Example sentences of "was [verb] [adj] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Policy discussions at ministerial level appeared to focus mainly on the hoary old issues of which agency should take lead responsibility , ’ but finally , in 1989 , the government took a decision which was considered unthinkable only a year earlier , that is , that local authority social services departments should be given lead responsibility for community care and for all services including mental health , but with some additional controls added in the latter case , the single most controversial of Griffiths ' proposals . |
| 2 | Bouquets of flowers mark the spot where Mr Reynolds was shot dead exactly a week ago . |
| 3 | It was approaching 3.15 when the headlamps picked out a sign that proclaimed : |
| 4 | Shaney was n't actually playing a game , but she was sitting next too a women that was . |
| 5 | She would have loved to have laughed in his arrogant face , but the way she was feeling right now the laughter would have strangled in her throat . |