Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Association was approached by the originators of the idea , as well as NEDO , to take on board these objectives and carry them forward . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ No first aid was given by the police at the scene . |
| 3 | The world stock market crash during the period of privatisation ensured that almost all of the BP stock was left with the underwriters . |
| 4 | Contingency planning for the use of force was undertaken by the Chiefs of Staff . |
| 5 | Unlike the usual show format , the contest was run along the lines of Wimbledon . |
| 6 | The President was perturbed at the signs of Russian obduracy over Poland but felt that cooperation with Moscow could be preserved if the correct blend of firmness and concession was applied . |
| 7 | The courts have recently demonstrated a reaction against an absurdly over-generous approach to the construction of agreements in the employee 's favour : see Home Counties Dairies Ltd v Skilton [ 1970 ] 1 WLR 526 in which the defendant was employed by the plaintiffs as a milkman and he expressly agreed that for a period of one year after his employment terminated he would not 'serve or sell milk or dairy produce " to any person who had been a customer of his employers and who had been served by him during the six months prior to his leaving . |
| 8 | Mr Miller said : ‘ When the defendant was seen by the police he made full admissions . |
| 9 | Ultimately , a figure of £2,500 per episode was fixed by the planners , a result which had as much effect on the script side as it did on the production values . |
| 10 | Marco was going down the steps to the airlock . |
| 11 | Marco was going down the steps to the airlock . |
| 12 | The image came and went , but it was sharper , the fuzz was clearing round the edges . |
| 13 | The Marching and Deportment trophy was won by the pipes and drums of the RUC . |
| 14 | The major strain on revenue was imposed by the demands of war . |
| 15 | Diminished revenue was reported on the trams , but increasing profits on the lighting side . |
| 16 | Orders proclaimed for them to be protected against local prejudice for such there was , and assault , and even murder was committed against the strangers ! |
| 17 | ‘ The lads were tremendous and the club was run for the players . |
| 18 | But the club was sold to the brewers Arkells . |
| 19 | And if they were n't properly done , you 'd tell the forewoman that that was n't in such and such a coach in compartment was needing under the seats were needing cleaning . |
| 20 | This seems to have been the extent of the later celebrations , for in 1862 the Mercury reported that no plough was drawn through the streets as was common in the festival . |
| 21 | A further 4,000 acres were allotted to commoners and the poor to compensate them for their loss of common rights , but since this was the poorest — indeed it was worthless — land , violent opposition was aroused among the commoners . |
| 22 | Similarly , the chorus from the terraces whenever a member of the opposition was hit in the unmentionables and was being approached by the trainer with magic sponge and slopping bucket , was : ‘ Nay lad , do n't wash ‘ em . |
| 23 | Her mind was drifting on the waves of her pain . |
| 24 | I looked as if I was reading the paper , but my mind was going over the events at Ingard House , and the curious discrepancy in the stories about Andrew Stavanger . |
| 25 | Already Lavender 's scheming mind was going over the possibilities that this water-jug job had opened up for her . |
| 26 | Postal notice of confirmation was made to the owners on 1st April . |
| 27 | Postal notice of confirmation was made to the owners on 1st April . |
| 28 | When this latter batch was modernised in 1936 , a centre gangway was cut through the benches to make life easier for the conductor . |
| 29 | Its wooden roof was supported by the walls and four Ionic columns ( II ) . |
| 30 | and er we moved over there because erm the Department was splitting at the seams really , because immediately there was erm , the war was over and there were all sorts of plans for erm for development and that sort of thing and erm as I 've already mentioned there were two , only two graduates in the whole of the Education Department who was Mr and er his Personal Assistant and erm then after the war there were three graduates appointed , all of them from erm , ex service men , there was Arthur who was erm Lieutenant Commander in the Navy , there was erm Bud , I ca n't remember his Christ proper christian name . |