Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] was [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not involved at all until the open meeting , which I attended and where I was pleased to have this opportunity to give my own personal views . |
| 2 | The first section was hardpacked snow where I was supposed to do shortswings . |
| 3 | But the place he took me to after lunch , the Colegio Ponce de Leon , where I was supposed to have rooms , was a rather stark student hostel , and my little room was very small , with just a narrow bed , a table and a chair . |
| 4 | In a remnant of old forest I came on some grazing deer and quickly dropped to ground and crawled in under a small bank where I was able to stay out of sight , out of smell , and enjoy a very good look at the herd . |
| 5 | yes , well is there any more you want to say on that , is er , er , er , subject to Mr as you say of course , erm I just simply wanted to know erm so that I can have a , a , a look , erm at what on one view , erm might be the , the case , it might clear be the conclusion that you er incorrect in or partially incorrect or I was unable to answer all the questions er at this stage |
| 6 | Joanna Grenside 's car was found less than 100 yards from the sports centre where she was due to take a class . |
| 7 | Stunned and with blood pouring from her hands Miss Butler made her way to her ward where she was due to start a night shift . |
| 8 | The Dungannon bowler also showed top form in the women 's singles to beat Pat Day of Leinster 21–17 to win a place in the third round where she was due to meet Inter-Association player Enid Hilton . |
| 9 | It had happened before , when they had descended from her apartment , but then the presence of another person had diluted the effect to an extent where she was able to ignore it . |
| 10 | Already her sailing ability had reached a level where she was able to make the minor corrections to hold the boat on course without even thinking . |
| 11 | It transpired that there was a secluded roof on her house where she was wont to sunbathe totally naked . |
| 12 | Something of his momentary , and unusual , lack of confidence where she was concerned penetrated her dulled senses ; she said penitently , ‘ I will explain later , Papa , I promise . |
| 13 | Thus , if an individual shareholder sustained loss while relying on negligently prepared accounts , whether by selling or retaining shares or by purchasing additional shares , he or she was entitled to recover his or her loss . |
| 14 | I ca n't see singing in the party Debbie 's daughter the one that comes round with her sometimes she 's er she went into hospital on Tuesday er er Monday that 's right , she had operation Tuesday for her tonsils , come out yesterday or she was supposed to come out yesterday . |
| 15 | Neither they nor the local relief committees were given any remit whatsoever with regard to how food should be dispensed or who was eligible to receive it . |
| 16 | While not inviting the Board to adopt in regard to Zaidie and Matadial a rule such as that which applies to accomplices , the alleged victims of sexual assaults and young children , the defendant submitted that there was an obligation ( not performed in this case ) to advise the jury to proceed with caution where there was material to suggest that the evidence of the witnesses might be tainted by an improper motive . |
| 17 | If they had really wished to do so , they could have found enough constituencies where Labour was a bad third and where the candidate him- or herself was willing to step down just before nominations closed . |
| 18 | He was lying in wait in the hallway , where he was impossible to overlook , forking salad into his well-shaped mouth . |
| 19 | When , in January , 1988 , Prince Edward enlisted in Lloyd Webber 's Really Useful Company , in the humble role of general factotum , with the improbable public assurances that he would be treated " no differently from anybody else " , it seemed not only an oblique confirmation of royal patronage , but that Lloyd Webber himself had ascended to some peculiar level of hierarchy where he was able to employ princes as tea-boys . |
| 20 | Later he moved over and took his seat in Parliament , where he was able to exploit even grander notions , that public transport be nationalized and another Bill was placed before Parliament , with this in mind , at least in so far as London was concerned . |
| 21 | Then he sat for a while on the aisle stand which was a box covering the auto-pilot , where he was able to look out through the nose . |
| 22 | He went into Haymarket itself , where he was amused to see that A Woman of No Importance was playing at the Theatre Royal . |
| 23 | He was most often to be found in that jazz Mecca , Dobell 's Record Shop in Tower Street , where he was happy to reminisce about earlier times and to discuss who played what on the records from his heyday . |
| 24 | ‘ Demonstrate , Nicholson , ’ Mr Foggerty said hopefully , but Nicholson demonstrated by swimming away back to the deep end , mostly underwater where he was hard to see . |
| 25 | ‘ Against Turkey we saw a player of David Platt 's stature putting on a wonderful performance , where he was prepared to work so hard . |
| 26 | At the opening service in Canterbury cathedral ( 3 July 1958 ) Ramsey muddled his instructions and wandered all round the cathedral looking for where he was supposed to sit and stand . |
| 27 | Can you work out where he was likely to have been put in ? " |
| 28 | The problems of political recruitment were also highlighted by the experience of the Soviet Union , where it was possible to categorize certain politically significant types within the Politburo , and the Supreme Soviet . |
| 29 | In those areas where it was possible to receive transmissions only 9% of households had a set , and only 8% of our sample watched television daily . |
| 30 | Italy also managed to occupy British Somaliland , in East Africa , but lost battles in the western desert areas of Egypt , in February 1941 ; also in East Africa , before the end of 1941 , where it was possible to re-establish the Emperor of Ethiopia . |