Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The front part of the house , being somewhat darkened by evergreens , was given over to the Staff Common Room , with the classrooms of the senior forms on the first floor . |
| 2 | The doctor was pledged to secrecy , and an iron curtain of security was rung down on the headquarters lest news of the new commander 's prostration further demoralise the men with their backs to the Meuse . |
| 3 | He caught up with her on the far side of the teahouse , in an area that was roped off for the staff 's use only . |
| 4 | The position was even worse in 1981–82 , when £4 million was spent out of the £ 10 million allocated . |
| 5 | In 1981–82 , £ 14.6 million was spent out of the £ 19.1 million allocated . |
| 6 | The Postal side of the Polish Post , Telegraph and Telephone company , which was split off from the Telecoms side back in January , is to become one of the earliest recipients of an IBM mainframe running the firm 's AIX Unix implementation . |