Example sentences of "that was [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It included several hamlets and scattered farms within its bounds as well as the village that was clustered close to the church and the ruined castle . |
| 2 | The eyes were bright blue and heavily mascaraed in navy and the woman wore a pink ribbon in loosely permed hair that was coloured almost to a shade of orange . |
| 3 | It does not have this appearance , however , and it may simply be a copy that updates but generally reproduces one that was written in about the 1270s by or for Richard of Haldingham . |
| 4 | The jeep stopped at a caravan that was situated just off the path and under two trees . |
| 5 | In the Gold Coast , J.H. Brew , Timothy Laing , Casely Hayford , Attoh Ahuma and James Mensah Sarbah founded a strong tradition of political satire that was to last well into the nationalist period . |
| 6 | She kept pushing at it with all those millions of invisible little arms and hands that were reaching out from her eyes , feeling the power that was flashing straight from the two little black dots in the very centres of her eyeballs . |
| 7 | Another of the benefits of the travelling team system was the camaraderie that was built up between the players , all of whom were effectively competing with each other for Davis Cup recognition . |
| 8 | There is no point in a defendant blaming his defective brakes if he was going so fast that nothing could have stopped him , or in blaming a puncture if he was driving on a tyre that was worn down to the canvas . |
| 9 | The idea was that Davis would be the anchor man , the resident musician , and every week we would have one paid performer who would be highlighted as performer of the week , a tradition that was kept up throughout the history of the folk club and the Arts Lab . |
| 10 | The sides were set , and national positions determined , in a debate that was to continue well into the future . |
| 11 | Charles could see at first-hand the tension that was building up in the vast depressing wastelands of the inner cities , where young people had no work , no ambition , no feeling of belonging , no pride in their surroundings — nothing , in fact , to get out of bed for in the mornings . |
| 12 | But if , as in the present case , all he can say is : ‘ I saw him once in Peckham High Street and someone told me his name was Joseph Fergus ’ then there is obviously a weak link in the case : how is it to be shown that the accused is the same man that was pointed out to the witness as Fergus ' ? |
| 13 | Has the Minister noticed the press reports that a member of the Ulster Defence Association inner council has claimed that there could be further cross-border attacks by loyalist paramilitaries — a report that was echoed recently by the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary ? |
| 14 | The team that was made up of the remnants from Roxburgh 's original squad — and three of those conscripted to compensate for nine weekend call-offs — distinguished themselves at Ibrox and none more so than Duncan Ferguson , of Dundee United . |
| 15 | While Nyasha bravely went into the temple and there sitting on the throne that was made only for the chiefs there sat not a king not a prince |
| 16 | They had joined a Gordian knot of vans , taxis , and automobiles that was inching forward at a pace that had set that little muscle in his jaw to knotting and unknotting . |
| 17 | I would just like to quote from a circular that was sent round to every resident in South Milford by the Parish Council . |
| 18 | There was no reason , however , to link the unrest that was brewing up in the country with the Kamalian dictator . |
| 19 | At least that was something that was done out with the normal course of duty , so like I think . |
| 20 | He caught up with her on the far side of the teahouse , in an area that was roped off for the staff 's use only . |
| 21 | The dismantling of the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the creation of an archaeological park is an idea that was floated back in the days of Napoleonic occupation . |
| 22 | The pattern for these accusations had been set by the young Liberal Charles Masterman in The Heart of the Empire ( 1902 ) where he had thundered out his warning of inevitable decline as the result of the ‘ perpetual lowering in the vitality of the Imperial Race in the great cities of the Kingdom through over-crowding in room and in area ’ : What was never entirely clear was whether it was merely a physical deterioration that was eating away at the ‘ Imperial Race ’ , or if a moral decay was not also in evidence . |
| 23 | Then , with his eyes fixed on hers , in the light that was shining through to the bed , he gently let the material of her only covering fall down to below her waist . |
| 24 | The social historian can now fit this slump into the wider pattern of events that was to add up to the Great Depression but at the time motion-picture executives in production and distribution were more given to introspection than to socio-economic analysis . |
| 25 | Arlington Mill is one of those mills that was pulled back from the brink of destruction in the nick of time . |
| 26 | And it was one that was admired far outside the sort of people who were generally believed to be ‘ Carry On ’ fans . |
| 27 | It is as if academic freedom were a largely fixed commodity that was passed around among the groups contending for the right to make the key academic decisions . |
| 28 | The reason is believed to be a property that was known previously for a two-dimensional system : if small regions are rendered nonconducting then , providing there is a path connecting conducting parts , the Hall resistance is scarcely affected . |
| 29 | After all , a plant that was doing badly in the Amazon may well do well elsewhere , or at least contain genes that would be useful in other environments . |
| 30 | She swallowed again and tried to ignore the terrible sharp pain that was twisting viciously into the side of her head . |