Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [be] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around 65% of people with meters found they were paying the same as or less than they did under the old system . |
| 2 | The thing that really motivated me was seeing the 1968 Olympics ; I saw Thommie Smith and thought , ‘ God , that 's it ! ’ |
| 3 | Since then he had tried to stay away from her , and it seemed she was doing the same , which did nothing to cool his interest . |
| 4 | But at the same time many , like Cobbett in Rural Rides , believed they were tackling the wrong problem in the wrong way . |
| 5 | Cynics also believed he was taking a great risk when he cast Jason Donovan and Phillip Schofield in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , but both have been great successes . |
| 6 | On the day on which Saad Rashid had received the confirmation of the transaction from Switzerland , he had tidied his desk at the back of the Iraqi Airlines office , taken what few personal possessions he kept there and placed them in his briefcase , locked his door , pocketed his key , and told his assistant manager that he believed he was showing the first symptoms of the ‘ flu that was sweeping London . |
| 7 | On a ship the size of the Ocean Empress it was surprisingly easy , especially when it seemed he was adopting the same principle . |
| 8 | After an hour 's deliberation Bench Chairwoman Hilary Tulloch announced she was making a 2-year supervision order . |
| 9 | She realized she was humming a pop song to herself , and blushed . |
| 10 | We surfed that channel in half the time it normally takes and then towards the end of our Connemara trip , even after a couple of longer crossings where she admitted she was cursing the disappearing stern of my glassfibres boat , she wanted to buy the Seayak . |
| 11 | In the black winter of early 1947 , something else happened which was to provide a general justification for the next forty years of dredging and river clearance . |
| 12 | As soon as we arrived we were shown a dead chick . |
| 13 | Gardai confirmed they are keeping a close watch on the Atlantic outpost and keeping regular surveillance to prevent any breach of the peace . |
| 14 | Vanguard , hinting at possible pragmatic advantages to the pro-Libyan stance , declared it was taking a populist , anti-terrorist position : ‘ We must condemn all terrorism even if it means upsetting the Libyans and getting no money from their Embassy ’ ( January 1987 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ I heard they were planning a bone-marrow transplant . ’ |
| 16 | When he returned he was holding a thin card in one hand . |
| 17 | He was only gone a moment or two and when he returned he was holding the complete clasp . |
| 18 | ‘ I heard it was having a difficult time . ’ |
| 19 | As a result the IDA began what was to become the first step in the desperate local search for a toxic dump site . |
| 20 | Just over 60 children enjoyed what was considered a successful evening . |
| 21 | As the prospect of testifying approached , on Nov. 16 Kanemaru followed what was becoming a well-established modern Japanese custom by admitting himself to hospital . |
| 22 | Dot was n't allowed into Mrs Parvis 's kitchen except at the regulation meal-times and she was n't sure about how food was prepared , but she was pretty certain that when Mrs Parvis cooked what was called a nice egg-dish , it was made from an orange coloured powder spooned up from a deep cylindrical tin . |
| 23 | There had been rioting down by the docks , some said , but no one knew exactly where ; and Mrs Norris swore they were throwing the dead into mass graves , and half of them good Catholics without the last rites . |
| 24 | On a visit to England in 1914 , Charles Pathé initiated what was to become a French sport , mocking the backwardness of British production . |
| 25 | At the beginning of November 1989 Namaliu survived what was becoming the regular six-monthly vote of no confidence . |
| 26 | So the ordered structure of the Sun , with its retinue of planets , repeated what was occurring a million times around other similar stars of the same mass and density — what is known as ‘ main sequence ’ stars . |
| 27 | But I thought if that 's how they run a business So then when they , they moved house I realized they were using an ordinary saucepan to do their chips in and I had visions of fat boiling over and cos it 's gas so I bought them one a very nice deep fryer as a housewarming present . |
| 28 | THE Algarve is a mixture of the most expensive and exclusive holiday homes in Europe and monstrous concrete high-rise blocks built before the authorities realised they were killing the golden goose of tourism . |
| 29 | AS FANS and players all over the country were being invited to stage a sit-down protest against all-seater stadia , ITV executives last night admitted they are seeking an exclusive multimillion pound deal to televise Premier League games . |
| 30 | I felt I was running a 9,9 system ( see box ) , involving the team and getting the job done . |