Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [pron] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intention was to reduce it to that rate which would constrain aggregate demand to grow at a rate which could be met by increases in real output . |
| 2 | All over the burrow , both the newcomers and those who were at home were accustoming themselves to each other in their own way and their own time ; getting to know what the strangers smelt like , how they moved , how they breathed , how they scratched , the feel of their rhythms and pulses . |
| 3 | Alina had assumed that Belov was taking her to another of the buildings , but it seemed now that he was going to lead her out of the settlement altogether . |
| 4 | The pater was saying something to that effect only the other day . |
| 5 | and the doctors was selling them to rich Romanians and things like that so there 's such a lot of corruption in the country . |