Example sentences of "that [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while he argues for general connections between the rites , incidentally ignoring the many repudiations of Gnosticism that were made of it by early Christian leaders , his viewpoint is much more balanced than Scobie 's . ) |
| 2 | Amplification wise , I use two Ampeg SVTs that were made for me in 1987 as part of the company 's ‘ Artist ’ series , and there were only five hundred of those made . |
| 3 | My sincere thanks to you all for the most beautiful flowers that were sent to me in hospital during my recent operation . |
| 4 | Here are two exercises that were given to me by ANDY WATSON and TREFOR OWEN , part-time tutors at Leeds College of Music . |
| 5 | Once you got into the C C Q erm for me it sounded like a string of questions erm I could n't hear any at all or any open questions into any of the answers that were given to you on question . |
| 6 | I shall have more to say the plaintiff 's young life when I deal with the reports that were written on her from her school when dealing with the loss of future earnings . |
| 7 | That was all I needed to feel sure that Harvey had the half-dozen eggs that were stolen from me at London Airport . |
| 8 | So that was the journey waybill and that was handed in at the end of the day and from that and a visual check of the tickets that were returned by him to the ticket office , they could tell which tickets were missing and therefore they were sold to him and er there be , there was the odd shortages but in those days if anybody was short in his takings by , I think it was about sixpence in those days , he was the subject of a another warning by letter and if he persisted , well then he was brought in to see the Traffic Superintendent who erm , could suspend him for two or three days , so he lost pay for two or three days . |
| 9 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to find a worse record in Scotland for waiting lists , he should look at the waiting lists that were left to us by the previous Labour Government . |
| 10 | The court heard the shift supervisor at Three Mile Island change his testimony on the crucial relief-valve temperatures that were reported to him during the incident . |
| 11 | Her parents only came to appreciate the impact the plaintiff had made on others before her accident from the tributes that were paid to her by outsiders of the family during the months the plaintiff was in a coma at Addenbrookes . |
| 12 | The only horrible memory of the nineteen fifties that even today makes me wince was that teaspoonful of cod liver oil followed by the concentrated orange juice that was spooned on us before leaving for the school in the morning and off you went with your flask of tea and your sandwiches in your school bag . |
| 13 | Or , here 's a letter that was sent to me by Teresa from Birmingham . |
| 14 | But if they died , there was a very young family , a young wife , needing financial independence that was given to them by you , with a life insurance policy . |
| 15 | The Editor is grateful for the help that was given to him by catering personnel at MOD Stanmore who supplied the photographs and RAF Uxbridge . |
| 16 | I well remember a little cardigan from a High Street store that was given to me for my ( then ) six-month-old baby . |
| 17 | ‘ Being a hijra was the only possibility for me ; there was no other career I could have pursued with the body that was given to me at birth . |
| 18 | There 's also a big , gold jewellery box that was given to me by my godmother . |
| 19 | I refer to a parliamentary answer that was given to me by the Under-Secretary of State for Employment , the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire ( Mr. Forth ) . |
| 20 | First of all I 'm surprised at the outburst that was given to us by Mr I would regard as my er yahabeebee and sadiki if you wish er , but he mentioned in fact the er , what used to be barbaric ac , barbaric er practice in er Pakistan . |
| 21 | So wh wh what do you think of the the attitude that was displayed towards him after the abdication ? |
| 22 | ‘ She is not without intelligence , but the harm that was done to her at birth is irreversible . ’ |
| 23 | Have a look at that , I mean , it would have been better if Jemma was here , because I do n't want to criticise , I mean , I used Jemma 's because it was actually probably the best one that was done by anyone in the group . |
| 24 | ‘ It was a disgrace the way they treated Gower because in the last Test against Pakistan , before this tour , he did everything that was asked of him with the bat . |
| 25 | I 'm very sorry chairman , er Mr n and I were checking er a point in response to a question that was asked to me during the break . |
| 26 | He 'd seen the stuff that was pitched at them through advertising . |
| 27 | MI6 never appreciated the amount of opposition that existed within Germany to Hitler and the Nazi party in its early days and as a result failed to exploit the very considerable amount of information that was offered to it by well-placed anti-Nazi groups . |
| 28 | Then he saw the hand , its fingers curled , as if trying to drag the sprawled body that was attached to it across the room . |
| 29 | Theoretically one can have the best materials taught by the best teachers , but although a number of films have been made , and probably will continue to be made , they have not had the success that was expected of them in the fifties . |
| 30 | Today 's senior citizens may complain that they do not receive the respect or consideration that was expected from them by their parents , but most of them welcome the far more open and equal relationship which exist between them and their adult children . |