Example sentences of "was [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Also , this nomadic existence was bringing them into potential conflict with several different tax jurisdictions . |
| 2 | Curtis , meanwhile , as the result of his meditations on how a federated empire might collectively discharge its duty to the backward races under British rule , had begun to reach the conclusion that the answer was to train them for eventual self-government . |
| 3 | She was pressing it for dear life now as if she was in a panic , and she kept her finger on it until , through the glass door , she saw the flicker of a candle weaving its way down through the shop . |
| 4 | Van Der Meulen 's austere but charming character was to stand him in good stead with the Saudis . |
| 5 | Edward had not yet covered himself with military glory , but he had revealed a sureness of political judgement which was to stand him in good stead in the greater military endeavours that he embarked upon in 1337 . |
| 6 | Charles V , showing that good judgement of men which was to stand him in good stead throughout his reign , chose Bertrand du Guesclin to command his forces , and du Guesclin defeated Navarre at the battle of Cocherel in May 1364 . |
| 7 | It had done him no good , but the same quality was to stand him in good stead when he turned away from international relations to the many domestic difficulties which the war had engendered or highlighted . |
| 8 | Watching Maureen feed very small birds who were unable to do it for themselves was to stand me in good stead later , when I began breeding barn owls . |
| 9 | Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence . |
| 10 | Her lungs heaving , she fell against a tree , then slowly slid down the trunk to sit at its foot , her arms wrapped tight round her updrawn knees in an effort to hold in the pain and shock that was robbing her of coherent thought . |
| 11 | Guy Sterne was eyeing her with amused curiosity . |
| 12 | However Germany was short of helium and the major industrial producer — the USA , who was extracting it from natural gas — did n't want to supply it so soon after the war . |
| 13 | The thing was to keep her as Brown Owl of the 2nd Longreen Pack . |
| 14 | Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 15 | Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 16 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 17 | The aim was to transform them into permanent subsistence farmers or labourers . |
| 18 | All this training was to hold them in good stead for the war to come , when the older members were to form the backbone of a very efficient Fire Brigade . |
| 19 | The man was regarding her with natural surprise . |
| 20 | She looked at him warily to find that he was regarding her with unprecedented tenderness . |
| 21 | There was a white line around his mouth and he was watching her with undisguised lust , as if he wanted her and hated himself for being so human . |
| 22 | Bryan 's aim was to wean us off complete reliance on precise diagnostic features , and to get us to concentrate on the ‘ Personality ’ of each species ; on the way it holds itself , feeds , moves , calls ; its general behaviour and first glance appearance — ‘ jizz ’ for short . |
| 23 | As a result of her prosperity , uncertain though it often appeared , Catalonia began to appear as the model and exemplar of mercantile and industrial civilization , a role that was to bring her into sharp conflict with traditional values and interests . |
| 24 | Survivals include the Cambrian Coast , radio signalled in 1988 , where Barmouth viaduct was after all repaired , the Central Wales where a decision was taken to rebuild the bridge which collapsed while a train was crossing it in high flood , and the Settle & Carlisle where the government perhaps surprisingly refused closure . |