Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun] [pron] was " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | Erm one was careers one was careers guidance agreements was n't it , a review of that |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There are others which was bright yellow , blue , and she . |
| 10 | There were things I was not happy with . ’ |
| 11 | I was glad he was there ; there were things it was necessary to say . |
| 12 | If there were leaflets there was organization . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | and er we moved over there because erm the Department was splitting at the seams really , because immediately there was erm , the war was over and there were all sorts of plans for erm for development and that sort of thing and erm as I 've already mentioned there were two , only two graduates in the whole of the Education Department who was Mr and er his Personal Assistant and erm then after the war there were three graduates appointed , all of them from erm , ex service men , there was Arthur who was erm Lieutenant Commander in the Navy , there was erm Bud , I ca n't remember his Christ proper christian name . |
| 15 | If there was laughter it was black , scornful , scathing . |
| 16 | There was cleaks there was er cleaks in er in Most of the kitchens had rafters , a lot of them , and there was cleaks just specially for the hanging the pigs and the er the hams of the And then you left them until they were fairly dry , and then you had to cover them well and truly with a for all summer , because the fly would go for them , if the were n't properly salted and dry . |
| 17 | Where there was success it was claimed to be due to local outlets and relevant local knowledge . |
| 18 | And there was Chernayev who was a thief , and Byrkin who had been a naval Petty Officer , and Mamarev who they said was an informer . |
| 19 | And while there was life there was hope . |
| 20 | And if there was organization there was money . |
| 21 | And that was The headmaster there was Mr he was . |
| 22 | He did n't think it was a case of God 's being vindictive , more a case of rules being rules and God having to administer them , like a caning head , and where there was Adultery there was always a Death , that was the way it was . |
| 23 | And when he was in the pulpit I felt that he was there was tension there was tension there |
| 24 | Course eventually the , I mean , there was er there was Sergeant who was a butcher out the High Street there was Alf was a barber out of the High Street there was er Frank , Frank he was another butcher out of the High Street there was er miners er teachers , I mean there was quite a mixture of occupations in , in the , in the Home Guard . |
| 25 | At first they doubtless kept close to the edge of the water , but wherever there was moss there was both moisture and vegetable debris and spores to eat . |
| 26 | Yeah , you normally write them in a straight line but when , when they were numbers I was writing them under each other cos it was easier to add . |
| 27 | On the contrary he strode in , rubbing his hands and making it clear that he , too , would like a piece of venison , and he being Bodo it was not really possible to refuse him . |
| 28 | Well it 's Sunday I was looking for something nothing ? |
| 29 | In it 's hayday it was a bustling port . |
| 30 | But the town 's MP , John Patten says 23 years later , it 's time it was updated . |