Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] were [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A team led by Basil Rose used a cloud chamber to measure the momentum of the neutrons coming from Zeta 's plasma , the measurements which they made in the spring of 1958 , showed that the fusion reactions producing them were between nuclei with on average a net directed momentum . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't know you were into bondage , Blanche . ’ |
| 3 | I mean what , what how did you know you were in love ? |
| 4 | We bore left , and I found we were in t |
| 5 | What power he had , what admiration he extorted , what looks there were in girls ' eyes . |
| 6 | I did n't know they were after Hasan . |
| 7 | If I really believed then I would know they were in heaven , in eternal life , and I should be so glad about that . |
| 8 | Fans of the Good Morning programme who saw a holiday report on Amsterdam , presented by on May 5 , may be surprised to know they were in fact watching a colleague . |
| 9 | In 1851 he used what were in effect vectors in deriving magnetic equations without using Poisson 's theory of magnetic fluid . |
| 10 | I actually believed you were in love with me , and all you were out for was a good time . ’ |
| 11 | And we went all round the bed and we went all round outside , we went all through the back smelt outside Jane 's door in case she 'd she were on fire could n't find nothing , sat down and read , he said it 's cos the telly 's on and I expect it 's damp and it 's you know |
| 12 | A post-mortem examination revealed she was HIV positive and health chiefs decided to alert women who had given birth at the hospital and might feel they were at risk of infection . |
| 13 | This intervention has often been seen as a nasty piece of clerical obstruction , the anonymity of Osiander 's remarks compounding the crime by deceiving the reader into believing they were by Copernicus himself . |
| 14 | The hapless clients contacted would often buy , believing they were in contact with a hectic dealing room , thinking that they were presented with the investment opportunity of the decade . |
| 15 | There , gazing out from the balconies and look-out points , they imagined they were on board frigates and corvettes and that they had cannons and decks . |
| 16 | Did n't think you were into dykes , though . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Anyone would think you were in love , ’ one of her colleagues teased . |
| 18 | " I did 'ear she were with child again , " persisted the old hag when Pascoe was out of earshot . |
| 19 | ‘ I only popped in because I 'd heard you were in town . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If I were to treat you like Dresden china , placing you on a pedestal and worshipping at your feet , would she believe you were in love with me ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If you looked at that picture long enough , Master , you 'd believe you were in Hell itself , ’ Ranulf murmured . |
| 22 | She was thrilled to hear you were in London ! ’ |
| 23 | The borough council 's new administration agreed 12 new objectives last summer designed to improve the quality of services and ensure they were in line with what residents wanted . |
| 24 | He had n't , but , looking at the map , Branson could see they were within striking distance . |
| 25 | For about fifteen minutes he did nothing but sit there contentedly , sipping his coffee and watching their restless , flickering scene around him through half-open eyes : the tall , bearded man with a cigar and a fatuous grin who walked up and down at an unvarying even pace like a clockwork soldier , never looking at anybody ; the plump ageing layabout in a Gestapo officers leather coat and dark glasses holding court outside the door of the cafe , trading secrets and scandal with his men friends , assessing the passers-by as thought they were for sale , calling after women and making hour-glass gestures with his hairy gold-ringed hands ; a frail old man bent like an S , with a crazy harmless expression and a transistor radio pressed to his ear walking with the exaggerated urgency of those who have nowhere to go ; slim Africans with leatherwork belts and bangles laid out on a piece of cloth ; a Gypsy child sitting n the cold stone playing the same four note again and again on a cheap concertina ; two foreigners with guitars an a small crowd around them ; a beggar with his shirt pulled down over one shoulder to reveal the stump of an amputated arm ; a pudgy shapeless women with an open suitcase full of cigarette lighters and bootleg cassettes ; the two Nordic girls at the next table , basking half-naked in the weak March sun as though this might be the last time it appeared this year . |
| 26 | The court said that because the articles showed that the auditors were not to be called in until the parties showed they were in disagreement , the auditors were to act as arbitrators . |
| 27 | He acknowledged they were at odds with the Government over the agreement , but said the North Down association would support the party manifesto . |
| 28 | Poindexter and Casey claimed they were in touch with moderate elements within Iran that America should exploit , otherwise the Russians would . |
| 29 | and again ( after they 'd been told they were on camera ! |
| 30 | They did n't realize they were in danger . |