Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [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 | The field was limited but it was not limited solely to Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Garland was shaken and he was still making up his mind how to react when the doorbell rang . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | In parallel with these structural changes , it was realised that there was more to becoming a business than changing names and lines of reporting . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One theory is Spiro was assassinated because he was about to sell his story of cash-for-hostages negotiations . |
| 11 | The back was broken and there was only one plank left to sit on , but I sat down on the peeling green paint . |
| 12 | What was contaminated and what was n't ? |
| 13 | 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 ) . ’ |
| 14 | WHEN Queen Victoria visited Darlington 's temporary railway station at Bank Top it was reported that she was not amused . |
| 15 | It was considered that there was too great a danger that the material would , once created , reach and affect a wider audience . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | On Gordon Durie : ‘ I was n't surprised when he was substituted because he was already crying after one of my tackles on him . ’ |
| 18 | It was stressed that it was vitally important for those going to work in other countries to have training in the cross- cultural dimension . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | On May 21 a social security employee was attacked as she was about to deposit £300 in Lloyd 's Bank , Derby Road , Huyton . |
| 21 | It was the day after the barbecue and Sara was reminded that it was here yesterday she had met Matthew . |
| 22 | The merged ‘ Norfolk and Suffolk Polled ’ could be any colour as long as it was polled and it was not until the Red Poll herdbook was formed in 1874 that the colour of the breed was formally agreed as red , preferably deep in colour , with a red udder ; white touches were permitted only in the tail switch , or on the udder and just in front of the udder on the inside flank . |
| 23 | W.H. Chaloner writes that during eight years between '58 & '67 a total of 904 tons of ore were made ready for smelting ; Sir Michael le Fleming , the new Lord , receiving dues amounting to £376 : 15s. : 0d. it is not known where the main ore dressing floor was located but it was probably on the site of the 19th century floors — near the present youth hostel . |
| 24 | Today Roy Everson who was disabled when he was just twenty one carried the British flag into the bowling finals . |
| 25 | He continued his relentless watching and when the omelette was prepared and she was almost ready to scream he asked , ‘ So why are you alone ? |
| 26 | Her fur was matted and she was so emaciated she could hardly stand . |
| 27 | Madam er deputy speaker , there is a feeling abroad in the country that an audit certificate is rather like an M O T certificate , it 's good for the minute that it was granted but it is perfectly useless thereafter . |
| 28 | I wish to God this business was done and we were back in Ipswich ! ’ |
| 29 | In Hammond , above , it was said that there was no making off when the creditor allowed the accused to leave . |
| 30 | It was said that he was not enamoured of the tight business disciplines which they attempted to impose . |