Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sequel to Marshall Aid was needed to consolidate what the latter had begun . |
| 2 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 3 | The horse was made to foil her every move , leaping forward as she moved quickly and turning her away . |
| 4 | It was such an important discovery that the Mayor and Corporation were persuaded to inspect it the following afternoon and the whole village turned out to wait for them . |
| 5 | Difficult though it was for her , however , are we entitled to assume that her French upbringing was bound to give her an adverse picture of her Scottish kingdom , and that her view was justified ? |
| 6 | His parents ' cottage was restored to make it a suitable birthplace for such a great man . |
| 7 | A team of researchers from Bristol University was commissioned to examine what the YTS had to offer young black people and to indicate how they got on during the first six months of the scheme ( S. Fenton , Ethnic Minorities and the Youth Training Scheme Research and Development Series , no. 20 , MSC , 1984 ) . |
| 8 | I recently had a liver transplant at Addenbrooke 's Hospital and still feel guilty that inevitably the decision was made to give me a liver rather than someone else whose life expectancy may have been marginally longer . |
| 9 | Often the farmers ' produce was subsidised to give him a living whilst another subsidy on the food in the shops kept prices artificially low — so wages could be pegged too . |
| 10 | Afterwards , her eight-year-old brother was told to give her a cold bath . |