Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impact on the Germans was immediate ; from this moment , said the Reichs Archives , ‘ began the flanking fire on the ravines and roads north of Douaumont that was to cause us such severe casualties . ’ |
| 2 | Although many were appointed to established societies and institutes some were to found their own missions — such was the case of George Annand Mackenzie , the first born-deaf man in Britain to get a M.A. degree . |
| 3 | Vatican II was to prove them correct . |
| 4 | Was it Rabbi Moishe 's imminent departure to Palestine that was making him more withdrawn than usual ? |
| 5 | Their correct address is 6 Stassinos Street , Larnaca , but whilst I was there their Cessna 172 was having its annual and they had no other four-seaters to offer , only Cessna 152s . |
| 6 | THE oldest Briton alive was celebrating her 115th birthday today … with a tasty fry-up and a stiff drink . |
| 7 | ‘ A man at Railfreight International was doing his best but someone along the line at York said it was too much hassle . |
| 8 | While the Chancellor was delivering his speech , prices were heading upwards and the FT-SE 100 was nearing its all-time peak of 2737.8 . |
| 9 | While the Second Crusade was dragging on , Richard 's father Henry II was consolidating his dynastic empire and England was in a state of civil war — which explains why no English king had yet appeared personally in the crusades . |
| 10 | It was her perceptions of her kingdom which differed so crucially both from those of earlier kings of Scotland ( and , indeed , of her son James VI , who as James I was to infuriate his English subjects by his insistent interest in Scotland , and by his belief that his importance lay not in being king of England but in being a leading European monarch ) , and from those of her subjects . |
| 11 | Most of those watching on TV round the country missed the historic moment ‘ live ’ , as Channel 9 were screening their nightly news bulletin at the time . |