Example sentences of "[that] was [vb pp] [prep] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 To begin with , however , the moment of opportunity that was presented in Vietnam by France 's defeat in 1940 was taken by the Japanese ; and although Ho might conceivably and eventually have been right in his optimistic assertion that ‘ if the entire people were united and single minded they would certainly be able to smash the picked French and Japanese armies ’ , the vicissitudes of war and politics would ensure that , for a while at least , they would not be required for such a formidable task .
2 The official policy was to establish a number of mutual aid pacts with other European democracies , a line that was shared by France until 1948 .
3 Now erm my , my , there 's a poss a possibility that the kind of dream you 're reporting is one which is triggered by that kind of reaction , because I do n't know whether Theresa read about this , but in Interpretation of Dreams there 's a famous example that was provided to Freud by one of his friends of a similar thing .
4 In any case , he recognized the success of Dej 's gambit and made it his own after 1964.4 In fact , when Khruschev was toppled by Brezhnev in the autumn of 1964 , three counts in the lengthy criticism of his methods that was levelled at Khruschev by the new Soviet leadership referred to his errors in his dealings with the Romanians .
5 Section five point two , makes reference to the additional a hundred and ten thousand pounds that was approved in October for erm , er expected budget pressures , in this particular area , and in fact , we have had an eleven thousand pounds refund refund from the Severn Trent er Flood Defence Committee , so there 's only ninety- nine thousand pounds , er the revised estimate is ninety-nine thousand above the original estimate .
6 Providing a nostalgic look back to the days of World War One were the Great War Combat Team , who were ideally suited to this venue , flying three SE.5a replicas , Fokker D.VII G-BBFPL , Fokker Triplane N152JS along with Robin Bowes ‘ guesting ’ in Fokker Triplane G-ATJM , the latter failing to sell at the Onslow 's Auction that was held at Rendcomb on the same day ( see page 30 ) .
7 I strongly welcome the text that was negotiated at Maastricht on the European system of central banks in stage 2 and the European bank in stage 3 .
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