Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Yes , he did , but Jason either did n't know or was too frightened to speak . |
| 2 | We teachers need actually to say to the children that they are going to enjoy the work that day , that it will be interesting , and that they are going to know or be able to do things at the end of the day that they did n't know or were n't able to do before . |
| 3 | She almost asked whether he had not been there the previous Friday but stopped , unsure whether he had forgotten or was deliberately misleading her . |
| 4 | You were gon na buy that were n't you ? |
| 5 | Butter knives that had no handles , Copper keys that fit no locks , Rings that were too small for fingers , Dried-up leaves and patched-up socks . |
| 6 | She left him to prowl restlessly through the family photographs that were prominently displayed as she first took a shower then dithered over what to wear . |
| 7 | He succeeded by dint of the radical policy of booking bands that were vaguely contemporary , at least moderately interesting and which common sense along suggested would pull a respectable crowd . |
| 8 | Commenting on the rather storm-damaged third quarter figures , Sun Microsystems Inc chief financial officer Kevin Melia said ‘ profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in operating expenses . |
| 9 | Commenting on some rather storm-damaged third quarter figures ( see opposite ) , Sun Microsystems Inc chief financial officer Kevin Melia said ‘ Profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in operating expenses . |
| 10 | Almost 100 new companies had been formed , and Schach had been able to secure over a million pounds in bank guarantees to finance not only such expensive disasters as Dreaming Lips , Love from a Stranger and The Marriage of Gorbal , but even films that were never made . |
| 11 | I suspect the King was surrounded and was lightly wounded by arrows . |
| 12 | I went home sulking and was still in a mood when Frankie returned . |
| 13 | The white press of Kenya had a far larger market to attract and was altogether more viable : a considerable number of Kenyan newspapers and magazines were readily available in Tanganyika . |
| 14 | They became scapegoats for crimes committed and were widely bruited as potential subversives . |
| 15 | He thought he was having a secret affair , and everyone thought I did n't know and was terribly sympathetic . |
| 16 | This was much more than we had expected and was largely due to the need to raise the path to the front door , which involved relocating two man-hole covers . |
| 17 | I hoped that Mavis had n't passed on my thoughtless , remarks about his easy-going approach to work and was therefore somewhat self-conscious when he appeared in my office at half past two on the dot . |
| 18 | Other reasons given for not doing courses were varied and were only cited a small number of times . |
| 19 | The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune . |
| 20 | The materials were broken down and thoroughly mixed and were then led into a " back " where the slurry remained for several weeks while the water was gradually drained off . |
| 21 | In Notus in Judaea , when ‘ the earth trembled and was still ’ ( ‘ Terra tremuit et quievit ’ ) , it is the last two words which are set in 3/2 , and marked Très lent . |
| 22 | He smiled coolly , and it was a smile that somehow managed to convey a ruthless hardness in him that was n't used to compromise and was n't going to start now . |
| 23 | It was reported to him that Lizzy 's hair was still golden , but his MSS book stank ; it had to be disinfected and was eventually burned . |
| 24 | But the coroner added that the water system had since been disinfected and was now cleaned out regularly . |
| 25 | I found myself superseded by much younger men , and so resigned and was duly pensioned off . |
| 26 | The few words posted to the tree informed everyone that Lovat had been badly wounded and was now in hospital somewhere in England . |
| 27 | He had twice been badly wounded and was still hobbling around with a stick when he was given command of Fort Vaux , the smallest of the forts ringing Verdun but crucial to the defence of the important Fort Souville . |
| 28 | Along the inland , mostly mountainous boundary , despite the efforts of the joint delimitation commission , much remained to be clarified and was still causing difficulties in 1980 . |
| 29 | Margaret Baxter was also very well educated and was more conversant with Latin , Greek and Hebrew than her husband . |
| 30 | He failed to win in three starts and was particularly disappointing when runner-up here back in February . |