Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [subord] the [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huy noticed the dessicated corpse of a shrew which must have fallen in when the stuff was first poured over Neferukhebit . |
| 2 | Questions about the reasonableness of the amount charged would arise only if the concept was part of that contract . |
| 3 | As for confession , which had been allowed to laymen , this was to be undertaken only when the penitent was in mortal danger : the emphasis now was not on contrition but on absolution which could only be given by a priest . |
| 4 | Permission would be given only where the procedure was ‘ judged to be of exceptional importance in meeting the essential needs of man or animals ’ . |
| 5 | They soon learned not to talk when just a look would do , and even when separated , each seemed to know instinctively when the other was in trouble . |
| 6 | A partnership practice that operated from two offices ceased to be carried on when the partnership was dissolved and the two main equity partners continued as sole practitioners from their respective offices . |
| 7 | Cases were included only if the diagnosis was confirmed at surgery . |
| 8 | Meik saw her chance to slip away whilst the going was good . |
| 9 | More likely the net was carried away because the ground was bone dry and hard and I had n't been able to push the stakes deep enough into the soil . |
| 10 | The job losses have come soon after the firm was taken over . |
| 11 | The chief designer objected strenuously until the move was found to be successful , when it became a long-cherished personal proposal previously vetoed by management . |
| 12 | The chief designer objected strenuously until the move was found to be successful , when it became a long-cherished personal proposal previously vetoed by management . |
| 13 | But this time there 'd been an unfortunate accident — the worker had been distracted and had applied the blow torch to a pipe opening just as the varnish was starting to flow . |
| 14 | Major improvements were being noted two years later , and it was expected that these would be carried further when the Polytechnic was transferred to the East Sussex Local Authority following county boundary changes . |
| 15 | THE RE-OPENING of the line to Welshpool in 1981 was an achievement which had been awaited ever since the line was taken over in 1960 . |
| 16 | If the colliery were allowed to overcome that problem , it could soon continue to earn the money that it has earned ever since the pit was sunk earlier this century . |
| 17 | Smith found that the thrushes moved differently when the prey was clumped from when it was spaced out ( Figure 5.3 ) . |
| 18 | He was the inventor of water pick-up troughs laid between the rails , whereby a scoop lowered into the trough from the locomotive or tender allowed additional water to be picked up whilst the train was running , thus making possible much longer non-stop runs . |
| 19 | Sycorax was there when the baby was born , but she crumpled up when the infant was put in her arms by Ariel . |
| 20 | IBM 's shares rose slightly after the appointment was announced , rising 75 cents to $51.25 . |
| 21 | IBM 's shares rose slightly after the appointment was announced , rising 75 cents to $51.25 . |
| 22 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't expect him to pull out because the ball was there to go for . ’ |
| 24 | The Arrows moved out when the base was first due to close nine years ago . |
| 25 | On 30 October , NBC News reported : ‘ Officials of the Drug Enforcement Administration told NBC News today they are conducting an inquiry of a top secret undercover heroin operation in the Middle East to find out whether the operation was used as cover by the terrorists who blew up Pan Am 103 almost two years ago . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I literally found about our endorsement of used motor-oil from someone I was phoning to find out whether the stuff was OK , ’ says the group 's Education Programme Co-ordinator at the time , Dave Bruer . |
| 27 | Messing was never able to find out whether the story was true , but the spirit was North all over . |
| 28 | He would have to wait until Monday to find out if the offer was still open . |
| 29 | They began filling in forms for security passes at the little reception desk while a faded old man in a messenger 's uniform rang number after number to find out where the meeting was being held . |
| 30 | He got through to the base camp to find out when the chap was coming to fix it . |