Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was too late to be worrying over any implications inherent in spending Christmas with the Danbys and now the day had dawned Meredith was rather pleased she was going to be with company , especially after her sighting of the whatever-it-was during the night . |
| 2 | He remembered the occasion when they had paid a visit to St Whatever-it-was on Magdalen bridge in Oxford . |
| 3 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 4 | I fear the discerning British skier would not be unreservedly impressed : no skiing above 2,000m , bus rides to and from skiing , a motor-was along one of the valleys at the heart of the lift system . |
| 5 | It was that young man , declaiming and arguing , whom Charles Lamb was famously to invoke : ‘ Come back into memory , like as thou wert in the day-spring of thy fancies , ’ he wrote in 1820 , ‘ with hope like a fiery column before thee — the dark pillar not yet turned — Samuel Taylor Coleridge — Logician , Metaphysician , Bard ! ’ |
| 6 | It 's bin a mite hectic while it lasted , but it wuz worth it jes ’ t'smoke out that nest of rattlers that wuz runnin' Bethlehem House . |
| 7 | It was n't like a prison cell , it-was like a maid 's room , Eve told herself firmly . |
| 8 | I reckoned it 'd have t'run' from the house to a point outside the perimeter fence , cuz that 'd take 'em clear of anyone who wuz in control of the grounds . |
| 9 | Indeed , Kinnock and Thatcher were more visible in our pre-campaign week , when both were on highly publicized foreign tours , than they were during the campaign itself . |
| 10 | It is an indication of how low Kylie 's emotional defences were during this crisis that — just for once — the intensely personal details of her life suddenly came gushing out , as if to exorcise some spirit that was within her . |
| 11 | All the experience suggests that their minds are absent on social issues , as Susie confessed hers were during at least part of each day . |
| 12 | Complaints are likely to rise , even though the sound levels may be lower than they were during the relative ‘ boom ’ days before the recession . |
| 13 | Prompted by a return to international competition , drug tests on two players from each Currie Cup side were introduced this season , just as they were during the World Cup . |
| 14 | They now live in the location of Sao Bento do Sul in the state of Santa Catarina , a little bit further south than Dois Vizinhos where they were during their previous assignment . |
| 15 | Excitement mounted ; in her memoirs Princess Marie Louise quotes Sir Edwin Lutyens as saying , ‘ Let us devise and design for all time something which will enable future generations to see how a king and queen of England lived in the twentieth century , and what authors , artists and craftsmen of note there were during their reign . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ There were some meetings that were during the week and I enjoyed going away , ’ he remembered . |
| 17 | There are now approximately 2 million more weavers operating in Persia than there were during the time of the late Shah , and , even if this trend is reversed , existing stocks are large enough to keep the Western markets more than adequately supplied for a decade or so . |
| 18 | Is not it about time that the Government stopped this practice of recruiting and exploiting young people who are deemed not old enough to cast a vote but in some cases are being forced to continue in the Army and can be put into armed combat , as they were during the Gulf war ? |
| 19 | I should perhaps remind you that they would normally be somewhat warmer than they were during our inspection , at any rate during one half of the working day … |
| 20 | Millett J had to deal with the argument that it would be a breach of the covenant if the defendant were during the remainder of the period of restraint , to solicit any business of any kind from any company which happened to have been a customer of the plaintiff company during the relevant period . |
| 21 | I mean the Welsh population in percentage terms is now rising more rapidly than that of England and therefore by the year two thousand and one when the next review would take place er we er will certainly fully occupy if you like , that fifth seat in terms of the average size because Welsh Euro constituencies were during the past ten years , very slightly larger on average than those in England and so er we are moving from under representation to slight over representation for a temporary period er simply because er you know Wales is regarded as indivisible for this purpose and that 's why we welcomed this debate . |
| 22 | Lower Ormeau Community Festival Committee organised a week long series of events , most of which were during the day . |
| 23 | ‘ We consider training to be crucial and we are spending more on it now than we were during the last recession , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Currently , no Scouts at all were aboard the fortress-monastery . |
| 25 | If you were aboard a vessel that was either going to go up or drag you down when it sank , what would your natural reaction be ? ’ |
| 26 | Within two minutes all the passengers were aboard their allotted transport and the cavalcade of machines , engines purring and sputtering sparks , moved off . |
| 27 | And , if there were times those qualities seemed exaggerated , she understood . |
| 28 | Then we were off home-by taxi . |
| 29 | Other men 's wives did proper jobs once the children were off their hands . |
| 30 | The trash cans were big and had just been emptied , and in an instant the boys were off chasing the girls and yelling at the tops of their voices . |