Example sentences of "was [verb] [coord] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not that I was looking or anything like that ! |
| 2 | Where the middle contract was overpriced , relative to the near contract , one middle contract was sold and one near contract purchased . |
| 3 | The smile on her sweet mouth quickly faded though the moment the door was opened and she at once took in the unusual pallor of Cara 's skin and the fact that , if she was n't mistaken , her dear sister had recently been crying . |
| 4 | The concern , though , was always with where the music was going and which of its layers were propelling it , so that the occasional sudden stillnesses became a real opening-up of another dimension in the music 's workings and vision , not just a refuelling stop for the orchestra . |
| 5 | In Newham the picture was more complex , though not dissimilar , with the project tending at one year to be supporting people living on their own whose dementia was advanced or who for other reasons could not manage their own care , or needed some safeguarding care . |
| 6 | Then a dreadful thing happened , or so I heard , for they had left the farm by then , ; the poor Rector — I expect it was his own doing , for they say he drank far too much — set fire to himself in bed one night , and the house was burnt and he with it . |
| 7 | They hope the £10,000 reward may now prompt an answer to the riddle of why he was killed and who by . |