Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lack of buying by US clients was singled out as a particular problem . |
| 2 | His approach to clients was summed up in a remark I overheard him make to a colleague at the bar : ‘ You know me — I believe everybody ’ . |
| 3 | Northampton 's return to challenging for top honours was brought about by a complete overhaul of the club 's structure both on and off the field . |
| 4 | What I did in the circumstances was go off into an Ollieish riff about je ne sais quoi , keeping Stu achortle without waking the fair Gillian . |
| 5 | What may well prove to be India 's last round-up of wild elephants was carried out by a tribe who have specialized in elephant catching and training for centuries . |
| 6 | Chris Stocks was set up by a friend when The Sun newspaper asked readers to send in photographs of Chris Evans lookalikes . |
| 7 | There was also a particular association of such patronage with Carolus Magnus — " senior Charles " who from young Charles 's earliest years was held up as a role-model for him . |
| 8 | His great oak coffin that had been ready for him for years was set up like a cupboard at the head of the bier , fresh lined with red and gold damask , its silver handles polished bright . |
| 9 | This was first suspected in 1878 , when a row of electric lights was put up at a hotel in New York . |
| 10 | The task of smuggling and distributing illegal literature and co-ordinating local cells and committees was carried out by a network of itinerant activists . |
| 11 | Hereford were further rocked in the 52nd minute when player-coach Greg Downs was sent off for a professional foul on striker Mickey Spencer . |
| 12 | Across the street one of his neighbours was leaning out of a bedroom window , calling for her cat . |
| 13 | Joseph 's lodge was at the north of the camp , and one of his wives was cut down by a bullet while carrying her daughter to safety . |
| 14 | If only the English attempt to legislate against slow over rates was backed up with a different small-print . |
| 15 | The victory on paid holidays was achieved out of a mixture of motives , an amalgam of control and progressive reform . |
| 16 | From the first example you should have found This method of setting out sets was thought out by a mathematician named Venn , who gave his name to the " Venn diagram " . |
| 17 | Perhaps the number of such advisers was pulled out of a hat . |
| 18 | The little house , its walls cosily cluttered with treasures of old photos and watercolours was perched up on a hill directly above the old pier , its verandah giving a Raj-like quality and view on life . |
| 19 | Though circumstances are so changed it is relevant to remember that in their heyday syllabubs were regarded as refreshments to be offered at card parties , ball suppers and at public entertainments , rather than just as a pudding for lunches and dinners , although they did quite often figure as part of the dessert in the days when a choice of sweetmeats , fruits , jellies , confectionery and creams was set out in a formal symmetrical array in the centre of the table . |
| 20 | The start of trading on the New York and American Stock Exchanges was held up for an hour yesterday after a fire , caused by an electrical fault , broke out in the building housing the exchanges ' computer systems , writes Mary Brasier in New York . |
| 21 | The top prices , however , were paid for two seven-month-old daughters of Rothrock Tradition Leadman , from Canadian consignors Cormdale Farms in Ontario — Allstar Leadman Marcie , out of A Valianat Mars SWD Marcie , with a projected CGI of 1071 points was snapped up by a German buyer for 7500gns , and Genesis Leadman Dora , out of Nowerland Chief Doris , with a projected CGI of 1131 points , was sold to Eire . |
| 22 | One of the men was singled out with an imperative finger , which was then stabbed at Sabine . |
| 23 | The material from the iron mortar boxes was washed out onto a screen and the oversize returned to the stamps . |
| 24 | The arrival of the Italian soldiers was held up for a time while the Italian government bargained for an Italian to command the UN forces ( the commander is , as it happens , a Brazilian ) . |
| 25 | At length , in 1987 , the small companies were given greater access to the network and the number of network hours was reduced by about a quarter . |
| 26 | From 1969 the direction and administration of programmes was handed over to an African organisation ( SEPA ) with its headquarters in Accra , though training for Science Educators is offered under its auspices at Njala , Sierra Leone . |
| 27 | The agreement to form separate groups was worked out at a meeting on Feb. 10 at the presidential residence in Lany , attended also by Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel , who numbered many Liberal Club supporters among his closest associates but who had remained outside the conflict . |