Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , apparently , he was told exactly the same thing as I was told |
| 2 | Donald Trelford , editor of the Observer , was told much the same thing by Gaddafi in a further interview a month or so later . |
| 3 | She sits stunned , as if she was dragged out the same water , half-drowned , an hour ago and has n't got over the cold . |
| 4 | Developed socialism , nonetheless , did not subsequently figure in the General Secretary 's speeches or in party documents , and it was replaced later the same year by the term ‘ developing socialism ’ ( razvivayushchiisya sotsializm ) , implying a still earlier stage in the transition towards the communist society of the future . |
| 5 | THE Lawson affair rumbled on in the Commons yesterday with the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , asking the Prime Minister why she did not ‘ tell the truth ’ when she was asked why the former Chancellor of the Exchequer resigned by television interviewer Brian Walden . |
| 6 | The Treaty of Canterbury was signed later the same month and included among its provisions of the establishment of an Intergovernmental Commission to monitor the execution of the concession , and a Safety Authority which advises the Commission on all safety matters relating to the construction and operation of the Tunnel . |
| 7 | In fact the Save-A-Can skip was emptied later the same day so the service to customers was maintained . |
| 8 | Next day , as Ginger was ridden down the same road , he saw that the bins were still there . |
| 9 | He was rushed to hospital on the day of the crash with his wife Ethel and young granddaughter , both passengers in the car , was released later the same day after receiving three stitches to a head wound . |