Example sentences of "was [vb pp] of [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had brought with him reading that was expected of him during this vacation , works on sociology and on linguistics and some where these two studies converged , but these were not the sort of books one much wanted to read under the hot sun and the influence of wine . |
| 2 | Bad behaviour was expected of you in those times . |
| 3 | A great fuss was made of us on that trip , according to my mother . |
| 4 | This rather cooled their high spirits , because Missenden 's failure to do what was required of him about some case of ecclesiastical preferment was criticized . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , I could never be sure exactly what was required of me on these occasions . |