Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marvellous how it was run to tell you the truth . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Though He was made sign the statement might pass , it would scarcely be idiomatic to say He was made give them the money . |
| 5 | He was forced to tell her the heartbreaking news that : ‘ Mummy is n't coming back . ’ |