Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the wish keeps the illusion going as it were . |
| 2 | That 's right because we got a card in the , in our Christmas card saying that they were moving back |
| 3 | And I 'm not being funny but when Malcolm did it , we would do that almost two or three days after the stock taking if there were odd counts . |
| 4 | After her death , he carried out research showing that there were only two fatal cases in the world , both in the US , directly related to the drug . |
| 5 | At ground-floor level she discovered a games-room , a large slate-bed billiard table taking up much of the space , and a selection of tennis racquets and other games equipment suggesting that there were the courts and space for all these things . |
| 6 | Mr Ian Karsten , for the board , told a Bristol University appeal committee hearing that there were passages in his script which were ‘ bizarre and remarkable and which require explanation ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Otherwise I 'd spend the evening wondering if you were using that particular form of persuasion on someone else . ’ |
| 8 | The goal was just the shock needed to get Town moving and they were back in the match just four minutes later … goal poacher Steve White who scored a hat-trick last saturday was there again to make it one all … |
| 9 | The goal was just the shock needed to get Town moving and they were back in the match just four minutes later … goal poacher Steve White who scored a hat-trick last saturday was there again to make it one all … |
| 10 | There , you could ask a dozen out to dinner at the last moment knowing that you were supported by the twin pillars of traiteur and pâtisserie only a telephone call away . |
| 11 | And the Royal Institution of Great Britain in Albemarle Street was that day announcing that there were to be eight lectures given by Mr. Faraday on Static or Franklinic Electricity , to commence on 21 April . |
| 12 | my daddy goes erm where will you be so I can in touch with you by phone laughing cos they were shouting at me and then he said to me and then I told him it was n't and he goes so why do you go |
| 13 | The composition of a new government of 29 ministers and secretaries of state was announced on March 5 , the official radio station noting that there were 16 newcomers . |
| 14 | The New York Times of Nov. 19 reported that the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps had recently issued a new ruling requiring all its graduates to sign an affidavit saying that they were liable to be discharged and forced to pay back their scholarship if they were discovered to be homosexual . |
| 15 | A letter was sent out to every planning authority asking whether there were any empty listed buildings in its district that would benefit from some publicity . |
| 16 | You got letters from home , from your father asking when you were going to settle down and get a proper job , or were you going to be an ‘ eternal student ’ ? |
| 17 | We are not happy with this position in that the Inspector appears to accept that while the formality of recording the transfer of motor vehicles to the directors was not processed through the accounting records , he is by implication accepting that they were recorded , in order to have the directors ' loan accounts overdrawn while ignoring the dividend . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) … ‘ wasted costs ' means any costs incurred by a party — ( a ) as a result of any improper , unreasonable or negligent act or omission on the part of any representative or any employee of a representative ; or ( b ) which , in the light of any such act or omission occurring after they were incurred , the court considers it is unreasonable to expect that party to pay . |
| 19 | " Wasted costs " means any costs incurred by a party as a result of any improper , unreasonable or negligent act or omission on the part of any legal or other representative , including their employees , or any costs which , in the light of any such act or omission occurring after they were incurred , the court considers it is unreasonable to expect that party to pay ( s 51(7) ) . |
| 20 | I then burrowed into the cockpit to wrench the gear from its housing but in so doing I became unplugged and did not hear the pilot shouting that we were about to ditch . ’ |
| 21 | Edward managed to retrieve the canoe and got it uprighted and then we heard Marge and Jerry on the opposite shore yelling that they were OK . |
| 22 | A federal judge had recently prohibited runoffs in citywide elections after a lawsuit claiming that they were used to discriminate against black candidates . |
| 23 | And er within a few months we 'd got the thing going till they were blowing out , and we were making it hand over fist you see ? |
| 24 | Her fresh-faced expression gazing as it were on the threshold of life is a poignant reminder of the passing of time and finite nature of dreams . |
| 25 | He looked around and saw a great many faces all wearing the same expression , an expression stating that they were never going to be surprised by anything in history and that they had already had every thought that was ever going to be in his head . |
| 26 | Erm , I think I answered this question this morning in response to erm Miss Whitaker 's erm er question to me , erm Hambledon 's objection to the principle of a new settlement is based upon , erm , our interpretation of P P G three , we feel that , as I said , it would be disingenuous of us to support the principle at this stage knowing that we were unwilling to accept a new settlement in Hambledon . |
| 27 | Thus , children in our classroom practice sample spent a high proportion of their time working when they were engaged in tasks which involved talking to the class , talking to the teacher , construction , listening or collaboration . |