Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Andropulos knew it was n't a jet carrying hundreds of passengers , his face was n't saying so . |
| 2 | If tests confirm there was a mix-up , the parents will have to live with the fact they have been loving someone else 's child . |
| 3 | But Darren Whitehouse faced a charge of possessing the drug rather than a supplying charge because police believed he was lying to protect his mother . |
| 4 | Many times the wrong name has gone forwards to the next round because competitors confused who was white and who was red . |
| 5 | He had been to hospital many times before doctors decided there was nothing they could do for him . |
| 6 | He escaped a prison sentence after magistrates heard he was seeking help for his drink problem . |
| 7 | When conversions occurred it was not Peter who was involved in baptising but his team ( Acts 10:48 ) . |
| 8 | Anyway , as elections approached it was not always politically desirable to have a tight monetary policy . |
| 9 | As smiles went it was a poor effort , but all she could manage under the circumstances . |
| 10 | The status of women is part of an organic totality and is linked , as Engels argued it was linked , with the nature of labour , the nature of property , even the nature of descent . |