Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [coord] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turbo-generators were added and it now also generates electricity . |
| 2 | The great bells of the abbey were booming and I idly wondered what would have happened to my life if Jack Hogg and I had not been taken . |
| 3 | Women of all ages were shouting and I clearly saw a handbag swung overarm . |
| 4 | At last when the man 's legs were freed and he too was carried out to the waiting ambulance , Rachel stood up and flexed her cramped muscles . |
| 5 | I I have feelings about it , I I I mean , my , generally my experience I do n't know I have n't discussed with other members but er , when I the panel that I er , allocated to erm and I was telephoned , could a make , and certain dates were made and I finally made one then I was told , oh no that 's not convenient ! |
| 6 | It was only when his embrace became more adventurous , his hands more demanding as he became aroused , that she realised where they were heading and she finally found the strength to pull away from him . |
| 7 | Such ‘ feminising ’ factors have been foiled by two other inventions , that of separate sexes ( many animals and some plants have abandoned hermaphroditism , perhaps because half the hermaphrodites were feminised and it therefore paid the remainder to turn into pure males ) and genetic sex determination . |
| 8 | The last man in , John Bendall had already injured himself when we were fielding and he also came in to bat with a runner . |
| 9 | It was hard to believe that most of these islands were populated and we often caught glimpses of island ferries plying industriously between lonely rockbound piers . |
| 10 | It was students demonstrating , as a result of which a number of them were arrested and I later learnt that a few were sentenced to be flogged . |
| 11 | Not only did one get a flash reflection thus ruining a sometimes good photograph but occasionally ‘ special effects ’ were obtained and I even managed to get a reflection of the camera in the photograph . |
| 12 | Like many other RAF servicemen he found himself stationed in Lincolnshire and after five years service his Lincolnshire bonds were established and he later moved to the areas into the more peaceful activity of a fitter in the malting industry . |
| 13 | The designer who today shows so little emotion was devastated and he still keeps a mural of revered fashion figures ( Mary Quant and Vivienne Westwood are two of his heroines ) with Galeotti at the centre situated behind the enormous , clutter-free desk that 's one more powerful statement . |
| 14 | He knew his mother was dying and he either could n't or would n't go to see her . |
| 15 | The other thing which is actually mentioned that we one of the worst aspects was done and I personally tried to look at what the impact on road building around elsewhere and it is absolutely appalling and er I think that is something which is to be , I 'm sure it will be , will be called out . |
| 16 | Erm , to congratulate you firstly on the level of settlements that have been achieved in the extracting and building conc building products division erm secondly , on , on one six seven the refused to make an offer and , er , if you could perhaps update us as to what , er method we 're gon na approach employers now , erm , to , to secure settlements in that industry er , we think it was deplorable that no offer was made and we also think it was deplorable that E C C Building Products decided to say that even if an offer had been made , they would n't have been prepared to implement it . |
| 17 | The campanile was saved but it soon became ruinous . |
| 18 | There could be no early start : the lads ' co-operation was needed and we always found it difficult to agree on rules . |
| 19 | It was used for the German Grand Prix in 1985 but its return as a championship circuit was shortlived and it now plays second string to the Hockenheim . |
| 20 | I was bleeding but I just tried to hide it because it was a terribly busy time . ’ |
| 21 | Immediately after the 1983 general election the CPRS was disbanded and I very much doubt it will ever be resurrected . |
| 22 | We liked the stuff he was doing and he really started to develop an image for us as well . |
| 23 | It was only when she exhibited her portraits in a boardroom that the medical staff actually saw what she was doing and she finally felt accepted . |
| 24 | Among friends and neighbours a farm worker 's skill was appreciated and he neither knew nor cared about the reputation of farm workers outside . |
| 25 | His hair was tousled and he still looked a little sleepy , but he was fully dressed , which made her feel at a distinct disadvantage . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought someone was joking but it really was him . |
| 27 | I could n't , I was asked and I just could n't think of it . |
| 28 | There was a huge smooth branch very close to where Little Billy was sitting and he suddenly noticed that a small square patch of bark on this branch was beginning to move . |
| 29 | Every time he looked her way , that frightening compulsion went sweeping through her , the urge to let him look , let him absorb her until nothing was left and she no longer existed as a separate , individual entity . |
| 30 | Emily brought him a cup of hot milk , but his hand was shaking and he nearly dropped it . |