Example sentences of "was [verb] [conj] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Letters went home to our parents about it , our weekend leave was stopped and we was n't allowed to associate with any of the other girls . |
| 2 | The land was ravaged but there were now many strong realms in Ulthuan . |
| 3 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 4 | I was struggling and I was n't going anywhere . |
| 5 | The field was limited but it was not limited solely to Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 6 | Its potential use was limited because it was not absorbed from the gut and so was ineffective if given by mouth , and because tyrocidine , in concentrations liable to occur during therapeutic use , damaged or destroyed red blood cells . |
| 7 | The controversy culminated in 1877 with Wallich 's unsuccessful demand that the Royal Society should censure his two opponents , for he felt that the Society had tacitly condoned their misdemeanours by publishing their results in its prestigious journal , from which Wallich was debarred since he was not a fellow . |
| 8 | Garland was shaken and he was still making up his mind how to react when the doorbell rang . |
| 9 | The honourary medical officer of the Longhope lifeboat is Dr Tony , and he would normally be assisting casualties to be uplifted , but that day he himself was to be winched up from the lifeboat to the helicopter , and once that part of the exercise was completed and he was back , safely on deck , I asked him , How was that ? |
| 10 | A blackbird was singing and it was very quiet and peaceful in the Park . |
| 11 | In parallel with these structural changes , it was realised that there was more to becoming a business than changing names and lines of reporting . |
| 12 | Wrath turned on that Prime Minister when it was realised that he was not right , just as it will turn on the present Prime Minister . |
| 13 | One theory is Spiro was assassinated because he was about to sell his story of cash-for-hostages negotiations . |
| 14 | The back was broken and there was only one plank left to sit on , but I sat down on the peeling green paint . |
| 15 | What was contaminated and what was n't ? |
| 16 | Well Peter I sa la one night last week oh it was the week before I was going up past and this fella was walking and he was fucking staggering and he was going on the road and Peter 's came back and fucking him . |
| 17 | When she surfaced it was to find that they were back at Piazzale Roma , the big square thronging as usual . |
| 18 | It was claimed that there were about 350 members in Sheffield , ‘ 50 wear uniform ’ , and in Harrogate the fascists ‘ appear to confine their attention to younger members of the Tory Party , particularly those interested in sports , rugby and golf players ( the boisterous kind of young bloods ) . ’ |
| 19 | WHEN Queen Victoria visited Darlington 's temporary railway station at Bank Top it was reported that she was not amused . |
| 20 | When Sophie did these vaccinations in the pet shop Mr Miller held each patient so firmly and expertly that the recipient hardly noticed was was happening until it was over , but in the surgery it was sometimes traumatic . |
| 21 | Not a lot was happening and I was really tired so I decided to go to bed . |
| 22 | Something was happening and it was so pleasurable she did n't want it to fade . |
| 23 | It was considered that there was too great a danger that the material would , once created , reach and affect a wider audience . |
| 24 | Could n't see why Speed was substituted but he was n't playing well ( see previous matches ) ; the West ham ground is looking quite impressive with the building of the new Bobby Moore stand ; and Beaney should have been booked for time-wasting ( blatant ) but the ref let him off . |
| 25 | On Gordon Durie : ‘ I was n't surprised when he was substituted because he was already crying after one of my tackles on him . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't know he was sulking if he was n't there , would I ? ’ said Constance . |
| 27 | It was stressed that it was vitally important for those going to work in other countries to have training in the cross- cultural dimension . |
| 28 | ‘ She had n't been harmed , but she said Edouard was attacked while she was there and it had been done as a warning to her . |
| 29 | On May 21 a social security employee was attacked as she was about to deposit £300 in Lloyd 's Bank , Derby Road , Huyton . |
| 30 | It was made clear to a friend of mine who was dying that he was not wanted on the ward , not through words but by the minimum care he was given after an unsuccessful operation and the refusal of any doctor to speak to him . |