Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Vice-Chairman was unable to fill the vacant position so an interim administration was formed to take us to the next assembly . |
| 2 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
| 3 | How could the working class make effective use of the political power which the vote was expected to give them without the opportunity to engage in an open discussion of political principle and perspectives ? |
| 4 | The landlord 's wife was expected to accompany him on the trip to Head Office . |
| 5 | This man , Tepilit , was injured helping me with the filming of a lion hunt . |
| 6 | ‘ Soliciting … she was known to have men at her house and was seen to stop them in the street . |
| 7 | One they were going into a pub , and going into the toilets , you know , making a , so he had a a policeman waiting in and the toilets , for them you see , and the o one other , notable occasion he was seen chasing them down the main street in Morley , he got his cape on , you see , |
| 8 | It was decided to adopt it as the standard background , keeping open the possibility of using pieces of velvet in special cases . |
| 9 | Having obtained a fairly comprehensive view of the farm situation in Great Britain as it relates to training an attempt was made to compare it with the position in Europe . |
| 10 | Prior to completion of the missives a meeting took place at the farm when an offer was made to purchase it from the defender at a price of £65,000 . |
| 11 | These contributions are not shown in official statistics of educational expenditure , but in 1990 an attempt was made to quantify them by the Mail on Sunday , which commissioned a survey of a representative sample of primary schools by the National Foundation for Educational Research . |
| 12 | In the 16th century , an east wing was added to replace the earlier parlour , while in the 17th century a kitchen wing was built to balance it to the west . |
| 13 | On that Sunday evening Lady Eleanor was instructed to meet them outside the Galilee Gate . |
| 14 | I mean , schools the only thing I was , I 'd been governor of a a school for thirty years that was used to depress me with the fact that we could n't get for our schools the things that we needed because to me and to all the people in Harlow who have children are concerned that we are being stopped so much money on education which is the most vital thing in our children 's lives ! |
| 15 | Epstein concluded that management of stress among the experienced parachutists was not due to their repeated exposure to jumping in the manner of a conditioned response , but was a consequence of an active coping process that on each occasion was used to prepare them for the coming jump . |
| 16 | The ambiguous status of blacks , as neither invaders nor indigenous Americans , caused some controversy but it was agreed to keep them within the overall campaign . |
| 17 | The doctor came within the half-hour , and spent some time with Rebecca before deciding that an ambulance was needed to take her to the Marshes . |
| 18 | For a small fee everyone was invited to spray him with the foam wherever they wanted — and they most certainly did ! |
| 19 | Upon wiping away the icy incrustation from the face , the countenance was immediately recollected ; but , the frame appearing lifeless , assistance was procured to convey it to the first house upon the skirts of the village , when , a pulsation being observed , every possible means was instantly adopted to promote his recovery . |
| 20 | I mean look at myself , my father was a doctor , his father was a schoolteacher , so the way one used to look at things , that immediately when I was born put me in the middle class erm bracket . |
| 21 | Although convicted of taking part in the attack no evidence was brought linking him to the knife . |
| 22 | His invention of photogenic drawing dated back four years earlier but he was spurred to bring it to the attention of the scientific world by the announcement by the Frenchman Daguerre of his revolutionary invention , the Daguerreotype . |
| 23 | It was hoped to refloat her on the next high water at 2120 and the Greek master had requested lifeboat assistance . |
| 24 | While he was thinking how to do this , he was asked to bring me to the palace . |
| 25 | At the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I was asked to contact you about the parking restrictions on Snowhill , Scorton outside St Mary and St James RC church . |
| 26 | Something about the man aroused the guard 's suspicions , so he was asked to accompany them to the frontier post for further questioning . |
| 27 | Our young gallant here , ’ he waved his hand contemptuously at Geoffrey , ‘ was asked to accompany us to the parapet but it 's well known he 's terrified of heights . ’ |
| 28 | Minutes after appearing before a television crew to defend a jockey 's right to have the whip in his armoury , Steve Cauthen was forced to use it aboard the short-head winner . |
| 29 | They once lived on a housing estate , but the council was forced to move them to the isolated bungalow after complaints from neighbours . |
| 30 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |