Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then came the two incidents that were to echo down the long ages of Elf history and set the stage for the great dramas that were to follow . |
| 2 | It was the random collisions melding the rocky substances , plus turbulent accretions , that were to make up the inner planets . |
| 3 | His target was ‘ the spate of mean building all over the country that is shrivelling up the Old England — mean and perky little houses that surely none but mean and perky little souls should inhabit with satisfaction ’ ( p. 15 ) . |
| 4 | Somehow the virtual reality had overflowed the confines of that simulated chamber , and was taking over the entire broadcast . |
| 5 | I 'd been down the prom on my bike , and was riding up the posh part to our street . |
| 6 | Denied its usual egress , the river had burst its banks and was pouring down the fire-ravaged streets . |
| 7 | The rebels briefly took control of much of Dushanbe on Oct. 25 , including the parliament , the presidential palace , the main mosque and the broadcasting facilities , but were driven out the following day by government forces . |
| 8 | Intentionality is usually overlooked by causal theorists who tend to see their job as being to sort out the afferent limb . |
| 9 | Clearing away all the leaves under a hedge is bad news for hedgehogs , as is smartening up the accumulated debris behind a toolshed or summerhouse . |