Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had no way of knowing how close the others were so he made a big detour . |
| 2 | I must confess I was as curious as they were so I kept an eye on the cottage to see who came . |
| 3 | I said I did n't know , and thought no more of it and it was n't until David returned and was performing at the Arts Lab on the Sunday night that I remembered and said to David , ‘ Oh , by the way , while you were away I had a message — your father is not very well ’ . |
| 4 | He then waited for the wasps to leave on bee-hunting expeditions , and while they were away he moved the cones a yard or so away from the entrances ( Figure 4.4 ) . |
| 5 | Once the exams were over I had the whole summer free in front of me and a host of new friends to pass it with the idea made me extremely happy . |
| 6 | When the strikes were over he established a Standing Committee on Industrial Relations to produce suggestions for improving the collective-bargaining system and for curbing wildcat strikes . |
| 7 | And though the leaves were still I heard the wind |
| 8 | That they were near he had no doubt , for here and there he saw remnant nests and one evening , from out of some bleak crags , three hooded crows flew up at him , black , grey , sinister . |
| 9 | ‘ Were n't you having a bad dream ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ When you were here you mentioned a collection of letters written by Martin Beale to his mother which came into your mother 's possession later . |
| 11 | While we were there we toured the highlands , where the repression has been most concentrated , and met relatives of massacre victims and the widows of the ‘ disappeared ’ . |
| 12 | While you were there you had a ball , and then life goes on . |
| 13 | Koppes comments on the launch of the Russian Sputnik : ‘ JPL personnel could remember years later where they were when they heard the news , what they first thought , and what they did . ’ |
| 14 | Although the England Under-19s , touring Pakistan last winter , had some cause to question just how young their opponents were when they discovered the ease with which birth certificates could be bought locally for just £2 . |
| 15 | In a smaller stadium they will not be so passionate as they were when they beat the Americans in the final . ’ |
| 16 | Evidence shows that expected productivity in unit labour costs of British industry are more competitive now than they were when we entered the ERM . |
| 17 | The Frames were where they grew the special items ; strawberries and lychees , pineapples and oranges , grapes and peaches , cherries and almonds , pears and melons . |
| 18 | Out good are now very much cheaper abroad than they were yet there seems no pressure upon manufacturers to step up production and increase the labour force . |
| 19 | They I believe that er a craftsman 's wage was somewhere they 'd a take home pay at the end of the fortnight . |
| 20 | So this was so they had a pizza sort of shared it out between ten people . |
| 21 | But you know it 's funny how why it was so I mean the grit and those were quite sharp you know You you 'd have thought that it would have taken your skin but then it was ideal stuff for getting the grease the you know the dirt and I mean the the greasy dirt away . |
| 22 | I did n't find out he was the artist who 'd done all of the paintings until the end of the conversation and that was basically what ended the conversation : I just ran off ! |
| 23 | That was in yes , that was in we had a gas cooker put in there . |
| 24 | And of course my father , he was in he had a local paper . |
| 25 | It was only me got a proper |
| 26 | When dinner was over she brought a plate of petit fours in silver wrappers and a bottle of schnapps . |
| 27 | As soon as school was over I took the train from Hammersmith to Whitechapel , then continued the rest of the journey on foot to Charlie 's home . |
| 28 | At home he rarely had more than a piece of toast and marmalade for breakfast , but when he was away he ate the whole cooked breakfast . |
| 29 | In Time Was Away he increased the number of colours used from three to four and began handling the separations with far greater elasticity and freedom . |
| 30 | it was just they had a big warehouse |