Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Tsu Ma had turned already and was wading out into the deeper water . |
| 2 | My work-rate was speeded up by the further drops of rain that fell on me . |
| 3 | James began construction of the large residential gatehouse or forework , called le dungeon , that was added on to the earlier gatehouse to provide a more fitting apartment for the Keeper — and also for the King , whenever he should visit . |
| 4 | The television-viewing public was made up of the older stay-at-homes , not the swinging exotics whose exploits filled the front pages of the newspapers . |
| 5 | Some of this deficit was made up by a further encroachment upon the lands of the Church ; the chantries were dissolved in 1548 and episcopal property came under pressure towards the end of the reign . |
| 6 | This south façade of Manor Farm was built on to an earlier house in 1725 . |
| 7 | Such attitudes were reinforced by the increased contact with more remote societies as tropical Africa was opened up during the later decades of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | By such a mechanism , in which family ties played an important part , a relatively rapid ascent was opened up for the younger sons of the prosperous Catalan farmers who must leave the farm to the chosen heir ( the hereu ) ; within a generation a man could make a modest fortune , exposed to the risk of loss as well as the hope of gain . |
| 9 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 10 | In 1982 a further project entitled ‘ Study and information skills in schools ’ , was set up at the NFER to extend the above work , with the following aims : |
| 11 | Hissene Habre , President since 1982 , was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , after endorsement by a referendum on Dec. 10 ( see p. 37114 ) . |
| 12 | On March 5 Sharad Pawar was sworn in for a further term as Congress ( I ) Chief Minister . |
| 13 | Habré arranged elections and was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , but was overthrown on Dec , 1 , 1990 , by rebel forces from the east under the leadership of his one-time military commander Idriss Déby , leader of the Patriotic Salvation Movement ( MPS ) [ see p. 37907 ] . |
| 14 | Congress ( I ) retained power in Maharashtra in the State Assembly elections in February 1990 and Sharad Pawar was sworn in for a further term as Chief Minister [ see p. 37245 ] . |
| 15 | The importance of this discovery can not be over-estimated , for through it I was led on to the further discovery of the Primary Control of the workings of all the mechanisms of the human organisms , and this marked the first important stage of my investigation . |
| 16 | I had more luck with partners this time — I was paired off with an older girl who I got along with fine , and we readied ourselves to go out . |
| 17 | After a year or so the rope was taken up from the lower floors and wound on to a cleat on the top storey . |
| 18 | His covered body was taken out to a cooler resting place , and suddenly the foundry seemed to be going round and round . |
| 19 | The row blew over as it did for Kurt Weinburg , who was taken out by an older friend for a night on the town . |
| 20 | Andy the gardener was standing around on the lower terrace looking at some white geraniums he had set out in an urn by the pool house , and although she shrank from returning to the scene of yesterday 's shame , she decided to go and rap with him . |
| 21 | This proposal was worked up within the broader terms of the long-promised priority care package . |
| 22 | Returning to his cab , he reversed in until he was backed up to a smaller , mustard-coloured van in the adjoining space behind . |