Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in Using a Model for Nursing ( Roper et al , 1983 ) , the third year student nurse contributing to the study in a surgical ward , commented that the model approach helped her to appreciate the need for planned discharge goals ; even when admitting the patient , she was alerted to consider what the patient required to know on discharge in order to resume her usual Activities of Living . |
| 2 | Marvellous how it was run to tell you the truth . |
| 3 | Well , the point was as I recollect it , er that my understanding as far as the County Council 's case was concerned , was that er the village was not inset for E Ten purposes , it was inset to recognize what the County perceived as the physical reality of this being a substantial built-up area which fulfilled no greenbelt functions . |
| 4 | It was decided to teach him the final lesson , which would also warn off other émigrés who thought that they were secure in the West and could say what they liked about Ceauşescu . |
| 5 | Piper had started using Red Indian names for its aircraft and when it inherited the ‘ poor man 's Dakota ’ from Stinson the double fin and rudder layout was replaced with a single one and it was decided to call it the Apache . |
| 6 | I think it was also about that time when it was decided to phase our the old term of Customs Waterguard for the uniformed branch , with Waterguard becoming a dirty word . |
| 7 | Though He was made sign the statement might pass , it would scarcely be idiomatic to say He was made give them the money . |
| 8 | He was forced to tell her the heartbreaking news that : ‘ Mummy is n't coming back . ’ |