Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In due course they were fitted to all the rest of the fleet and gave quite a distinctive appearance to South Metropolitan cars . |
| 2 | In due course they were fitted to all the ex-Croydon E/1 type cars , which by this time were the only ex-Croydon cars still in service . |
| 3 | In due course they were put into service on the South Metropolitan system and their subsequent history is therefore described in greater detail in the section dealing with that undertaking . |
| 4 | In due course he was told that a short three hour trip was in the offing so he collected his parachute and went with the crew to the aircraft . |
| 5 | When she became queen she encouraged English refugees from William the Conqueror 's tyranny to settle in her husband 's country , though in due course he was forced to reach an agreement with the Norman invader . |
| 6 | In due course he was returned to normal health , except that the acids had removed all the pigmentation from his exposed skin . |
| 7 | We 'd known that in the mountains and in due course I was to see it myself from the other side of the fence . |
| 8 | In due course it was bred a little shorter in the leg , with finer bone and a better udder , though it was still disparaged as being rather ungainly and plain . |
| 9 | The working party adopted the proposal for a Committee of Institutions — as did the Council , and in due course it was established . |
| 10 | In that instance they were unsuccessful , for the interest of Lord Milton and the Earl of Ilay was considerably stronger than that of the Haldanes , but the more attractive posts in the permanent garrison were always in demand from tradesmen in the town . |
| 11 | Only a few , such as the Royal Bristol Volunteers carried on , and in that instance it was to guard the many Napoleonic prisoners of war in Bristol . |
| 12 | Despite extensive damage it was later rebuilt and used as a roller corn mill . |
| 13 | Once they made that decision it was really all over . |
| 14 | The actual decision of the House was that a proof before answer of the pursuers ' averments should be allowed , but in the course of reaching that decision it was necessary to consider whether they would be entitled to recover overcharges if their complaint of undue discrimination was made out . |
| 15 | Yet Major did not choose to discuss the momentous decision he was about to take with his wife . |
| 16 | In establishing major new configurations of subjects , courses and areas of professional preparation it was caught between pressures to expand and to retract boundaries . |
| 17 | Within each segment it was originally planned that work could be organised in either of two ways . |
| 18 | In order to get that response he was prepared to dispense with the niceties of convention and the formulae of polite language : ‘ from the gut , to the gut . ’ |
| 19 | As a Member of that Parliament he was never out of the headlines . |
| 20 | A number of rarer departures from Mendel 's laws were found , and in each case they were able to find a corresponding abnormality in the chromosomes , of precisely the kind required to explain the genetic findings . |
| 21 | In all three studies , the children were selected to be as representative as possible and in each case they were asked to perform exhaustive intelligence tests and behavioural exercises . |
| 22 | In each case it was he who sent ‘ the flying prince ’ away , beside making another try and dropping a goal in England 's sensational 13–0 victory . |
| 23 | The actual form of organisation adopted was by no means standardised but in each case it was subject to direct political control [ Chester , 1975 ] . |
| 24 | We found that in each case it was necessary to think of three dimensions . |
| 25 | In each case it was a duty which was imposed on the judges in their capacity as judges of the superior courts and related to the administration of justice in those courts . |
| 26 | They would still like to have some toddler swings for the playing field and as an interim measure it was suggested that one of the existing swings should be fitted with a suitable toddler seat . |
| 27 | That afternoon we were with an African business man . |
| 28 | When I returned home that afternoon I was surprised to find Dad already sitting in his chair by the fire . |
| 29 | Now I know that when I had made love to you that afternoon I was right to follow my instincts . ’ |
| 30 | In that case it was the administrator who was removed . |