Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the judges from those countries were were giving little away . |
| 2 | Er the majority of the local chapels were were w were responsible for er organizing soup kitchens for the kids , er S it did n't apply Sundays , it did n't apply Sundays . |
| 3 | ‘ It is roughly along the lines were were expecting , ’ said the duch-ess 's lawyer Henry Page . |
| 4 | For the layman , the question that matters is was she right ? |
| 5 | There was one long corridor and all the classrooms were were off this corridor you see , I I should think there 'd be er five , five classrooms , it was it was no sixth form . |
| 6 | Before you end , a few minutes , er , Mr President , I wonder if I can just say , er , that you may remember , this really is a matter arising , but you may remember that , at the last meeting , of , of , the Annual General Meeting of N C V O , er , my organisation , the National Federation of Community Organisations was was bold enough to propose a resolution other than , than those required , and it is in your Minutes , if you have them . |
| 7 | Remember the Philippine jailer , he cried out there to the apostle Paul who was , er in jail there with Silas they , they 'd been that tremendous earthquake , and they were released , all their fetters was was were broken , and the prisoners were all , could all have escaped ! |
| 8 | Well again er I would say conditions were were terrible as far as I was concerned , er a as far as tea breaks and what have you were concerned , you did n't have any what we would call official tea breaks , you simply took your chances and made a cup of tea and hid behind a bulkhead or whatever to drink this , er if you got caught by the foreman or the manager or somebody , then you were more or less bagged on the spot . |
| 9 | All those kind of things were were seemed to be ideas that were were floating around round about that time . |
| 10 | Erm I mean one one fact that emerged after the the riots , when the actual arrest figures were were analyzed , was that the vast majority of people who were arrested at any rate , did n't come from the area . |
| 11 | Er , I then went back er back down the passageway er into the lounge , checked the kitchen checked that the rest of the firearms officers were were okay . |
| 12 | It 's also the case I suppose that erm from the point of view of a child , thinking back to my own childhood , a lot of contact with grown-ups was was enormously traumatic and yet was considered by the grown-ups to be entirely legitimate . |
| 13 | Some of the South Africans are were last night understood to be unhappy that only the English anthem is to be played , but it was felt better not to cause more controversy in the light of Thursday 's threat by the African National Congress to call a halt to future tours . |
| 14 | Er and er quite clearly is er Leeds migrants in migrants were were attracted er to somewhere in in in the south er there would be less main migrants since we 're working to a ceiling , er would be attracted elsewhere . |
| 15 | Net profits were were $595m , which compares with net profit from operations of $556m in the 1991 first quarter , when the company of course reported a big loss because of the change in the method it used to account for employee benefits . |
| 16 | In wh In what ways was was it a far cry ? |
| 17 | Over a thousand metres is was 55.68 miles an hour . |
| 18 | where they did n't like the Christmas , not the modern parents where they , they would n't let them have a Christmas tree , the erm the critics is was erm oh what was that about ? |
| 19 | And did you think that the Germans were were bad or ? |
| 20 | But erm apologies for going back to the to the discussion er yesterday but it it 's merely just to remind you , picking up the point that Mr Potter 's just made , that that certainly as far as Selby District 's concerned that circumstances have changed very drastically since the situation of ten years ago when the er the structure plan policies were were first drawn up . |
| 21 | But of course , if you go back far enough do you see on these four in hands were were going from town to town were n't they ? |
| 22 | W w why why was it that horses were were given pride of place over the cattle ? |
| 23 | When we got there one o one of the other boys was was already there with him and he was covered from about his waist down with coal and er we uncovered him and gave him as comfortable as we could get him until we got the stretchers and everything mobilize him and get him out . |
| 24 | And Cathy was out working and her her her sons was were were all you know what I mean , they were all but e the father was n't working . |
| 25 | Erm that being the case , if if those objections were were sustained , er you know , going back to what was was said last week , then I think Selby might be in difficulties in in meeting its housing requirement . |