Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , we were , ah erm , we were together when we actually met , it was sort of on and off really . |
| 2 | He took aim half-heartedly , but they were away before he even squeezed . |
| 3 | Most of the old prisoners were there because they personally had no wish to escape , and although their reasons for not wishing to were usually quite sensible and not always selfish it was difficult for a new prisoner to grasp them . |
| 4 | Hundreds of people were there and I only saw the Queen at the beginning when she came out with Prince Philip and the Queen Mother and stood at the head of the terrace whilst a band played the National Anthem . |
| 5 | Cos I noticed when we were there and it just collapsed he could n't walk a lot . |
| 6 | And I should feel better having the knowledge that you were nearby if I suddenly became unhinged . ’ |
| 7 | Andy Payton 's 46th minute goal was enough and it certainly lifted the morale of Celtic . |
| 8 | It was merely that he never wanted in a tournament round to risk anything which might upset his endlessly repetitive ritual and rhythm . |
| 9 | It was just that I never expected it to happen to me . ’ |
| 10 | It was 10.00pm when we finally found our car . |
| 11 | Cos when we shared it out between three it was like if you just stand up and have a look along there . |
| 12 | It was wet and cold , but it held steady , which was more than anything else seemed to . |
| 13 | Perhaps it was more that she just wanted to be somewhere else . |
| 14 | Dot wanted to explain it was more that she just did n't know him yet , and she was sorry about him being ill . |
| 15 | The shadow on the step , the wind in his eye , the very fact that Fly was here when he never came into the city on weekdays : it all added up to something he could n't quite catch hold of . |
| 16 | ‘ I was told that Mr Morley was here and I just needed a brief word . ’ |
| 17 | It was then that he finally sprang his trap . |
| 18 | And it was then that I almost tripped over her . ’ |
| 19 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 20 | There is a similarity creeps in there whether that came with islands or whether it was there before I just do n't know . |
| 21 | Too often their name was there but they either did n't appear , sending in someone else , or went only with someone else with them . |
| 22 | I was there and he only urged people in the flat part of the arena to dance . |
| 23 | ‘ No , ’ he said , ‘ but I was there when something else happened . |