Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | His reply was to give her a sharp pull forward and then a shove in the back , which knocked her to her knees . |
2 | The Oil War was costing us a billion dollars a day , and we already had more than four hundred and twenty-five thousand men in Saudi Arabia . |
3 | The problem for British producers seeking to emulate Korda 's achievement was to define what an international British film might be . |
4 | Hitherto , Blackpool 's aim had been to crush-load its trams to bursting-point , now the object was to give them a comfortable ride for their money . |
5 | Mat. , she had managed to give the impression authority was granting me a great favour . |
6 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
7 | Carrie was taken by surprise at his question and her first instinct was to give him a sharp reply , but she nodded instead , catching the look of concern in Don 's deep brown eyes . |
8 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
9 | This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress . |
10 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
11 | Stepney in the late 18th century was becoming what the Northern Heights — Highgate and Hampstead — became later , namely , an early form of London suburbia . |
12 | James was foiled mainly by the determination of the European powers , including the Warrior Pope Julius II , to fight one another instead , and certainly not by any substantial doubt on the part of his subjects that a king from Scotland was overreaching himself ; indeed , his popularity was to bring him an enormous Scottish army for the campaign against the English in 1513 which ended in the disaster of Flodden . |
13 | The idea was to give everybody a reasonable chance of answering some questions , not merely by general railway knowledge , but by dint of having supported Society events . |
14 | The idea was to show what a tough life the Royals have . |
15 | The progress of this story was to show me the essential solitariness of other people , people whom I had not thought of as being solitary before . |
16 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
17 | Sien was causing him a great deal of worry as the year wore on . |
18 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
19 | Somewhere at the back of her mind , it occurred to Bernice that Bishop was giving her an awful lot of rope . |