Example sentences of "be [conj] [pron] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or could it be that one was from March 24–26 and the other from April 6–9 when politicians of all parties confidently expect to have other things on their minds ? |
| 2 | If indeed this was how he happened upon verre anglais , it could well be that it was in England , not Spain , that Dom Pérignon rediscovered the cork . |
| 3 | It was a greater task to be as he was in his given circumstances than among God-fearing people : in that fact itself there was an urge towards determination , and a hint of comfort . |
| 4 | It would have to be when I was at school and we broke into the tuck shop . |
| 5 | If Ebert had been paying for Axel 's debauchery , the chances were that he was behind the death of the girl . |
| 6 | I know how good you were because I was at that stage in maths where I felt rudderless and becalmed , drifting helplessly as it were , as my peer group — the rest of the fleet — sailed serenely on towards the horizon . |
| 7 | And of course being as it was with everybody watching , we got applause for this . |
| 8 | The implication is that there was at least one other harpsichord in Handel 's house , and Christopher Smith was to have the large one . |
| 9 | My one solace is that I was at your side . |
| 10 | But I did use and re-invent the world of the Barracks I grew up in , yet the point is that I was in my 20s when I wrote that book and it was viewed through the persona of a dying woman . |
| 11 | ‘ Before you continue , Sir John , ’ Fitzormonde spoke up , ‘ and you start speculating on where I was , all I can say is that I was in my own chamber but no one saw me there . ’ |
| 12 | All I can say is that it was for the best of reasons . ’ |
| 13 | In any case , my point is that it was during the course of this interview , when I raised the question of the difficulty of recruiting suitable staff in these times , that Mr Farraday , after a moment 's reflection , made his request of me ; that I do my best to draw up a staff plan — ‘ some sort of servants ' rota ’ as he put it — by which this house might be run on the present staff of four — that is to say , Mrs Clements , the two young girls , and myself . |
| 14 | What is obscured by this process is that it was through clothing , in both art and life , that Kahlo attempted to redress the wrongs of history . |
| 15 | Chief Superintendent Paul Green of Holborn Police said at the scene last night : ‘ The only thing that can be said about the target is that it was in one of London 's main streets at a very busy time . |
| 16 | But the former Neath and Wales rugby union star , later dismissed for throwing a punch at Gary Tees , insisted last night : ‘ All I can remember is that it was in a tackle . |
| 17 | Thus the Cubans identified a new aggression in Eisenhower 's attitude , and my hypothesis is that it was in response to these events that Castro decided to stake the survival of his revolution on enlisting the total support of the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | What is clear is that it was by looking at these eastern arts , whose strict conventions embodied far more of nature than the near-abstract Geometric , that Greek artists were able to break from that and establish a comparable style of their own . |
| 19 | The G.W. condemned stock from all its depots , but as no name is quoted the assumption is that it was from Swindon . |
| 20 | The official history is that he was in the Communist resistance . |
| 21 | She felt is if she was in limbo , that somehow she was a disembodied spirit , one able to leave her body at will . |
| 22 | Second man in is and he was from Sanco Texas er he only flew a few missions with me , in training I 'd had another co-pilot and er I had checked the co-pilot I had when the crew was organized out , so he could go back through and come as er as a Plane Commander with a crew . |
| 23 | And the third man kneeling , the navigator who was from Milford M I L F O R D , Utah , and the last man is and he was from Dekalb , D E K A L B , Illinois . |
| 24 | But if it 's like it was with the others , it wo n't be easy . ’ |
| 25 | As to why the application is before this court , that quite simply is because it was to this court that the implied undertaking was given ; we alone , therefore , have power to vary it . |
| 26 | a step further , but I think probably , it 's because he was in er er a private scheme . |
| 27 | Do you think I could have been as I was with you if I was already heavily involved with someone else ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Who would Mr Marr 's superior have been when he was in the overseas ministry ? ’ |
| 29 | The reality , said Steve ( the ballroom dancer , not the DJ ) was that everybody was in couples today . |
| 30 | ‘ … poor , almost illiterate … her pride was that she was of the Clanranald . |