Example sentences of "[that] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The subject had a mission , just as the international organization that was created by the peacemakers , the League of Nations , had a mission to the international political system . |
| 2 | Investors , who have seen life breathed into a share price that was destined for the doldrums this year , may have a different view . |
| 3 | This was a difficult action for us , due to our utmost regard for the memory of Leo Fender , but one that was necessitated by the actions of the new management at G&L . ’ |
| 4 | Key and Hudson gave evidence that Jane Cox had been quite rational when questioned shortly after the death of the child , a view that was contested by the Drakes . |
| 5 | The last time I phoned up I said the bicycle that was hidden in the bushes . |
| 6 | As she did so the sunlight that was splashing through the trees along the track , caught that part of her hair that was not covered and , ill as she obviously was , it shone like pale gold , as if it was a source not reflection , of light . |
| 7 | This assessment took the form of a standard preconstructed quality of life questionnaire that was presented to the patients a median of 12 ( three to 24 ) months after operation . |
| 8 | The judge attended the scene at the nightclub to view the scene that was revealed by the cameras and the quality and character of the reproduction of a similar tape . |
| 9 | Mr Hillier said the threats had been made in a phone call to him in 1991 , a phone call that was taped by the police . |
| 10 | Was everything that was unloaded off the boats stacked on the quay ? |
| 11 | ‘ Constance was a model , you know , Gioella , ’ Ludovico interrupted enthusiastically , unaware of the battle of wills that was developing between the women . |
| 12 | He drew their attention to the route map on the opposite wall and set them to counting how long it took between stops , a favourite exercise that was considered by the twins to be the height of intellectual prowess but risked serious brain damage to everyone within hearing distance . |
| 13 | The group that was introduced to the sounds of individual letters was better at spelling than the group trained only to pick out sounds in words . |
| 14 | Outside the overalls he wore a faded green jacket that was decorated with the remnants of black piping . |
| 15 | It was a misperception of the parental perspective that was used by the professionals to legitimise the latter 's recommendations . |
| 16 | somewhere it says about the am amounts that was spent on the costumes . |
| 17 | It appeared to be a glove that was hinged at the joints . |
| 18 | I refer him to a pamphlet that was published in the mid-1980s by an obscure group of Back-Bench MPs called the No Turning Back group . |
| 19 | Eliot , who was tolerant of eccentrics as long as he was not expected to join their ranks , sometimes deplored the degree of ascetic zeal that was expected of the supporters . |
| 20 | Interestingly , it was a man 's leg that was shown in the police demonstration photograph to avoid offending the decorum and susceptibilities of the time . |
| 21 | The Coroner was irritated with the proceedings , and with the transparent fact that not all the information that was held by the men in the court-room had been made available to him . |
| 22 | The first part dealt with unmixed foil and stated that ownership in the foil would transfer to the buyers only when they had paid all that was owing to the sellers . |
| 23 | A little later she indicates that I am partially returned to favour when I plan to write to The Times condemning the industrial action that was taken by the consultants : ‘ If he really produces this letter to The Times I shall begin to have some faith in him . ’ |
| 24 | He levelled it , straight and calm , at the shape that was thrashing on the tiles of the reception floor . |