Example sentences of "[verb] was [art] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The news brought back by Colonel Moore after what they had all supposed was no more than the formal punctuation had almost panicked her . |
2 | The other fun competition that I entered was the same idea but it is played in the dark you use a special ball which is slightly transparent there is a hole in the middle of the ball which a lightstick goes through . |
3 | When the recipe called for a sprig of ‘ bruised thyme ’ it added a further twenty minutes while he and Kate deliberated as to whether bruised was the same as battered with a knife handle , or meant merely rubbed between the forefinger and thumb . |
4 | In the case of the 1971 Etna eruption , the magma involved was the same basaltic one throughout , yet its behaviour was quite different in its de-gassed condition in the second phase from its original state in the first , when the eruption was mildly explosive . |
5 | And every single thing they found was the same . |
6 | Each random spot she tried was the same . |
7 | ‘ Pray tell Dr Heatherton that I called , ’ he said , but all the reply he received was the same cold , formal bow the daughter had made . |
8 | All they 'd needed was a little luck , and he had refused to help . |
9 | She began to understand how the bleak vision she had been shown was no more and no less than the extremes to which such powers might go if once they lost touch with the exactions of a loving heart . |
10 | By the time Folly opened her eyes , Luke 's lips were on hers , and all she could see was a few inches of gold-shadowed cheek and an ear . |
11 | The transport arranged was the same taxi-driver who had brought them from the airport . |
12 | The amount assessed was the same in respect of the same years . |
13 | Preventing the bouquets from wilting was the least of Harry 's worries . |
14 | There were several known cheesemakers in Cotherstone and the best known was a former Miss Chipchase , who married into the Birkett family at West park Farm , which is situated along the top road into Baldersdale . |
15 | So well known was the latter that the Department of Health and Social Security lists the elderly among patients ‘ who may be at increased risk ’ . |
16 | With a wry smile he thought to himself that all it needed was a few thousand square miles of northern forest such as might be found in Norway or Canada and they would look completely right . |
17 | Among 20 others acquitted was the former Minister for Tourism , José Aspiras . |
18 | The fitful progress that resulted was the most the overcrowded state of the narrow roadway allowed . |
19 | ‘ One of the men involved was the same man who asked Anthony to contact MI5 in London when he was on holiday in Mallorca earlier this summer . ’ |
20 | The only furniture we had was a few tables and chairs . ’ |
21 | Among those elected was a former dissident , Daniel Chipenda , who had earlier put himself forward as a candidate for a new post of vice-chairman of the party . |
22 | Among those elected was a former dissident . " |
23 | Perhaps the only thing that Margaret Thatcher and Edward Heath shared was the same Rada voice coach . |
24 | The only monoplane I had flown was a few hours in the 3 A.A.C.U. Magister . |
25 | Someone stood carelessly among the embers , as if having his flesh charred was the least of his worries . |
26 | When a run was done using a lexicon without letter names , the number of paths produced was a few orders of magnitude less than when these words were included.2 Similarly function words could be treated differently from content words . |
27 | All I wanted was a few roses , for goodness ’ sake . ’ |
28 | His striking appearance — dark complexion , black hair , and athletic figure — compelled attention and his air of languid weariness when lecturing was no more than a pose , concealing an exceptionally acute mind . |
29 | Thus , as prices rose , the effective rate of duty fell : the amount yielded was the same , but it represented a smaller proportion of the value of the goods . |