Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impact of this work was to bring him the support of the social democrats and thus to extend the appeal of his Bonapartist message . |
| 2 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
| 3 | However one piece of equipment was causing him a problem — a ‘ survival bag ’ . |
| 4 | Joe Meek 's last big hit was Have I the Right by the Honeycombs . |
| 5 | That place was costing me a fortune . |
| 6 | Willy-nilly , he was now the star of The Hooded Owl , and the rest of the cast were giving him a taste of the treatment afforded to stars . |
| 7 | So the retching was worrying me a bit . |
| 8 | The object was to give them a sense of purpose and once they were harnessed to that proposition , they policed themselves , so to speak . |
| 9 | Her father was reading her the story , a long time ago . |
| 10 | Belpan was outside the EC 's sphere of influence so the Colonel was doing someone a favour . |
| 11 | We went the bank the other day and er the assistant manager was showing me a picture of his Range Rover . |
| 12 | Emor was a lot of things , but to call it a game was doing it an injustice . |
| 13 | Konrad Adenauer had already suggested that West Germany should be allowed the means to defend itself , and that the surest way of winning the population over to a massive commitment to democracy was to give it a stake in the responsibility of defending Western Europe . |
| 14 | These problems and a long evening incarcerated below decks without fresh air were giving her a headache . |
| 15 | He could be wild and crazy at times and she had n't faced up to the fact that the way he lived his life was doing him no good , no good at all . |
| 16 | The prescription was to offer them no reason for distinguishing between employers who , as custodians for the State , managed those centre-pieces of Socialist attainment , the nationalised industries ; and those who managed privately owned industries . |
| 17 | Those , mainly Conservative councils , that were spending below the standard spending levels were tempted to spend more and gain more grant ; those that were spending so much that government was giving them no grant could suffer no more penalties ; and all kinds of ingenious methods were used to avoid the penalties through creative accounting . |
| 18 | The navigator was giving me the countdown ; as soon as the needles on the oil-temperature gauge started moving I would be off , making sure I took-off on time as this would be vital for the rest of the squadron . |
| 19 | If she wanted Lori gone then the quickest way was to give her the coffee she 'd asked for . |
| 20 | His goal was to make himself a fortune . |
| 21 | The idea was to teach us the beauty of the English language . |
| 22 | She owed money at the site shop where the tenants were forced to buy their paraffin at inflated prices , and , though the Assistance Board was making her an allowance , she was so deeply in debt that there was no possibility of getting straight . |
| 23 | When Julie Mills moved into her new home she thought all she 'd need to do to the kitchen was give it a lick of paint . |
| 24 | ‘ The decision was to give them a lot of freedom , letting them take the pictures they liked so long as their interpretations were true to the general concept . |
| 25 | The second time was pushing it a bit . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |