Example sentences of "that [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the repayments that were made of borrowing during that period , in the midst of a recession we are now in a better position to borrow prudently — than we have been at any stage in the past : to borrow prudently and to maintain our commitment to a balanced budget in the medium term . |
| 2 | However , the we have recently had to incur extra expenditure because the road that were put in looking at one hundred er er were found to be too high especially for the services and er place er committee which er throughout that it was very difficult but apparatus you know moving fire . |
| 3 | Some carcases that were protected from scavenging by these larger birds and animals were found to have been scavenged by shrews , with the soft parts being eaten and the bones extensively gnawed and broken . |
| 4 | But beer lovers now had a national movement that was dedicated to fighting on their behalf . |
| 5 | After conversion by FAXgrabber this is the text that was produced for editing in a word-processor . |
| 6 | A lifelong member of the Oxford Cottage Improvement Society , Violet Butler joined the Charity Organization Society 's local branch , and her links with the Christian Social Union encouraged in her the unsectarian broad-church outlook that was taken for granted within a family so deeply influenced by Thomas Arnold , T. H. Green , and Henry Scott Holland [ qq.v . ] . |