Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When their work was framed they preferred the frames to be ‘ en fuite ’ , or to project the canvas forward , rather than traditional frames which enclosed paintings and made them recede . |
| 2 | Next day , when the mob was destroying the Catholic chapel in Moorfields , he apparently turned a deaf ear to requests for orders from the soldiers and the fire officers in attendance ; and when the rioters ' work was done he uttered the mildest of rebukes : ‘ That 's pretty well , gentlemen , for one day ; I hope you will now go to your own homes . ’ |
| 3 | Even before the war ended an Education Act was passed which recognized the case for state support for free education up to the age of fourteen . |
| 4 | Both came to the Sunday services immediately after coming along to the centre , one of the lads having a belief in Jesus but had never taken the step of repentance and asking Him into his heart , when he did his reaction was to say he felt the chains fall from him and that he believes Jesus has broken his addiction to alcohol . |
| 5 | When the milking was done they collected the eggs , warm from scattered nests in the barn and the stable block , or snugly hidden in hedges . |
| 6 | The Lord Mayor attended in state and a special service was intoned which included the Sanctus and a Te Deum . |
| 7 | In June 1259 it was to Edward and two colleagues that the writ was addressed which ordered the pulling down of ‘ the old fabric of the church of Westminster … as far as the vestry which is by the king 's seat … and to have the same church rebuilt … in such a manner as the new fabric there requires ’ , an order which marked the beginning of work on the choir . |
| 8 | Eventually a compound was identified which met the specification . |
| 9 | It should also be remembered that , until legislation was introduced which prohibited the use of most lead fishing weights , the number of swans dying from lead poisoning had reached critical proportions . |
| 10 | A problem-solving approach was employed which included the use of contracts to enable the couple to reciprocate efforts at improving their relationship . |
| 11 | From knowing the actual word that should have been written at a particular position in the input , a simple NAWK program was written which loaded the target word for each position into an associative array , then went through the Q100 lattice and printed out the recognition score assigned to each target word . |
| 12 | Once the letter was sent he regretted the remark — and he got a frosty reply from Sir Randolph . |
| 13 | An emergency resolution was passed which urged the government to target criminal justice resources into preventative programmes rather than just extending custody for young offenders . |
| 14 | A community psychiatry system was adopted which had the mental health centre at the middle . |
| 15 | When the Mass was finished he followed the priest into the vestry . |
| 16 | A new disease was identified which had the symptoms of workplace disunity , low productivity , poor quality products . |