Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually the Jesuits were able to persuade the townspeople to rebuild the Gothic tower in Baroque style , but the Jesuits were forbidden to decorate it with Jesuit saints and they were forbidden to enter the tower from the church . |
| 2 | Most items in these suites were designed to contrast one with another by varied time signatures , tempi and phrasing so that they built up to a climax which , in the early days , signalled the entrance of the king or the most important participant . |
| 3 | It was as if time had lost all meaning , as if even that were conspiring to hasten him to this place where he would spend the rest of his life . |
| 4 | Priene was rebuilt near the mouth of the River Meander about 334 B.C. Because the town was not of great importance under the late Roman rule , few alterations were made to adapt it to Roman needs , so much of the Hellenistic building has survived . |
| 5 | When he wanted to get rid of the consequence of the murder , women were made to share it with two other victims . |
| 6 | Random numbers were used to identify one in six of each type of practice . |
| 7 | An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss . |
| 8 | So they were told to introduce themselves like this : " I 'm calling from Deller Page and Rycott Ltd in the City of London ! |
| 9 | The message had been that the reception was for the ticket agencies , and the cast were requested to ration themselves to one glass of wine each . |
| 10 | As vesting day , 1 April 1948 , approached , the shape of the organisations which were to take over the industry , and the men who were going to lead them at national and regional level were known . |
| 11 | He said they 'd call at eleven if they were going to call him at all . |
| 12 | ‘ We wrote that song two years ago , because we knew we were going to do something within two years and now it 's happening . |
| 13 | ‘ We wrote that song two years ago , because we knew we were going to do something within two years and now it 's happening . |
| 14 | I suppose you could , if you were going to wear it like that , you could take the belt right off . |
| 15 | ‘ You know , I was rather afraid you were going to say something like that . ’ |
| 16 | Now , where did you say you were going to take me for that drink ? ’ |
| 17 | You were going to sell them at one and tuppence each . |
| 18 | Th th the the advancement on the exercise is to make them one sentence by using , yes , you could use a conjunction if you were going to make it into one sentence . |
| 19 | In the wake of IBM 's fateful decision , the relative handful of customers that had not actively sought all the pricing data available were driven to plug themselves into new information sources . |
| 20 | Students were asked to indicate which of six statements relating to smoking behaviour best described their own behaviour . |
| 21 | The ASWs were asked to indicate which of these each individual suffered and which of these they considered to be severe . |
| 22 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |
| 23 | Suddenly the senior courtiers who had sniffily averted their eyes when the Princess approached were forced to treat her with more respect . |
| 24 | Since a rise in interest rates can cause quite a severe fall in the price of bonds , banks could make a considerable capital loss if they were forced to sell them at such times . |
| 25 | I would have liked to take them off but the situation was still uncertain , and everyone still believed that the German forces were determined to push us off this high ground east of the Orne . |
| 26 | Until recently , volunteers in the CAB were required to commit themselves to four hours ' voluntary service per week . |
| 27 | I was taught to do it in first and use the accelerator . |
| 28 | The starting dose was adjusted to induce one to two bowel movements per day , loose enough to ensure complete daily emptying of the lower bowel and prevent pain or stool soiling , or both . |
| 29 | She could not possibly have known the misery such a revelation would cause him , because now he was forbidden to call her by any other name and he knew from painful experience that Tom Fish would not relent until he had his way . |
| 30 | For although the particular details might vary , history was expected to repeat itself in each katun , and significant events would follow the pre-ordained general pattern . |