Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impression he was given he mistook for the truth , and his life-long opposition to the Christian faith was the consequence . |
| 2 | ‘ Is that the chap who was helping you move in the other day ? ’ |
| 3 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ Prior to his tour of the States , David started doing dates in England and within three months he was becoming what seemed like the biggest thing in England . |
| 4 | ( It was revealing who fell by the wayside ) . |
| 5 | He was imagining himself sitting in a tiny Kayak in the middle of the Severn looking up at a wall of water , anything from six to nine feet high depending on conditions , bearing down on him at twelve miles an hour and making more noise than a fast approaching train . |
| 6 | I was imagining you sitting in the back anyway . |
| 7 | In this case the seller will not be in breach of the terms implied by section 12 provided that before the contract was made he disclosed to the buyer the existence of the lien . |
| 8 | Earlier in this chapter , a quote from a newspaper was presented which commented on the market 's favourable reaction to the announcement from the Chief Executive Officer of Lloyd 's Bank that its dividend would be increased by 10 per cent . |
| 9 | During the St. Leonard 's excavation , the reredorter ( toilet ) drain was uncovered which entered into a fissure for drainage to the river . |
| 10 | Our connection for the prison camp did not leave until 11 o'clock and the Feldwebel was wondering what to do for the next two hours when the air raid siren blew . |
| 11 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 12 | True enough , the famous set of Roman values — fides , constantia , severitas , gravitas , dignitas , auctoritas , etc. etc. — was discovered for the first time by German professors during the First World War , and helped their pupils to mark time while Hitler was deciding what to do with the classics . |
| 13 | The continuations were classified as to whether or not a plural description was used which referred to the target individuals , or whether singular references were used . |
| 14 | Its goal was to identify what stands in the way of effective action on the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere . |
| 15 | Local taxi drivers claimed last week that public parking on the taxi rank was forcing them to park on the street and causing congestion which was putting lives at risk . |
| 16 | She and her music would get through it ; just as Jay was forcing herself to thrive on an inimitable diet of white wine and forties Chicago gangland trash . |
| 17 | The minute the door was closed she sat on the edge of her bed , covered her face with her hands and wept . |
| 18 | While I was waiting I glanced at the stamp that was on my hand . |
| 19 | Her hair had been done in the salon at the Grand ( paid for by TVS ) , and she was wearing what looked like a gypsy costume . |
| 20 | Some of those taking ; part were already in costume : Jilly Fox was wearing what looked like an Iranian chadour , contrived from a sheet , Karen Gray was dressed up as a nurse , and Bob Saxby who taught pottery was encased in a Michelin-man spacesuit which he claimed was an Arctic explorer 's sleeping bag . |
| 21 | After I was born she put on a lot of weight , and although eventually she lost most of it , my birth was seen as to blame for her weight problem , and throughout my childhood she reminded me of this . |
| 22 | If Mr Lamont was expecting them to unite behind a common policy he will be disappointed but if he wanted a variety of views to choose from he will be pleased by the range of forecasts and advice in their preliminary report . |
| 23 | If Mr Lamont was expecting them to unite behind a policy he will be disappointed but if he wanted a variety of views to choose from he will be pleased by the range of forecasts and advice in their preliminary report . |
| 24 | The hindmost attendant was holding what looked like a large loaf of bread , and was using it to hit the minion in front , which was running almost doubled up , its little gloved hands held over its head , where the pursuing scullion was raining blows with the loaf . |
| 25 | In fact erm when for example Microsoft Access was reduced it included in the box the O D B C driver to access the SQL Server database . |
| 26 | In fact , both Stirling 's legs were temporarily paralysed and he suffered quite a severe back injury which was to keep him immobilized for the best part of two months . |
| 27 | All right then yeah , like I was saying I got into a massive argument with him last night I had an argument with Osman , right |
| 28 | To get a closer look at what I was doing he jumped onto the table , knocking eight woodscrews onto the floor . |
| 29 | Yeah she had it , she was just going into theatre at the end of the programme , she was having it done for the fourth time |
| 30 | One possibility was to force it to land at an army base remote to Teheran . |