Example sentences of "[was/were] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Odd that he had n't noticed how long the fingers were or with what apparent gentleness they had taped the plastic bags over the girl 's hand to preserve , as he had tonelessly explained , conscientious in his role of instructor , any evidence under the fingernails . |
| 2 | Once , I could n't remember how many breaks for rain there were or in which session I scored my hundred . |
| 3 | So you were except for roofing foreman |
| 4 | The material facts of that case , in so far as they relate to the present appeal , were that on the application of the Crown Prosecution Service , McCullough J. made a restraint order pursuant to section 77 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in respect of the assets held by the applicants , a husband and wife . |
| 5 | ‘ You were that at the most , ’ said Constance . |
| 6 | We mentioned earlier the paradoxes which were that for instance erm we 're looking for a low risk investment or our customers are looking for a low risk investment , they tell us they need well proven technology but that needs to be advanced technology . |
| 7 | Its bare outlines were that in a Luton car park a gang of four men had shot dead a sub-postmaster while trying to obtain from him the post office keys . |
| 8 | She knew he 'd worked for Bonanza , and the chances were that in her nervous condition she would n't question his appearance . |
| 9 | The most notable consequences of the new Soviet initiative were that in 1975 Mexico signed an agreement with Comecon , and trade with both Argentina and Brazil reached a peak in 1981 when both countries refused to take part in the grain embargo introduced by Resident Carter as one of his sanctions against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan . |
| 10 | The effects of this move were that in 1990 Hungary 's trade with the European Communities ( EC ) was expected to exceed that with Hungary 's COMECON partners for the first time . |
| 11 | Briefly , the facts in Vestey were that in 1942 the heads of two Vestey families conveyed certain properties to non-resident trustees to be held on discretionary trust for the benefit of the settlors ' descendants . |
| 12 | were that in , in the borough there 's lots of like fallen land , like , you know , Esher Common and things like that , |
| 13 | When they heard this they cried out with one accord that they would do his bidding , and go out with him and fight under his banner , for certain they were that by his good fortune the Moors would be overthrown . |
| 14 | All the indications were that by the end of 1991 the Soviet economy would have registered a severe , possibility catastrophic deterioration . |
| 15 | At primary school level the great majority of the 400 parents interviewed were more concerned with the school 's distance from home and how rough the children were than with class size and educational standards . |
| 16 | For various reasons , intellectual , historical and sexual , it was easier for her to accept things as they were than for Peter . |
| 17 | You are stronger than you were and with summer arriving you will once more pick up . |
| 18 | Boeing had done their best to keep tabs on which aircraft had been sold to whom but some were no longer in service or had been damaged and discarded while one or two had even lost their identity , so that it was difficult to trace where they were and under whose jurisdiction they fell . |
| 19 | So er er after a bit you see he changed them round , he , he guessed somebody were and of course I got the job |
| 20 | How important these compromises were and to what degree they were amplified by Freemantle or her editors and publishers can not be judged precisely on the evidence available . |
| 21 | On a macro scale , this is of course how Blacks were and to a large extent are still viewed : as a disruptive , damaging force disturbing the previously calm , stable landscape of cultural superiority . |
| 22 | Kids , that 's all they were and in need of a bit of looking-after . |
| 23 | Another suggestion is that they were put there by shepherds so that they could find their way off the fell in bad weather , the idea being that by the number of cairns the shepherds would be able to tell where they were and by the pattern they could know which direction to follow . |
| 24 | It might seem odd to talk about entry halls as a postscript as it were but in practical terms most people put decorating their living rooms first . |
| 25 | Out of the married women sector , who accounted for about a third of abortions in 1980 , about 3% were because of Reason Four . |
| 26 | Thus J. S. Mill , the leading theoretician of liberal feminism , stressed that it was impossible to know what women 's true capacities were because of their inferior education . |
| 27 | When the windows were open , as they often were because of the heat from the kitchen area , you could see the legs of passers by on the pavement above . |
| 28 | Failures were because of failed puncture and dilatation ( five ) , to loss of access ( one ) , and to residual cystic duct stones ( seven ) . |
| 29 | the rightist and leftist deviations were , were because of them . |
| 30 | that report er that i it was er said that it m a high proportion of the cases were because of bed closures , which surely must be linked with resources . |