Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intention was to reduce it to that rate which would constrain aggregate demand to grow at a rate which could be met by increases in real output . |
| 2 | These were old aims but the intention was to pursue them with greater vigour and effectiveness . |
| 3 | The Left in British politics had never had , nor needed to have , any single clear view about the structure of secondary education : the imperative was to provide it for all , and to provide it free . |
| 4 | ‘ What do you mean , ma'am ? ’ the sergeant grunted suspiciously , over-sensitive in his present mood , and fearful the superintendent was blaming him for some unknown misdemeanour . |
| 5 | Arthur and Geoff were already there and the ARP organist was surpassing himself with appropriate music . |
| 6 | A fresh north wind was carrying us into another Nile where the desert pressed close upon the riverbanks . |
| 7 | The lady was holding it like that I run up , I go ooh bang and it goes . |
| 8 | The Indian was telling him about this little fish that lives in the river and — you can guess the rest ! ! ! |
| 9 | My boss was telling me about some old boy right he had a beard for all his life yeah ? |
| 10 | His job was to talk them through any roadblocks . |
| 11 | Brückner was watching him with wide , frightened eyes . |
| 12 | The aim was to transform them into permanent subsistence farmers or labourers . |
| 13 | Bryan 's aim was to wean us off complete reliance on precise diagnostic features , and to get us to concentrate on the ‘ Personality ’ of each species ; on the way it holds itself , feeds , moves , calls ; its general behaviour and first glance appearance — ‘ jizz ’ for short . |
| 14 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 15 | The ASW was asked which of these were considered applicable to the assessed individual . |
| 16 | Education was taking one in ten of the output of students and employed 18 per cent of those with jobs . |
| 17 | The subsequent chronology of the licences , as well as the varying charges for them , reveal that the king was granting them for political and financial ends , to make friends and raise cash , particularly from the late 1290s when he desperately needed both . |
| 18 | The magistrate was having none of this , however , believing that it would lower the dignity of the law , although the prosecuting counsel had a better idea and asked Mr Gamage if he was equally prepared to be shot in the face . |
| 19 | Van Der Meulen 's austere but charming character was to stand him in good stead with the Saudis . |
| 20 | Oswin was watching her with expressionless eyes . |
| 21 | It had done him no good , but the same quality was to stand him in good stead when he turned away from international relations to the many domestic difficulties which the war had engendered or highlighted . |
| 22 | Survivals include the Cambrian Coast , radio signalled in 1988 , where Barmouth viaduct was after all repaired , the Central Wales where a decision was taken to rebuild the bridge which collapsed while a train was crossing it in high flood , and the Settle & Carlisle where the government perhaps surprisingly refused closure . |
| 23 | Any new insolvent debtor 's bill was rejected one after another . |
| 24 | The man was regarding her with natural surprise . |
| 25 | Our journey was to take us from one end of the village to the Bar-Tabac at the other end , a trip of some 200 metres down the straight street that led to the plump , vine-studded hills in the distance . |
| 26 | The pater was saying something to that effect only the other day . |
| 27 | His approach was to nudge me in certain directions , and very quickly I came to a number of revelations . |
| 28 | I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future . |
| 29 | Ward 's voice was saying something about long distance aircraft , Gómez answering him more audibly , ‘ It 's not possible . |
| 30 | Her inner caution was warning her against this feeling , but was finding it hard to get through to her . |