Example sentences of "[that] was [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A film that was shot on location in the region is being hailed by critics as a classic . |
| 2 | He puts the incident on a par with two other embarrassing faux pas by fossil hunters : Hesperopithecus , the fossil pig 's tooth that was cited as evidence of very early man in North America . |
| 3 | In those circumstances I considered [ at 1.30 a.m. ] that I had no option but to grant the interlocutory relief that was sought by way of a declaration that in the circumstances which were then prevailing , it would not be unlawful for the hospital to administer a blood transfusion to [ Miss T. ] despite the absence of her consent because that appeared manifestly to be in her best interests . |
| 4 | He was an ever-present member of the team that was beaten for promotion by Newport County and a margin of three points in a thrilling campaign . |
| 5 | Having talked to the person making the eighteenth birthday cake about our individual requirements , we chose some suitable flowers to fit a small silver vase that was placed on top of the cake , and once the guests had gone I hurried them into the presses I had taken with me to the party . |
| 6 | Sometimes he was even prevailed upon to stay for dinner , which was usually a casual meal with everyone grouped around Faye and the wheeled tray that was placed in front of her on the padded lounge seat where she spent so much of her time . |
| 7 | The improved neutron detector was finally ready ‘ later in the year ’ and ‘ within a few weeks ’ the results were positive enough that they formed the basis of the paper that was sent for publication on 23 March 1989 , the paper that should have been sibling to that of Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 8 | Here and there they could see long , reaching arms , struggling dark shapes , the occasional ripple of something that was touched with silver by the moonlight , but that might be green-tinted and golden by day … |
| 9 | By understanding something of his own behaviour as self-defeating ( an understanding that was achieved without loss of face since explicit comments were avoided ) , and respecting the feelings behind the pupil 's refusal to work , the teacher could stop re-enacting and reinforcing the pupil 's refusal to work , the could relax his pressure and abandon his preconceived ideas about Dave . |
| 10 | It was the same banner that flew over the columns of marching men converging on the Women ‘ s Battalion guarding the Provisional Government in St Petersburg … the same banner that was raised in front of the crowds surging into George Square in Glasgow . |
| 11 | On the other point that was raised in respect of er Direct . |
| 12 | You can link this also up with the work that was done on conformity with the Ash experiments . |
| 13 | The coal torpedoes had a powder charge inside a hollow cast iron block that was disguised as coal with tar and coal dust . |
| 14 | It is known that the reliquary of Saint Winifred was taken away on the wagon that was loaded with timber for Ramsey , but no one has shown how this came about . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've given ourselves a chance to finish in the top three , a tremendous achievement for a team that was tipped for relegation at the start of the season . |
| 16 | Magyar tipped the packs over the rim of the shell : tent , food , oxygen , a mound of technology that was wrapped in layer on layer of padding . |
| 17 | The railway line ran between various buildings and a high wooden fence that was used for part of its length for advertisement hoardings . |
| 18 | They climbed up to the small tower that was perched on top of the terminal building . |
| 19 | The British Workers ' League was founded under Milner 's wing as a front organization that was linked in principle with the coalition as a whole but was run from the Unionist side . |
| 20 | Fred was in his mid-forties , a heavily built man with thick , dark hair that was streaked with grey above his ears . |
| 21 | The report that was put to committee by the the officers have arguments which I feel are fatuous , fallacious , erroneous and at best equivocal . |
| 22 | I also think that there is substantial merit in the point that was put in intervention by my honourable friend the member for Grimbsy , on the duty of auditors . |
| 23 | The Government are now tampering with legislation that was put in place for the protection of miners . |