Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He mentioned to me several cases that were outstanding and told me that he and other contractors are stopping doing work involving a Housing Executive grant because they have to wait anything up to three months to wait for payment after the work has been done . |
| 2 | The provisions for capital gains tax relief for entrepreneurs were also amended to extend the relief to gains arising from the sale of quoted shares where the qualifying entrepreneur held them when they were unquoted and allow him or her to claim relief when they receive shares in another company in exchange for unquoted shares in their own . |
| 3 | The book had worthy intentions , and the text made some good points , but the illustrations were weak and said nothing about the real conditions of the poor . |
| 4 | Amid the unspeakable sufferings , however , there are epic tales of courage and heroism ; of those who voluntarily followed their banished loved ones into the unknown ; of enlightened , cultivated exiles who chose to remain after their sentences were complete and devote themselves to the scientific , artistic and educational development of the region . |
| 5 | She then checked that the skin preparations were complete and asked him to remove his dentures . |
| 6 | As usual the Kaszubes were piggy-in-the-middle and found their sales restricted almost entirely to local markets and the bigger markets in Danzig , Oliva and Zoppot . |
| 7 | Groundcrew were emotional and applied themselves with vigour to their checks , to keep their minds off the subject in hand — just as the aircrew had done in the cockpit on the flight from Cranfield to Waddington . |
| 8 | London Transport said they were political and infringed its advertising code . |
| 9 | If Tim were guilty and told her so , he would not be the first person who had admitted a crime to a journalist . |
| 10 | There were those who were interested and showed their interest in the following year but by that time officership was foremost in Eva 's thoughts . |
| 11 | I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . " |
| 12 | But when researchers cut sections of these rings , ground them down into slices so thin that they were translucent and examined them through the microscope , they found , preserved in the chert , the shapes of simple organisms , each no more than one or two hundredths of a millimetre across . |
| 13 | Though he reassured him about the boy 's future , his calling Isaac his ‘ only son ’ when he commands him to go to the land of Moriah might well suggest those assurances were empty and meant nothing . |
| 14 | People perceive the world as though it were guiding and constraining them . |
| 15 | Not just because of not just because certain men at a certain place were sinful and crucified him unjustly not just because of sin but he died for the sin of the world , taking our sin in our place . |
| 16 | Opening the debate yesterday , Lord Mackay said the bill 's key aims were to ensure a voice for the users of legal services , and to make sure that decision-takers on legal services were answerable and took their decisions with the benefit of full and considered advice . |
| 17 | ‘ But the neighbours were suspicious and found he had soil in his shoes and a cock 's head under his bonnet . ’ |
| 18 | She was getting better at knowing what to do when people were sick and asked them how it had happened . |
| 19 | Mr Lang urged the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland and the SMMB to put together a submission showing how the OFT 's findings were flawed and said he would pass it on to the OFT and the president of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine . |
| 20 | She wondered if he 'd kissed many girls , just because they were pretty and expected it . |
| 21 | Molly congratulated the 16 successful candidates at this year 's examination , presented certificates to those who were present and welcomed them to their first training day as qualified teachers . |
| 22 | And why did Rose seem to sag wearily , as though it were tired and feeling its age ? |
| 23 | The Home Secretary , shortly afterwards accepted that the " Guildford 4 " were innocent and released them , but the IBA still refused to allow the record to be played on radio or television . |
| 24 | Even the perfectionists were impressed and admitted they came away with their tails between their legs having learnt a great lesson about false pride . |
| 25 | I could n't pick the fish up because they were slippery and eluded my grasp , and when I tried to stand up I 'd slip back again amongst the icy cold debris . |
| 26 | His catches at Tring on flavoured maggot were extraordinary and led me to follow him . |
| 27 | The ladies were thirsty and wanted something to drink . |
| 28 | It was held that the employers were in breach of their personal duty of care , as they should have told the plaintiff to test the sashes to see if they were loose and provided him with wedges . |
| 29 | The Swift Challenger 490 caravan had been parked in the driveway behind another vehicle , but the thieves were undeterred and made their move under the cover of darkness soon after two members of the family left the home . |
| 30 | The men were gratified and returned his greeting , but stared at me with a mixture of impudence and hostility . |