Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv prt] [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PEST exterminator Frank Murray was called on yesterday to SAVE a swarm of wasps . |
| 2 | The Amble lifeboat was called out yesterday to take a crewman with a gashed hand off an oil rig support ship in the North Sea . |
| 3 | When it opened Tendring and Colchester were recognised blackspots for teenage pregnancies and the clinic was set up expressly to reduce the number of gymslip mums . |
| 4 | A recent study by Brown and his colleagues ( 1986b ) in Walthamstow , North London , was set up specifically to explore the intervening links between childhood parental loss and adult depression . |
| 5 | We consider the rationale and the manner of the legal profession 's projection of an image of altruism and focus upon one legal service , the duty solicitor scheme , which was set up ostensibly to serve the community . |
| 6 | A restoration lab was set up nearby to treat the bronzes immediately they came out of the water to prevent deterioration . |
| 7 | I think he was brought in just to do a good production job . ’ |
| 8 | As before , a little water was used to thin the acrylic to the consistency of cream and most of it was gone over twice to get an even coverage of bright intense colour . |