Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a new 375g pack at £1.19 was introduced on February 8th and until the old stock was used up the two packs were on sale side by side . |
| 2 | A suitable break-point was taken on the death of Magnentius in 353 , and of the reports examined from 334 buildings , no less than 199 offered no satisfactory evidence and it could be argued that the remaining 135 hardly offer a sufficient quantity for any serious statistical study . |
| 3 | G-GWYN was pulled out the hangar , topped up with fuel and taken skyward . |
| 4 | Cos of the design of this crusher affair , the whole weight was carried on the c what could be the bap of the bearing you know , the bearing cap . |
| 5 | Until this study was carried out the individual elements of the FAOR methodology had been developed and tested in isolation , each being the responsibility of different organisations within the FAOR partnership . |
| 6 | Ashby was keen because of the sparking relationship that existed between Nicholson and Michelle — but eventually the script was put on the back burner . |
| 7 | So no action was taken on the ideas of the Layfield Committee . |
| 8 | Action was taken on the poll tax . |
| 9 | A sample of 50 schools was drawn up the Statistics Division of SOED ( one in eight of all Scottish secondaries ) giving broad representation of Scottish secondaries in general , in terms of size , geographic location , denominational status and percentages of pupils entitled to free school meals . |
| 10 | And tobacco ash was spilt down the front of his evening shirt . |
| 11 | When the iron ore was worked out the township including the school would pack up and move on . |
| 12 | Lunch was taken on the terrace alone beneath the warming rays of the April sunshine , and after that she continued her exploration of the house , amazed at the number of rooms that were apparently shut up and wondering why it was that a man like Marc Alexander Vila would choose to live alone in this enormous and obviously expensive mausoleum . |
| 13 | The 16-year-old was pulled off the 50cc Yamaha , pushed to the ground and kicked before two men and a women escaped on her bike . |
| 14 | The noise of the car engine was carried up the the pipe and Mrs Jones was woken in the early hours of the morning . |
| 15 | This type of shift was slit down the back for ease of application and secured with back-tie draw-strings at the neck and waist ; such items were , it is assumed , readily available from the undertaker . |
| 16 | As the forest was cut down the elephants , over 100 of them , retreated into a small corner of forest that was left standing along the Suleh river . |
| 17 | As Anglican church discipline was tightened and as the Oxford Movement spread its influence throughout the clergy the happy-go-lucky attitude of older Broad and Low Churchmen was put on the defensive . |
| 18 | That first presidential order to send American troops into possible combat was taken on the run , as Bush was preparing for his first superpower summit with Mikhail Gorbachev at Malta . |
| 19 | could be extremely severe , but some horseplay , and the occasional illicit disc was put on the record-player , much to Herr Hocher 's annoyance . |
| 20 | Toby had a pencil with a blue one on the end it its scaly tail curled around the pencil and the head was spiked down the neck could be used as a rubber . |
| 21 | But to Paula 's triumphant delight the suit was snapped up the moment it went back onto its hanger — a solicitor 's wife who had stopped for a coffee had fallen in love with it , even if the skirt did have to be taken up four full inches to make it fit her less-than-willow tall frame . |
| 22 | In a number of cases , grain was carried up the canal to the docks , was transhipped , and promptly retraced its steps along the canal to Saul Junction where it passed onto the Stroudwater Canal . |
| 23 | Sewage was dumped down the shaft too and no , it was not an environmentaly friendly thing to do . |
| 24 | Thus evidence was taken on the need for the bill and why it was proposed to deal with problems in a particular way . |
| 25 | It was excavated in an unsystematic way , and the many illustrations of finds show that the emphasis was put on the recovered finds rather than on the site itself In this illustration , published soon after the excavation in 1883 , the burial was attributed to the Vikings . |
| 26 | The foundations of modern archaeology were laid down in the 17th century , and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries emphasis was put on the recording of archaeological monuments , initially as part of general topographical works , but eventually as part of a study of the monuments themselves . |
| 27 | Henceforth all traffic was routed down the main line . |
| 28 | Much of the iron was sent down the valleys for export through Cardiff and Newport . |
| 29 | Some of Kelly 's classmates lost the fight to hold back the tears as soon as her coffin was carried down the aisle . |
| 30 | As a result , Frank Bates was taken on the strength . |