Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] and [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She needed continual reassurance , and although she had been told by God himself that all her sins were forgiven and that she would not need to go to purgatory , she confessed and had herself absolved four , five or six times a day . |
| 2 | I wanted to wait until the pictures were developed and until I could make a written report . ’ |
| 3 | He argued that the hopes placed in tactical voting were misplaced and that there would be ‘ tears before bedtime ’ . |
| 4 | It seems that these were received and that he was able to continue his Old Testament translations until the very end , reaching the Book of Jonah . |
| 5 | However , a hospital autopsy reportedly found that his back was severely bruised , his ribs were broken and that his death was the result of injuries caused by blows . |
| 6 | It was a while before these plans were divulged and when they were , Wilson 's first reaction was one of alarm . |
| 7 | The opinions of staff and governors were sought and although there were some reservations it was decided that a questionnaire should be distributed to parents . |
| 8 | Aldercine Hodson , who has long felt that Medau 's possibilities were under-exploited and that it could be developed , for instance , as a valuable coaching-aid in sport , tells the following story , which she thinks illustrates her point and makes Medau News . |
| 9 | Zander found that a large number of payments in were accepted and that it was a tactic well used by defendants . |
| 10 | These should include an indication of how the participants of the consensus group were selected and whether their conclusions were based on their original research or their interpretation of the available literature . |
| 11 | He hung on to the semicircular rail around the outer edge , where they were standing because the businessmen who had got in after them had jostled them there , and she saw that his eyes were closed and that he had gone gray with fear about the drop . |
| 12 | Prior to losing the mollies ( male and female ) a number of young were produced and since I also only have one tank , I decided to try to save them by suspending a net breeding trap in the tank and transferring them to it . |
| 13 | ‘ Okay I 've cried three times in my adult life , ’ he finally admits : ‘ When my sons were born and when my mother died . |
| 14 | Soon a dozen or so hands were raised and after their names had been written down and details of what their duties would involve the meeting was brought to a close . |
| 15 | stated that members needed official visible support as many were employed and if they refused could face disciplinary action or dismissal . |
| 16 | Much will depend on where they were trained and whether they are skilled in other therapies and techniques such as reflexology ( pressure point massage of the feet ) , Touch For Health ( muscle testing , a diagnostic technique ) , medical herbalism , spiritual healing or perhaps nutrition . |
| 17 | Well , I 've spoken about how we remember you but I know you have far more memories of being here those years ago and I know you 're really itching to get up off your seats and go and have a good look round to see where you were stationed and if it 's at all possible to see the huts , the billets or anything where you were . |
| 18 | In 1681 he launched Pennsylvania ( which included three counties that in 1702 became Delaware ) as an immense private estate to which settlers were welcomed and where they could buy land on relatively easy terms . |
| 19 | Lautro accepts that some of the facts were mistaken and that there may be qualifications to some of the allegations . |
| 20 | The letter from the Air Ministry stated that the International Red Cross had informed them that Thomas 's aircraft had crashed at Bourbourg outside Cherbourg , that all four crew were killed and that they were buried in the Tourlaville Communal Cemetery . |
| 21 | There appears to be little direct authority on the point , but in Lewis v. Cox Webster J. said that even taking into account the fact as found by the magistrates that the defendant was intoxicated and that his intoxication affected his actions , they must still inevitably have inferred that the defendant intended to obstruct . |
| 22 | In this unorthodox theory this is interpreted as the typical time for which a dust grain moved through space after it was formed and before it accreted to the Moon . |
| 23 | She did n't have a lot of experience , but she knew when a man was aroused and when he was n't . |
| 24 | Then at the hotel , he was recognized and before we had been there for five minutes Radio Gibraltar was down to interview him . |
| 25 | I turn then to consider whether this order for costs made by the justices was justified and whether it is one with which this court can interfere , having regard to the familiar principles of G. v. G. ( Minors : Custody Appeal ) [ 1985 ] 1 W.L.R. 647 . |
| 26 | ‘ We have always believed that Abu-Baker was assassinated and that it was not an ordinary robbery , ’ he said . |
| 27 | All that had happened was that her safe shell was broken and if it ever healed it would be filled inside with sadness . |
| 28 | ‘ It tells us nothing in terms of lessons that can be learned , what sort of materials were used for the curtains , whether a sprinkler system was installed and whether they worked properly . |
| 29 | It was n't until a physiotherapist found a vertical tear in the hamstring that they had to admit I was injured and that there was nothing wrong with my motivation . |
| 30 | The Exhibitors Film Exchange recommends a ‘ Neighbourhood Advertising Plan ’ , the essence of which was that every manager would define ‘ the radius or zone ’ from which his ‘ logical business ’ was secured and that he should then proceed to go directly to the individuals whose patronage he could reasonably expect . |