Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DAVID WAS WAS ( NOT WAS ) |
| 2 | But , in a way I mean like , I thought that as well , but then I thought well that 's stupid that is because you were n't as as bad as Pete was were you ? |
| 3 | Cos there was Shirley and Jimmy , and Ann and Sarah , and Judith , and Ruth and Christopher , and Christopher was was Christopher nine ? |
| 4 | Erm well just cos Mrs was was , did we |
| 5 | The oldest plough in Europe was was found ? |
| 6 | Well that 's what Chelmsford 's got you see , Chelmsford was was full of Quaker ! |
| 7 | Erm , Mr Brighton was was critical of the County Council in just using the residual method to determine the size of the new settlement , er and then in in backing up that justification erm referred to work that is included in in Barton Willmore 's proof , I 've I have read this survey work quite carefully , and my understanding of it is is that erm by un undertaking a survey of settlements in the county , they have established , albeit f f f for information purposes only , a population threshold for a particular type of service , erm , in in the North Yorkshire context , erm the implication I I understand from that is is that that is being used to justify a fourteen hundred figure or or whatever it is to achieve the level of services that would would be required for a a balanced integrated community to use the words for the guidance . |
| 8 | I mean technically we do have an entitlement to visits in that Janet was was reminding me the other day that that we said , when Deborah was here , that everybody was entitled to four visits a year . |
| 9 | If you had a bloke like John tha that virtually ran the force for several years whether you liked him or whether you did n't he he he was efficient in running the force erm especially when Charlie was was into the erm in a big way and he spent very little time with Nottinghamshire John ran the force made the decisions and cracked on with it |
| 10 | Oh that 's where erm June was was n't it ? |