Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] so [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that principle , it seems correct that an amendment to extend controls to the contents of magazines should be added to the Indecent Displays ( Control ) Act , section 1(5) of which was drafted so as to exclude from ‘ displayed matter ’ caught by the test ‘ any part of that matter which is not exposed to view ’ . |
| 2 | That was not a proper construction of section 78 , which was drawn so as to embrace precisely the situation of this case amongst many others that might arise in individual cases . |
| 3 | If the guess was wrong then she was told so and asked to guess again . |
| 4 | Asquith 's 1915 government was only halfway to coalition ; it was in fact a coalition of parties rather than a coalition of men , and it was run so as to maximize continuity . |
| 5 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |