Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also interruption circuits to prevent airframe structures being hit by an aircraft 's own gunfire but as there was always a round left in the breech , gunners were instructed that after prolonged firing the guns should be stowed into the slipstream until they cooled . |
| 2 | Just under half the arable area was grazed and when added to the permanent grass area this made a total of 5,700 ha . |
| 3 | When I returned from my trip , however , it was to discover that while buying software is easy , buying a computer is certainly not ! |
| 4 | The court was told that when arrested , the pair complained to police they were injured by having curry powder thrown at them . |
| 5 | I drove via Barking to call in on Duncan the Drunken before the traffic built up , but his garage was locked and that meant calling at the house . |
| 6 | Mr Harris said Newton was arrested and when interviewed by police claimed that the tackle could have broken his legs . |
| 7 | The leading authority was the House of Lords case of Re W ( 1971 ) AC 682 where it was held that when dealing with the question of withholding consent , the test was reasonableness , not culpability or indifference , and although the child 's welfare per se was not the test , it was relevant . |
| 8 | It was held that when making a standard hire-purchase agreement , the hirer merely hired goods and did not obtain credit from the finance company . |