Example sentences of "[det] was [adv] [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was also adverted to by the county surveyor in a letter dated 7 February 1983 to Mr. Page , the borough engineer . |
| 2 | This was mostly accounted for by a ‘ natural ’ death-rate of 9 per cent per annum . |
| 3 | This was strongly objected to by another person . |
| 4 | Olive oil is a monosaturate , and as such was once discriminated against by weight-watchers and nutrition gurus , even though it too contained only 120 calories per tablespoon . |
| 5 | The latter was reluctantly agreed to by Betty who thought that ‘ when one group sees another doing something more exciting they 'll be discontented ’ . |
| 6 | When the County School had moved to the Oxford side of the town in 1930 , generous provision of land had been made and that was prudently added to over the years . |
| 7 | As for the financial crisis they had gone through , of which she suspected Greg was the root cause , that was never spoken of at all . |
| 8 | I know Paul 's been down to Percy Saint John 's and they are quite far ahead believe it or not they have got separate sheets for most subjects and we 'll able to do that English at pri Spring Gardens is good , so it maths because that was actually dealt with by erm Barbara |