Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the vast tracts of Lincoln Heath , stretching north and south of the city for some seventy miles , Arthur Young found ‘ a large range which formerly was covered with heath , gorse , etc. , yielding in fact little or no produce , converted by enclosure to profitable arable farms … and a very extensive country all studded with new farmhouses , offices , and every appearance of thriving industry … ’ |
| 2 | StorageTek contributes the computer front-end channel , compression and compaction technology , buffer and buffer management and is working on a new data format for helical-scan tape , which originally was designed for video . |
| 3 | All except one , who had worked herself up into such a frenzy of excitement , that she became quite terrified and galloped straight into a fence — which fortunately was made of pine rails that collapsed harmlessly under the assault . |
| 4 | The Mission finished with a united service in York Minster which again was packed to capacity . |
| 5 | Nothing more was heard of Cargo , who were rumoured to be considering dropping the loaves outside Dutch territorial waters , until a month ago a number of loaves of bread were found washed up on the Dutch coast . |
| 6 | She saw her mother 's face draining as if she too were bleeding to death , heard his panting voice . |
| 7 | I do n't think we ever were bothered with Sky television . |
| 8 | She was the infinitely alluring , forever mysterious older woman who knew everything there was to know about love , sex , and romantic liaisons . |
| 9 | My tutor was saying to me that when he did his degree twenty odd years ago , he knew everything there was to know about chemistry , but because it 's growing , because it 's new , you 've always got to keep up with it , whereas history does n't change , does it , apart from you add a bit on to what happened last year ; with chemistry it 's constantly changing , you 've always got something new to learn , you never stop really . |
| 10 | It is this belief that enables Fay to say that her tutor had at one time known ‘ everything there was to know about chemistry ’ and that ‘ history does n't change … apart from you add a bit on to what happened last year ’ . |
| 11 | ( know thine enemy ) I wanted to know everything there was to know about lymphoma , but I decided to save the questions — and the wit — for my own doctor who has an excellent sense of humour . |
| 12 | But her attempts to prise him away were met by violence and verbal aggression . |
| 13 | She had fur-backed gloves and high brown-polished boots , not shoes but boots , and from what she could see of them they looked serviceable , as if they really were worn for walking . |
| 14 | In a parallel study of 13 junior high and middle schools , Kenneth Tye found that they too were dominated by listening , writing , quizzes and frontal teaching . |
| 15 | They too were suffering from exhaustion after recent events , and had less energy to carry Charles ; their main concern was just to keep themselves going . |
| 16 | And right on the almost on the final whistle just before United scored in injury time , I think mid-fielder Martin Cool got in a very good volley did n't he from some distance , but it really was whistling toward goal ? |
| 17 | Largely concerned with the protection of church and clergy , correct religious observance by ecclesiastics and laymen , and the rendering of church dues , it ends with exhortation : possibly it too was preached to king and court before it received the royal assent . |
| 18 | It too was cast in copper but at 18 kg it was too heavy to cast by inverting a joined mould and crucible . |
| 19 | He too was covered in mud and green dirt , but the features that they almost concealed were boyishly pleasant . |
| 20 | The words had been Sandor 's before he died and Rostov wondered if the assassin had ever suspected that he too was scheduled for termination once he completed his assigned task . |
| 21 | Roman sounded as if he too was battling for restraint , as well as controlling a degree of amusement , which made her fists clench in despair . |
| 22 | Outwardly he was calm and composed as he walked in the warm evening sunshine towards the House , but like the swans gliding serenely across the water , he too was paddling like hell underneath . |
| 23 | What precisely was entailed in oversight was not made clear and in practice the control of the school , its aims , policies and methods of teaching was left to the headteacher . |