Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the new parliamentary session began on April 23 the leading parties negotiated over who was to fill the posts of president of the Senate and leader of the Chamber of Deputies . |
| 2 | ‘ People are more used to seeing BNFL vans or contractors ’ trucks running around , so when 10 vintage cars trundled past they were gobsmacked . |
| 3 | When the dinosaurs died out it was very sudden . |
| 4 | Indeed , when the bruises came back they were larger , more ragged . |
| 5 | When the groups came together it was because in the fiction the Argonauts were landing and desperately needed food and shelter — which the younger children enormously enjoyed providing . |
| 6 | I did n't know how to begin , so began by assuming that my parents knew where I was and then proceeded to tell them all the details of the food , living conditions , pay and training . |
| 7 | It was one thing to suspect that he might be on a terrorist hit list , and quite another to realize that Asmar 's killers knew where he was . |
| 8 | So although I sat tight as the communicants went forward I was not too conspicuously a Protestant . |
| 9 | as the years came on they were beginning to get mystery fo folk but er not in my time . |
| 10 | UN aid officials said yesterday they were prepared for a battle of wills with rebel Serbs in an attempt to get trucks loaded with emergency supplies through to starving Muslims in eastern Bosnia . |
| 11 | When fellow platoon-members wondered why they were there , fighting primitive jungle wars nobody at home seemed to care for when men were walking on the moon , North could not understand them . |
| 12 | Nursing my mug of tea in both hands and feeling the warmth of the rum through my body , the thought crossed my mind as I watched the mortar team sitting on the grass in front of me , ‘ What if the Germans discovered where we were , and got our range ? |
| 13 | As things turned out it was the Americans who made the greatest contribution , drawing heavily on the practice they had adopted in the last few years to incorporate the expertise available from industry and the unions into their CAB ( as they then were ) investigations . |
| 14 | But anti-fascist campaigners said yesterday they were convinced it was a pseudonym and the organisation was in fact a front for the ultra-right wing British National Party . |
| 15 | Ridiculous making them quarter-hour points — because the burglars knew where you were . |
| 16 | But there was some question as to whether they would be able to stay on the ride because that depended on whether the outlaws knew where they were . |
| 17 | When another few minutes went by she was scratching her head to try and think up some way of making sure that Naylor would consider any such notion laughable . |
| 18 | and even the Leeds fans and players admitted afterwards they were lucky to win let alone get three … |
| 19 | None of her college friends knew where she was staying , or would have been the slightest bit likely to make such a gesture , even if they had . |
| 20 | And when , on the street , guys asked how he was doing he said just fine . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes — I never used to be tidy , you know , but since the children grew up I 'm less able to tolerate mess — and Christmas is so messy ! ’ |
| 22 | The Cyrenians said today they were still deeply shocked by the incident . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , Los Angeles police said yesterday they are investigating allegations that the father of the boy who accused Jackson of molestation tried to blackmail the singer . |
| 24 | Police said earlier there were no developments in the investigation into the attack by eight white youths and a woman near Quaddus 's home in Stepney . |
| 25 | One of Mozart 's contemporaries summed up what were probably the feelings of many fellow-musicians on hearing the news of his death : it was , of course , a pity that such a great genius was dead , but on the whole it was a good thing for the others . |
| 26 | As ministers met today there were renewed assurances that the public spending limit of £244.5bn would not be breached . |
| 27 | Poor Gedge had to attend the local infirmary where his misery was compounded when nurses found out he was in a band . |
| 28 | Even when the obstacles seemed great there was ‘ no room for despair ’ and ‘ we may indulge the gratifying and cheering reflection … we may … in reality be on the very verge of its attainment- . |
| 29 | I just think it was a momentum that was caused by some villages feeling safer from the nationalists as they got further and further from the front and therefore more and more people a bit f erm being willing to sort of talk again , shout up against the , the landlords and as they saw , as they saw that their neighbours were getting land , all the others decided well they 're getting land , we might as well talk to , have a talk about them the problems and the harsh treatment that we 've had in , in years before . |
| 30 | And erm then when these jobs came along I was er the handicapped Brownies at St Giles . |