Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Binns ' staff members who passed the course were Miss Paula Meale , Mrs Cathy May , Mrs Pauline Young , Mrs Joanne Harker , Mrs Eileen Thomas and Mrs Anne Matthewson . |
| 2 | After hearing the two women for a while , Mayor John Church summoned the Looe town constable , at which each woman presumed the other was to be suitably punished for her infamy . |
| 3 | I presumed the metal was silver and the chain too . |
| 4 | The staff agreed the bird was too beautiful to be thrown out and decided to make it a mascot . |
| 5 | Colin Mackie : agreed the depot was a ‘ drugs euphoria ’ |
| 6 | But yesterday members of Cleveland County Council 's develop control sub-committee agreed the application was contrary to the county structure plan and would result in increased traffic congestion . |
| 7 | He agreed the food was so awful he asked us if we would n't mind hiding some of his . ’ |
| 8 | The man who made the invitation was very like his father , but without the vitality that had distinguished Marius Steen . |
| 9 | In view of the confessions made the jury were satisfied and formally pronounced John guilty . |
| 10 | In that case the discretionary power to refund payment of rates for which the person who made the payment was not liable had been expressly conferred on local authorities by Parliament . |
| 11 | The summons on which he made the order was merely a summons which asked for directions and the form in which his order was couched was that of an order nisi which , subject to the time limits laid down in the order , gave an unqualified liberty to apply . |
| 12 | But what really made the difference was that I got engaged to a girl called Jane Wilde , whom I had met about the time I was diagnosed with ALS . |
| 13 | made the meal was it . |
| 14 | With all this ‘ they ’ who made the Smoke were in some way concerned . |
| 15 | The gossip was that the farmer who owned the land was merely hanging on till the price came up to his requirements , then some builder would carve out of the hillside a super executive-type estate , with views for fifteen miles and mortgages for fifty years . |
| 16 | The piece of paper saying who owned the land was passed around among rich white men . |
| 17 | The man who owned the house was laughing at all this of course , cos it did look very funny apparently . |
| 18 | and the one who owned the car was itching to get Joe dumped so that he could turn around and make the slow , crawling drive across town to his home . |
| 19 | This was immediately prior to the Nicholson ‘ star ’ era ; the wave of which he rode the crest was beginning to build and it is interesting to chronicle for a moment some of the events leading up to his ‘ discovery ’ as a major Hollywood personality — a hero of the age and one who , as we have seen , was much influenced by the existentialist prophecies of Kerouac , which were now , finally , coming home to roost in middle-class America and elsewhere . |
| 20 | Those adjudged to be Kenyan citizens were issued with a special Kenyan-Somali identity card , while those who failed the screening were liable to summary detention and deportation . |
| 21 | But when he surmised the attack was due that night , Tom Ingledew agreed that they would have to sacrifice some fighting capacity on that front — and even some lives — in order to gain the maximum advantage from keeping the sloop as a decoy . |
| 22 | Dr Robert Upshall , the Green Party 's prospective parliamentary candidate , yesterday revealed the decision was taken for financial reasons . |
| 23 | Mr Curran revealed the council was advancing a number of projects for the district including a major new tourist facility in Newcastle and a marina for Killough . |
| 24 | Though Tory Party chairman , Mr Kenneth Baker , announced the acquisition of the former London offices of Thames Water only yesterday , the soon-to-be-privatised company revealed the deal was struck before September 1 when new rules came into effect . |
| 25 | When at last he succeeded the man was sullen and uncooperative , repeatedly demanding why we had come to Bahdu . |
| 26 | For the individuals concerned the trek was often one away from the dreary world of the family farm towards the bright lights of the big city . |
| 27 | What concerned the 42-year-old was the possibility that the race might be too easy . |
| 28 | What animated the screenplay was the question of exactly how other members of Lilian 's family , past and present , had escaped similar restraint . |
| 29 | One reason why Bonn became the capital was that it was favoured by Konrad Adenauer , der alte Fuchs ( the Old Fox ) , the Federal Republic 's first post-war chancellor who had his political base in the North Rhineland . |
| 30 | One of the faithful who braved the weather was a shoemaker , known in the town for his unusual devotion . |