Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The form this took was to call for a jihad , or holy war , against the US forces and the overthrow of Saudi King Fahd and President Mubarak of Egypt . |
| 2 | The privilege half illustrated was issued to a female as a hunk was cut out of the top of the ticket , and could have been used by the one lady employee , or the wife or female dependant of an employee of the B.C.R. , or any other railway , who took a ride on the 17th January 1934 . |
| 3 | No significant side effects attributable to octreotide were observed during the study . |
| 4 | For Field 's piano concertos , two of which O'Conor is playing with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra this week , contain astonishing music , material which it is hard to believe was conceived at the turn of the 18th to 19th century . |
| 5 | The decision to have the three executed was taken at the very top by a Cabinet sub-committee . ’ |
| 6 | More intimate and relaxed than synagogue services — whoever felt inclined could take it on himself to lead the responses — these minyanim were held in the front rooms of the tiny houses and anyone passing along the street at the time would be assailed by a chorus of incantations like the sound of bees swarming in a hive . |
| 7 | If I stayed on at Bletchley — which I was reluctant to leave — I should scarcely ever see Leslie before the invasion of France , which we all knew was expected within a very few months . |
| 8 | The range of goods they were able to carry was welcomed in the area , as well as lunchtime sandwich facilities which had previously been missing in the neighbourhood . |
| 9 | Turning to collective behaviour , opinion of those interviewed was divided on the effect of television on attendance in the Chamber . |
| 10 | But though her mouth opened it was a silent entreaty and all she seemed able to do was cling to the top of her cage near where branches of trees hung and vainly try to say words that would not come . |
| 11 | One of the last things I was able to do was to help in the preparations for a Service of Reconciliation to be held at the Burma end of the Burma-Siam railway line , both in the preparation of the details of the service and the plans for its publicity . |
| 12 | The number of those arrested was put by the government at 1,900 ; by the PPP at 27,000 , and by the local press at about 15,000 . |
| 13 | Thirteen of those charged were convicted of the crime of " favouring the criminal " ( i.e. Ceausescu ) , as opposed to the original charge of " participation in genocide " which was dropped . |
| 14 | Two Cellophane-wrapped sprays that she had been unable to deliver were lying on the bouquet of roses she had prepared for her rival . |
| 15 | The English haul of booty and prisoners was enormous : the list of those captured was headed by the king himself , together with his son Philip , the Archbishop of Sens , the Comte of Tancarville , the Comte of Sancerre , the Vicomte of Narbonne , the Seneschal of Poitou and the Comte of Ventadour . |
| 16 | The crew of six survived the impact , five of them escaped to Sweden by the sixth member , Vic Stevens the Flight Engineer , injured his foot and being unable to travel was captured by the Germans . |
| 17 | The 1990 budget of 22,689,000 million won was passed by the National Assembly on Dec. 19 , 1989 [ see also p. 37123 ] . |
| 18 | Her heart went out to Antoinette Gebrec , as yet happily ignorant of the fate of her son , and to Philippe Bonard , whose long-cherished dream had turned to a nightmare , while the man they both loved was lying in a broken , bloody heap at the foot of the cliff . |