Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On those occasions when June was unable to accompany him to a meeting or activity , David would always ensure that she and Judith were alright and never failed to keep in touch . |
| 2 | On the other , the only memory was that I had chosen as my lodgings , from the Equity good-digs book , an establishment under the auspices of a Madam somebody or other , under the mistaken impression that she was French and therefore bound to produce the most delicious cuisine for which her country was rightly famous . |
| 3 | He was wrong and soon had to resign . |
| 4 | He knew that he was clever and always wanted to say his piece in meetings . |
| 5 | The report was false and apparently intended to undermine relatives ' appeals for new court investigations into the fate of the ‘ disappeared ’ . |
| 6 | Those who talked to Harold Macmillan at this time were sure that this cold politicking did not enter his head ; that he was sincere and only wanted to do the best that he could for the Church . |
| 7 | Hunting one day , Olybrius , the grand governor of Antioch , saw her and seeing her innocence and her loveliness he was jealous and immediately wanted to destroy both . |
| 8 | A question that puzzled some followers of Zarathustra in later times was that , if Ohrmazd was all-powerful and so destined to overthrow Ahriman , why did this not happen immediately , so that the world would have been spared all the suffering caused by the conflict between them ? |
| 9 | On his part , Corbett shrewdly watched the Frenchman and knew he was correct and so moved to close the trap . |