Example sentences of "was [verb] aside [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | My hon. Friend 's second criticism of the way in which the scheme has worked is that the £24 million budget which was set aside for the two financial years — and I emphasise two years — 1989-91 was underspent . |
2 | Interim Flight Authority arrived on August 11 , 1992 and the 17th was set aside for the great day . |
3 | It really should n't work , but the wretched book is so irresistible that I devoured it in a day , fighting off friends and strangers who fell on it like vultures on a carcass the moment it was cast aside with a happy sigh . ’ |
4 | It did indeed prove a momentous day — and a momentous speech as well : but it lay in a future that none could foresee , and for the moment all that poor Hazel could do was to turn aside with the disappointed feeling that after all , his part in the crossing of the heather had not really been a very important one . |
5 | If the war was n't actually forgotten , it was put aside for a few days in the district around Screehaugh . |