bags . |
| 25 | If the sisters ' husbands are included there were seven men from the family in action , some in the thickest part of the New Guinea campaign . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't know they were all scientists . |
| 27 | Fans turned up to gigs in ridiculous anoraks , sold fanzines with names like Frothy Pop and pretended they were carefree 18-year-olds . |
| 28 | did n't know it was two parts , till I and I thought what a funny way to end , I mean are they dead |
| 29 | And a and also , I mean , it was , and it was a Panasonic one this , erm what you do , if you were doing a jacket top potato , you er would weigh the potato and , and then erm put in the weight , say it was six ounces , and all you do then is press erm jacket potato , you do n't have to put any time , it automatically does it for the time . |
| 30 | if you saw something where , I do n't know , say it was two glasses and then we could buy two as well and |