Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [coord] [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It was n't the best news to come home to — finding my renegade nephew had not only broken and entered my apartment but was bent on destroying an important career opportunity by eloping with some feather-brained teenager !
2 But the contrast was so ludicrous that the thought flashed straight across my mind and was gone .
3 I came out of the station , having had my break and was putting it into my notebook — ‘ refreshments at such-and-such a time , leave such- and such a time ’ .
4 I shook my head and was saved from further entreaties by the arrival once again of the children who all wanted choice titbits from the grownups , ‘ table ’ , kisses and praise .
5 Norman Bayles was a cousin to my father and was related to Mother through the Tallentire family .
6 As well as El CID , he starred opposite Sally Field in Not Without My Daughter and was showered with praise for his portrayal as tortured comic Tony Hancock .
7 ‘ Well , say I then took Fiona off him and maybe I told him to go find himself another filly and the next thing was he got a pincer-hold on my ear and was bopping me one on the nose and there I was bleeding fit to fill the Frenchy furrows so naturally I gave him one back . ’
8 I had dressed after my shower and was sitting on the steps of the shower room staring dully through the wire .
9 I had finished my breakfast and was reading the newspaper .
10 He splashed some down the front of my tunic and was gone .
11 It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone .
12 He had big nose in my face and was blowing impatiently .
13 Suddenly an army of civil servants were to surrender substantial proportions of their remuneration and were forced to seek , at no little expense , dispensations from — and at the discretion of — the pope , not a prospect which they would welcome .
14 Thus , Nos. 4E and 7E evidently failed their inspection and were delicensed on 11 August 1933 .
15 She 'd washed her hair and was drying it on the hessian towel .
16 Philippa was wearing a black kerchief which covered her hair and was tied at the nape of her neck , a knee-length black T-shirt and black straw sandals .
17 Apparently the club lost its license and was shut down after a series of lawsuits stemming from car accidents involving drunk punters — and under American law , bar staff who serve drunk drivers are liable to get hauled up in front of the local beak of those people are later involved in accidents .
18 A Kelmscott Chaucer with an estimate of £4,000-£5,000 either did not reach its reserve or was withdrawn .
19 The effect was for her to wave both her arms out in front of her holding her hands together , then surprisingly a seeming third hand was under her jumper and was moving up and down .
20 We followed the wall 160 ft , at which point it doubled its width and was continuing and we had no time to go further .
21 Jenny had put Ted quite out of her mind and was threshing over problems and questions she would not have believed could have existed a week ago .
22 She had successfully banished the photograph from her mind and was gazing outside , down at the sunlit seashore , her eyes searching for Emily , when Mrs Birkin appeared .
23 Two days later Joy Prentice discovered a rash on the back of her neck and was sent home with the measles .
24 Her hair , once so dark and lustrous , had lost its sheen and was stranded here and there with grey .
25 Ariel kept on walking , and did not respond until she had lowered Sycorax from her back into her hammock and was sponging her limbs to rinse them free of salt .
26 The driver of the Vauxhall had got out of her car and was advancing with menaces .
27 Amy tried confronting her rival but was thrown into despair by her youth and beauty .
28 Bessie was at a strict Jewish school at the time of her début and was expelled publicly for appearing in the theatre .
29 Transferred to Fort Vancouver as an accountant , he rapidly improved its management and was given more responsibilities , including negotiating with the Russians to the north and the Mexicans in California .
30 She , too , had suffered from Clarissa 's neighbourly concern about the behaviour of her child and was waiting with calm anticipation for the time when Clarissa 's children , who were at present eleven and twelve , should enter puberty .
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