Example sentences of "that [was/were] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think my parents did the best they could but the pressures that were on them they , they did n't do a very good job ! |
| 2 | Erm very extensive business park development took place , land values on these industrial areas rose accordingly and all manufacturing uses were either er destabilized because their land values now became greater than the businesses that were on them , or new manufacturing plant simply could not acquire the land at affordable prices because there were always people willing to buy it for B one . |
| 3 | Well I would n't of taken first one back I er , I mean , it was , would n't of bothered me , it would n't , had spots that were on it |
| 4 | The three yards that were under him . |
| 5 | To tell the truth I have only hazy memories of the magazine that I took for a long time and until it ceased publication for reasons that were beyond me . |
| 6 | Irwin 's first public act upon arriving in India was to appeal , in terms that were for him impassioned , for harmony between Muslims and Hindus . |
| 7 | And God remembered Noah , the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the Ark . |
| 8 | God remembered Noah , the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the Ark . |
| 9 | The two lads that were with me at the end , they were being truthful . |
| 10 | And she was the first that got on horseback , and with some fifty that were with her , did some hurt to the company of the Cid ; but in fine they slew her , and her people fled to the camp . |
| 11 | The clouds that were with us on the climb had gone , opening the way to spectacular views , views helped by the air being free of dust and haze . |
| 12 | By late September a letter from the front recorded , ‘ … of the chaps that were with us in Saltash , nearly all are killed . |
| 13 | The existing members were told you can either join the new scheme with its improved benefits , reduced contributions , with certain rules that were operating in favour of the employer that were against them , but it was a balancing act , or if you do n't want that you can stay with the old scheme and continue with exactly the same terms . |
| 14 | Below the coum near the County Stone are the strewn remains of a Second World War plane that crashed killing all the poor lads that were in her . |
| 15 | Philip stood on the vase , trying not to crush the flowers that were in it . |
| 16 | ‘ Smaointe ’ or ‘ thoughts ’ was inspired by the story of the beach at Margallen , where a great wave once swept away a small church and all that were in it . |
| 17 | you know that were in it when they were still brand new |
| 18 | it was still , erm quite good that was worth it that day |
| 19 | The hand moved slowly nearer to the edge of a blanket that was over us . |
| 20 | When two veins coalesce the cell that was between them becomes obliterated . |
| 21 | It assumed so much — as if the link that was between them needed no words … |
| 22 | But I liked to please my mother and keep undisturbed the love that was between us . |
| 23 | In terms of penalty-area action that was about it . |
| 24 | and the horizon that was under it , |
| 25 | How kind that was of him . |
| 26 | Which was that Ellen had sworn herself to celibacy while she worked as a cook , a decision that was to me as eccentric as it was both incomprehensible and frustrating . |
| 27 | The only thing he could think of was he was a good swimmer — and a fat lot of good that was to him . |
| 28 | The only thing that was to him suspicious , was apart from the normality of liaisons at the hospital , there was no mention of a man in her life . |
| 29 | Like Miss Honey , she felt sure both ears were going to come off at any moment with all the weight that was on them . |
| 30 | All that , everything about him , his bearing , his voice , the cold of horror that was on him , for he shook as he spoke of it , all rang true to me . |