Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Jeanette told Teesside Crown Court : ‘ As a policeman came across Darren said ‘ If he asks where I was say I was with you . ’ ’ |
| 2 | Who 's law it was . |
| 3 | we 're talking about abortion , who 's responsibility it was , erm they just were nay prepared to put forward their opinions . |
| 4 | So he always remembers the time he went to this He 's no idea who 's funeral he was at but he just went along and then he was taken to see the family . |
| 5 | He 's not from our way but John Reynolds of Swindon is … and he 's the man who 's job it was to string the champion 's rackets … here 's Erika Barnes to serve |
| 6 | As they culled Who 's Who there was a debate on the executive about the ‘ Old Lord approach ’ — finding someone who had been a financial force in the past , and would prove the paper was commercially sober . |
| 7 | We are tears Which were never shed . |
| 8 | When we were children we were told that we would be sent there if we were naughty . |
| 9 | No , even before this coming to be er came to be we were there and we were men who were different and some of us were even gods and we were pure souls and intellects . |
| 10 | Erm one was careers one was careers guidance agreements was n't it , a review of that |
| 11 | And then it did n't start up till then till the second one came the Joseph Jo er The second one was John it was christened . |
| 12 | There are others which was bright yellow , blue , and she . |
| 13 | It was found that there were problems which were common to both the payroll and the interface projects enabling them to be solved by the same remedy . |
| 14 | Six nappies , even wet ones , did not weigh that much , and there were others who were willing to help . |
| 15 | Uncle George was kind to me when there were others who were not . ’ |
| 16 | At the same time there were others who were resolutely opposed to the APU and its philosophy . |
| 17 | However , if many members found Reagan personally impressive , there were others who were disconcerted by his folksy , anecdotal style and alarmed by his insecure grasp of detail . |
| 18 | As he spoke there were others who were not enjoying themselves quite so much , for the wind had got up and men were finding out what the soft spring this year had done to nurture growth in the grass lurking on either side of the fairways . |
| 19 | There were some people , some schools , who said ‘ yes , it 's absolutely vital , we just could not get on without it at all ’ and there were others who were questioning whether that was money spent the best way for special needs . |
| 20 | There were obviously men in Hollywood who wanted to use social themes , there were audiences who were willing to attend these films , and there were critics who were prepared to praise and even honour these films . |
| 21 | We could suggest that there could be beliefs of type 1 if there were beliefs which were justified by appeal to the facts and that a belief could be so justified if it was caused by the facts . |
| 22 | There were two key components to this , there were things that er were labelled feature demons and there were things which were labelled cognitive demons . |
| 23 | There were things I was not happy with . ’ |
| 24 | I was glad he was there ; there were things it was necessary to say . |
| 25 | Where there were differences they were between London and America , not England and America and were no greater than between London and the provinces where the industrial revolution was changing the world . |
| 26 | There are a few works which I would have loved to have borrowed but which were simply too fragile to travel , and there were works which were prohibited by reasons of the terms under which they were given to a particular collection , the Barnes Foundation , for example . |
| 27 | If there were leaflets there was organization . |
| 28 | There were girls who were prepared to put up with fat . |
| 29 | There were children who were loved and who were lovable . |
| 30 | She said she believes she knows who shot the cat , but has been told by police that unless there were witnesses there was not a lot that could be done . |