Example sentences of "[adj] was [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was to stop people from withholding information from the inspector 's investigation in order to present it at review , with the intention of discrediting the inspector 's report . |
| 2 | Presumably this was to enable people who had business in the vestry to light a candle when the grille door to the church was locked . |
| 3 | This was to encourage people to work through until their department moved and also so that R.S. left the impression of being a caring employer with those who chose redundancy . |
| 4 | The woman who let Britain slide into the worst depression since the 30s was paid £250,000 last week for just three days ' work on a lecture tour . |
| 5 | Well , cos it was in town , it was nearer to shops , and erm I 'd heard that keeping Balloon Woods ' flats warm was costing people a hell of a lot of money . |
| 6 | Twelve schools submitted satisfactory proposals and each was given £400 to help carry out its project . |
| 7 | For example , when Nicholas Bacon of Stiffkey , Norfolk , died in 1578 three doctors were present at the embalming , though the primary incisions were undertaken by two surgeons ; yet regardless of their importance and status , each was paid £2 for their services . |
| 8 | Britten is a vocal composer par excellence , and he learned , under Auden 's powerful didactic spirit , much that was to bear fruit in his years as a mature artist . |
| 9 | His daughter Agnes , married to Robert Huberd , citizen and mason of London , carried on her father 's business as a monumental mason and in 1358–9 was paid £106 18s. 11d. for the alabaster tomb of Queen Isabella , widow of Edward II , set up in the church of the London Greyfriars . |
| 10 | I was very surprised when a bloke in 1990 was asking £250 ono for the same guitar . |