Example sentences of "[verb] was [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no sense in expecting any help from the boy , the only thing to be done was to exclude him as an irresponsible minor from the consideration of his own fate . |
| 2 | On the one hand what the gay movement had done was to involve me in a very intense one-to-one relationship , a couple relationship , and at the same time the ideology that the movement was instilling in me was away from the idea of couple relationships and away from the idea that sex should be conventionally tied to relationships or a single relationship . |
| 3 | No , the best he could do was to fortify himself with the Nielson family , and wait a century or two . |
| 4 | Tony found that the best thing to do was to put her in the buggy and push her round the town , or take her to the park . |
| 5 | Waste from animals was a valuable fertiliser — all you had to do was to plough it into the land . |
| 6 | The way to Lavondyss was a short climb away , and all she needed was to resign herself to the journey , to abandon Scathach . |
| 7 | Whenever my mother and I had visited her from Štanjel , the first thing Aunt Ema always did was to call me into the larder , which was dark and cool , and give me a large spoonful of the most delicious cream from which she used to make butter , saying in the Mavhinje dialect : ‘ Take this , beautiful , because I know that you do n't like cream in your coffee . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The most foolish thing I ever did was take her to the Foundling . |
| 9 | Siberia for me , but all they did was put me on a plane heading for Berlin . |
| 10 | He practically had me signed up for the European Monetary System when all I wanted was to touch him for a gold moidore . |
| 11 | The last thing he wanted was to turn himself into a do-gooder , but he realized very quickly that most of the volunteers were genuinely and sincerely opening their hearts and homes . |