Example sentences of "was [verb] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was police intervention almost immediately ; an NILP loudspeaker van , which was making announcements , was stopped and its three occupants were taken to Victoria RUC station where , one of them later told the Belfast Telegraph , they were charged with incitement to defy the ban on the march . |
| 2 | From this date the disease was halted and its final disappearance coincided with a strong leste . |
| 3 | As in Britain , again , the French wartime propaganda effort was improvised and its full potentialities seen only slowly ; but in France also the growth in the sheer amount of activity was striking . |
| 4 | It was realised that our first aim should be to secure more tangible evidence and , if possible , further witnesses . |
| 5 | But Peter 's back was broken and his spinal cord damaged . |
| 6 | The man had every caution given him not a minute before to be careful with the gun , but his time was come as his poor shipmates say and with that they console themselves … |
| 7 | In May 1987 , a magnificent specimen of 7lb 8oz was caught and my best fish weighed 4lb 8oz . |
| 8 | It was clear he had been beaten , his face was bruised and his ragged clothing was hanging from him . |
| 9 | In our present study , a disulphated derivative of PABA-UDCA was synthesised and its basic characters were investigated . |
| 10 | Scully , Wakefield 's experienced scrum-half , gained 50 yards in a magnificent run ; but when he released the ball it was dropped and their last hopes faded . |
| 11 | A rescue helicopter was scrambled after his empty dinghy was spotted floating out to sea . |
| 12 | It was fitting that his last innings for Middlesex should bring him 221 — his highest first-class score . |
| 13 | Omi 's old head was bowed and her gnarled fingers were pressed together in prayer . |
| 14 | He was disturbed when his 2 attackers crashed in through a back door . |
| 15 | Her wish was granted and her supersonic trip was rounded off with a stay in the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel . |
| 16 | It was felt that whatever dramatic realism had been gained in the sociological breakthrough was now being sacrificed . |
| 17 | Although it was said that his main contribution to debate was his sonorous ‘ hear , hear ’ , his speeches , reflecting the outlook of a liberal-minded Whig , were usually sensible and to the point . |
| 18 | He was not told that he was being dismissed , but the EAT found that he could reasonably have assumed from what was said that his continuing employment prospects might well be limited . |
| 19 | The calf was in such bad condition that it was decided that its only chance of survival was to transfer it to Colombo Zoo for treatment . |
| 20 | I was adopted when my own mother died a few days after I was born . |
| 21 | His position was further undermined when , on Aug. 3 , it was revealed that his private secretary had been an intermediatory in a separate scandal involving fraudulent loans of 260,000 million yen by the Fuji Bank . |
| 22 | Although Garvin was shown as his formal superior in terms of the office organization chart , that was to some extent a convenient fiction and the Mamur Zapt had his own lines of communication to the powers that were . |
| 23 | Then I was told that my confirmed interview with Ortega was not going to happen . |
| 24 | I was told that his legal advisers were concerned that if he applied for a taxation this would amount to an adoption of the bills and prejudice his other objections to the bill . |
| 25 | The smooth glide of his fingers down her spine was enticing and her treacherous body curved sensuously against him . |
| 26 | It was thought that their former colleagues might like to hear from the University , particularly if some improvement in the alumni services available to those who studied at Stirling years ago could be made both useful and attractive . |
| 27 | At any other time she would have recognised the bitter note of personal experience in his voice , but all she wanted at that moment was to flee before her worst fears were realised . |
| 28 | The American Federal Aviation Authority in Washington was alerted and it co-ordinated security with both Northwest and the French authorities . |
| 29 | When a misdemeanour was committed , it was not the offender alone who was shamed but his whole family . |
| 30 | Erm , he he he was saying that his young boy of eight , he does n't allow to play out alone . |