Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Yusopov 's reply — which he found despite being in terrible time pressure — the Russian was always likely to escape with a draw . |
| 2 | We always promised to be at each other 's wedding , and if I do n't turn up she 'll be upset . |
| 3 | Kisekka , who was appointed Vice-President , was in his mid-70s and reported to be in poor health ; in February 1988 he had been given three deputies to ease his workload . |
| 4 | While on the subject of meat , we can tell you that the competition to find the best-made sausages in the UK gets under way this Sunday with the defending champion reported to be in sizzling form . |
| 5 | One which I found to be of great value in my business life , until the advent of decimalisation , was learnt in Standard Four , in the usual sing-song fashion . |
| 6 | The disqualification stage in this bears some resemblance to denunciation , which we found to be of limited value as a justification of punishment . |
| 7 | The squatter settlements originally came into being through illegal land invasions . |
| 8 | Because he had learnt to face all kinds of circumstances with the strength that came from being in close fellowship with God . |
| 9 | Although the incidence of gastric cancer is falling in all countries for which reliable data are available there are still certain groups of subjects believed to be at increased risk of developing this disease . |
| 10 | A revelation which William James experienced when taking nitrous oxide took the form of doggerel , which he genuinely believed to be of enormous significance while he was under the influence of the drug : Higamous Hogamous , women are monogamous , Hogamous higamous , men are polygamous . |
| 11 | But the transformation was quite extraordinary over the festive season , and the team deserved to be in that position by the end of their campaign . |
| 12 | I gave talks on those subjects the participants judged to be of most interest ( e.g. tense and aspect , sentence connexion ) , and the Workshop progressed from the theoretical basis of communicative grammar to descriptive topics , and finally ( in the last two days ) to detailed devising and planning of teaching materials . |
| 13 | That was how there came to be at Unseen University the Octavo , greatest of all grimoires , formerly owned by the Creator of the Universe . |
| 14 | These concepts came to be of prime importance with the introduction of non-abelian groups into topology , specifically via the fundamental group of a topological space . |
| 15 | His words were taken up by many who would not have dreamed of opening any of his more technical works , and he came to be in great demand as a speaker at rallies and at the numerous conferences and seminars on the death of images organized by the Universities , the Churches and the innumerable Humanist organizations which had mushroomed in the immediately preceding decades . |
| 16 | She was still taking medication after her breast cancer operation but she seemed to be on top form and very bubbly and full of plans for the future . |
| 17 | Perhaps that was why every cell of her normally controlled body seemed to be on red alert in Rune Christensen 's presence . |
| 18 | Heim again presented her view that the accused was faking , and added the comment that from her observations of his behaviour in the witness box he seemed to be of average intelligence . |
| 19 | Attacked by its critics as a sort of institutional megalomania in which a defeat of free institutions anywhere was a defeat everywhere it was a supercharged containment policy in which , in defence of the perimeter , all points seemed to be of equal importance . |
| 20 | For them , theory consisted of broad speculation which seemed to need little in the way of systematic data collection , while for empirical research on social life , such theories seemed to be of little relevance . |
| 21 | Thus the financial health of the company seemed to be of more importance than the community 's concern over the health of its children . |
| 22 | This question , said Mrs B , seemed to be of particular significance , but she had felt unable to make any sense of it . |
| 23 | Generous though the offer seemed to be at first sight , it was in American interests to acquire missile sites in Britain to bring the Soviet Union within range of American attack . |
| 24 | All the services for mental health seemed to be at full stretch already , he said . |
| 25 | The United States seemed to be in great shape . |
| 26 | I looked at Oliver and he seemed to be in genuine distress . |
| 27 | And what he was saying seemed to be in direct conflict to the hurtful reasons for their marriage he had given her on the drawbridge yesterday . |
| 28 | My leg muscles seemed to be in some daze of quivering tension . |
| 29 | ‘ Well … well , then — ’ her only recourse seemed to be in stiff formality ‘ — I wish you Godspeed , my lord , and … and success in your … that is … ’ |
| 30 | It seemed to be in permanent decline , possibly for some of the same reasons as the Liberals after 1918 . |