Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new Chaplain had done a lot of good work and was given back up by the other Chaplains . |
| 2 | I know that the Arts Centre , which I was very much involved with in erm Berkshire in Southfield Park , it , too , was situated slightly out of the centre of the town , with large ground area around it and it was a problem trying to work out how to capitalize on that considerable asset . |
| 3 | She heard him call after her and got into one of the swing boats with a pale , freckled little boy who was hanging nervously on to the rope while his plain , doting parents stood beside the boat , saying encouragingly , ‘ Go on , Sidney , it 'll be such fun . ’ |
| 4 | The glass was placed gently back on the counter in front of Newman . |
| 5 | He heard a gasp from the crowd of people gathered below , he seemed to hang forever in mid-air and then , miraculously , he was crashing down on to the opposite roof . |
| 6 | Instead she was gazing sombrely out of the window of a smart Mercedes taxi as it left behind the flat landscaped suburbs of the island of Amager , crossing the bridge to the main island of Zealand and the approach to the city of Copenhagen . |
| 7 | Mike Sadler was flown straight back to the Eighth Army and assigned the task of navigating the New Zealand Division around the south of the Mareth line , while Cooper was able to enjoy the pleasures of Constantine with an old friend , Reg Seekings , who had made his way through after the B Squadron attacks on the road . |
| 8 | As she was pressed back on to the couch her mind raced madly in protest , but all she managed to bring out in a kind of croak was , ‘ No , Daddy , no . ’ |
| 9 | The easiest way to turn the car was to drive on up to the hardstand by the church , and as he swung about he realised it was in fact the old foundations of small cottages , completely gone with The Bomber . |
| 10 | This waistcoat had flap-pockets and reached down almost to the knees : it was fastened right up to the neck with horse-shoe buttons , leaving just enough space for the red-spotted muffler or wrapper to be seen underneath . |
| 11 | It was fastened tightly on to the right horn , so it dangled down over the cheek and eye . |
| 12 | A few minutes later , Sir Thomas was walking slowly back to the Imperial Hotel in advance of the main party . |
| 13 | He was walking purposefully through into the garden , a huge lawn with an abundance of mimosa and roses , and untamed greenery bordering the edges . |
| 14 | As we turned the corner Mel was ambling up out of an underground car park — he 'd been parking his Rolls-Royce or something . |
| 15 | My sister 's dead body was carried slowly out of the house and through the village , followed by all of us . |
| 16 | Screaming , Duvall was sucked backwards out of the window in a cloud of broken glass and was instantly gone . |
| 17 | The hand was sewn back on in an 11½-hour operation at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood , north London . |
| 18 | At least , she was venturing out on to the verandah of the Mackenzie farm steading on most days and lay in the shade , making an endless succession of crocheted table covers and mats . |
| 19 | And suddenly , as an uproar began in her , Azor was forgotten , and she jerked to stand upright , and found she was looking straight up into a pair of dark smouldering eyes . |
| 20 | Sally was looking thoughtfully out of the hotel window and at the steady procession of passersby , a good proportion of whom were visitors , to judge by the number of cameras to be seen . |
| 21 | For a moment , she was looking directly out of the picture . |
| 22 | Fiver was looking far out beyond the edge of the common . |
| 23 | Further on down , near to the city , a single felucca was gliding gracefully in towards the bank . |
| 24 | The afternoon progressed , but was moved now on to a different plane , lit by the glow of expectation . |
| 25 | The 29-year-old cost £500,000 from Copenhagen , but he was turned inside out by an Aston Villa side that cruelly exposed his lack of pace . |
| 26 | Evidence of just how viscous the lavas are , and how great the forces involved are , was provided by the great spine which was pushed up out of the vent of Mt Pelee , reaching over 300 metres in height . |
| 27 | But their hopes were dashed when the rope snapped and the Bettina Danica was pushed further on to the rocks by the rising tide and the heavy swell . |
| 28 | Naturally , the greater part of the volume of this room is within the roof space and a consequence of this is that a small pre-existing ventilation opening , which was sited high up below the eaves of the barn and is now glazed to form a window , has its sill at floor level . |
| 29 | The next morning — or soon , anyway — Spunk was beamed up on to the bridge of the low-lying spaceship by the mischievous , conical , beep-voiced aliens , who then travelled through time and beamed Spunk down again into Greenwich Village , 1980 . |
| 30 | It was nearly closing time , and the school party , thankfully marshalled by its young leader , was pouring vociferously out into the chill of the early evening , and heading with released shouts for its waiting coach . |