Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Once the birds were enclosed she leaned against the low coconut tree behind the house and examined her arms in the gentle afternoon light , wondering what colour they were . |
| 2 | ‘ When they were distracted I rushed into the street . ’ |
| 3 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 4 | The impression he was given he mistook for the truth , and his life-long opposition to the Christian faith was the consequence . |
| 5 | In this case the seller will not be in breach of the terms implied by section 12 provided that before the contract was made he disclosed to the buyer the existence of the lien . |
| 6 | Earlier in this chapter , a quote from a newspaper was presented which commented on the market 's favourable reaction to the announcement from the Chief Executive Officer of Lloyd 's Bank that its dividend would be increased by 10 per cent . |
| 7 | The continuations were classified as to whether or not a plural description was used which referred to the target individuals , or whether singular references were used . |
| 8 | The minute the door was closed she sat on the edge of her bed , covered her face with her hands and wept . |
| 9 | In fact erm when for example Microsoft Access was reduced it included in the box the O D B C driver to access the SQL Server database . |
| 10 | I saw in publishing a very nice example of that , not the word processing , but at John Wylies , who are a very big scientific publishers in Chichester , where they had a computer system which the editors — he 's the person who deals with the author , puts the book together — set about ordering the book ; the orders and that information went into the computer , when the thing was printed it went into the warehouse and the computer then organised the storage of all of these things in the warehouse . |
| 11 | I saw in publishing a very nice example of that — not the word processing — but at John Wylies , who are very big scientific publishers in Chichester , where they had a computer system which the editor — he 's the person who deals with the author , puts the book together — set about ordering the book , the orders and that information went into the computer , when the thing was printed it went into the warehouse and the computer then organised the storage of all of these things in the warehouse . |
| 12 | Erm so the , the procedure then was er in the early part of this century , most important er amendment , whose number I 've forgotten , but in about nineteen twelve I think it was er a , an amendment was passed which added to the powers of the federal government the right to levy an income tax er and er that transformed the relationship between the federal government and the states because the erm potential revenues to be derived from income tax are huge . |
| 13 | When he was dressed he sat on the bed wondering what to do . |
| 14 | It has reached that level in half a century , for 50 years ago today the experiment was begun which led to the first recorded observation of this polymer . |
| 15 | In order to implement and oversee the project as a whole , a Project Coordinating Team was established which consisted of the Principal Adviser for Educational Resources , the Assistant County Librarian ; Education and Special Services ( formerly the Principal Assistant Librarian : Young People and Education ( PAL:YPE ) , the Senior County Inspector ( English ) , and the Tutor in Charge , County Language and Reading Centre , Essex Institute ( Brentwood ) . |
| 16 | In mid-1991 a major anti-drug campaign was launched which resulted in the imprisonment and execution of a number of drug offenders . |