Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first book , containing two stories , ‘ Odette D'Antrevernes ’ and ‘ A Study in Temperament ’ , was published in 1905 ; and in the following summer he was at work on his first novel The Artificial Princess ( published posthumously in 1934 ) : in it he devised the techniques of elliptical narrative and baroque construction , and the manner , at once satirical and lyric , concentrated and fragmentary , that were to characterize his mature work . |
| 2 | Claudia gave up without a struggle to the sensations that were shaking her slender form . |
| 3 | He glanced at the cloud of mayflies that were dancing their joyful zigzags near His skull . |
| 4 | The Fifth Army had spread its attack across the Meuse to eliminate the guns that were gnawing its right flank . |
| 5 | In the 1920s , an uncle founded the Barrandov film studios that were to have their finest hour with the Czech New Wave of the Sixties , and his father was responsible for and owned , among other buildings , the Lucerna block in the heart of the city which has been part of the life of most Pragers , with its remarkable collection of art-deco restaurants , bars , cinemas and concert hall . |
| 6 | That he managed to summon enough energy to make any collections at all during his stay is something of a miracle ; had he been more thorough and punctilious in his methods he would have saved history , as well as himself , a lot of time and trouble when it came to corroborating the theories that were to bring him such fame , and infamy , many years later . |
| 7 | It was when the draft for a document on revelation was presented in November 1962 that the Council really began to experience the creative polarization that was to shape its whole history . |
| 8 | But the early years of fear and the hostility between Luke and his father , who died of a heart attack in 1980 , left a deep scar on the young boy and one that was to shape his rebellious school years . |
| 9 | But worst of all these tactical disabilities was the flanking fire that was crippling their frontal assaults the moment they debouched into open ground . |
| 10 | Scored for flute , viola and harp , it is alternately perky and elegiac in mood , reflecting the happier circumstances of its composition — and Zeisl 's knowledge of the heart condition that was to kill him three years later . |
| 11 | Because it was n't just Ross 's non-appearance that was causing her such distress . |
| 12 | ‘ Ross … please , Ross … ! ’ she gasped , desperate for the power and thrust of his flesh , which alone could bring release from the ever-mounting , passionate excitement that was shaking her slender form . |
| 13 | Even so , though Hendrix has more or less possessed Randy for the past fifteen years , Hansen 's original guitar influences could n't be further removed from the blues-based , howling feedback style that was to become his shared trademark . |
| 14 | It was n't sexual jealousy that was afflicting her this time , for it was obvious that the woman was just a good friend . |
| 15 | Bruce went into the bathroom , put on his tie , and stuck the needle that was to plague his remaining years into his arm . |
| 16 | I skate down the road a bit before I shout at cops — or anyone that was giving me some shit . |
| 17 | The Barbarians , who were actually Celts and were given their cruel name by their invaders , transported their stuff by sea or by horse and cattle ( and had links with Europe , incidentally ) , the Romans built roads . |
| 18 | Benefit of the Doubt must be given that all employed by the Grand Canyon were brain damaged at birth and were given their bureaucratic procedure in India . |
| 19 | They had bought their first house and were expecting their first baby . |
| 20 | But they got on famously together and were to become our stalwart allies in a maelstrom of conflicting vendettas which were to unfold around us . |
| 21 | Most of the other students had foregathered by this time and were awaiting their final briefing from their tutor . |
| 22 | Party elders were concerned that the younger generation of intellectuals took no interest in Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought and were neglecting their political studies . |
| 23 | After that , Anne became a novelist , won the Booker and the Whitbread in the same year with different books , and was given her own television show . |
| 24 | One night of winter , with howling winds blowing and heavy rain lashing the streets , he arrived cold and wet at the Club , went straight to the bar as usual , and was given his usual drink by the bar man , ‘ Johnny ’ . |
| 25 | Even as he shouted for attention , Jesus had picked a target star and was tracking its apparent movement around the Lift . |
| 26 | Jill grinned , and was handing her empty cup to Lindsey when the door opened and Niall walked in , a harassed expression marring his attractive features . |
| 27 | Whilst Hooker defended the Church 's beliefs and practices in the name of reason , Andrewes went further and boldly asserted that the Anglican Church was part of a Catholic and Universal Church and was maintaining its true traditions which had been corrupted by Rome . |
| 28 | The Headmaster had decided that he would retire when he had completed 21 years at the School ; the Chairman of Governors had recently celebrated his 80th birthday , and was considering his future commitments ; the Bursar had also decided to retire : it seemed that there would be a new team at the top to take the School on from its 475th birthday . |
| 29 | Even as he greeted Dalgliesh he was taking off his jacket and was drawing his fine latex gloves over stubby-fingered hands which looked unnaturally white , almost bloodless . |
| 30 | So I had crudely skinned the dead creature , and was holding its armoured hide above me , before the shower began in earnest . |