Example sentences of "[verb] was [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Chaplin the showman had done was to create a great screen clown , a clown whose frame of reference was to be emotion rather than politics . |
| 2 | One of the first things that needed to be done was to get a short survey of existing conditions , and with the help of all departments the following summary was made : Burma Today |
| 3 | Naturally , amongst other things that we took out into the desert with us was the long-established tea swindle , which we all subscribed to , It was considered a most heinous offence if pupil or anyone else taxied within the proximity of the tea swindle and the great volume of sand engulfed those who were engaged in making the tea — indeed , getting any sand anywhere near the brew as it was being prepared was considered a serious offence . |
| 4 | She counted to ten as she had been taught when about to deliver a big speech , but when she tried to force some words of outrage from between her teeth her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth and the most she could do was make a small cry of protest deep in her throat . |
| 5 | Without his aid , Edward was bound to negotiate for peace with Scotland ; but the best he could do was to conclude a thirteen-year truce in 1323 . |
| 6 | But what it did do was provide a unique workshop of the ideas that had been bubbling up in the years since the cracking of the ice in 1956 , and in a context which leapt over the boundaries of ‘ official ’ politics , whether mainstream , Marxist , anarchist , reformist , or Maoist . |
| 7 | The best the Company could do was to send a 25-year old clerk and a force of 560 men off to Arcot , the capital of the Carnatic . |
| 8 | All that was needed was to measure a certain number of coefficients of elasticity , viscosity , conductivity , etc . |
| 9 | To their creaking and grumbling was added a new note , comparable to music . |
| 10 | All they had to do was hit a tiny fraction of the total available and they were in business . |
| 11 | ‘ In the very early days I looked at the market and decided one of the things I wanted to do was to build a big PR company because the market suffered from too many small companies . |
| 12 | All she had to do was get a good night 's sleep . |
| 13 | All the leaker managed to do was to provoke a bogus political row . |
| 14 | A male friend had tried to dissuade Hale from seeking a much needed job and had given her a thousand dollars to buy ‘ the most beautiful dress in New York ’ , telling her that what she needed was to find a rich husband . |
| 15 | A tangle of twisted metal is all that remains of the giant oil tank that fuelled the power station at the edge of the Bulmers factory site.It 's believed the man who died was welding a measuring gauge on top of the tank when it exploded , scattering debris over a wide area.The man died before he reached hospital.After the first explosion , there were further blasts creating a pall of smoke over Hereford.Bulmers Director Terry Watts was in an office nearby : |
| 16 | The approach he took was to develop a Virtual Processor — a 32-bit machine with 16 registers and support for standard data types and addressing modes , which did n't actually exist . |
| 17 | The approach he took was to develop a Virtual Processor — a 32-bit machine with 16 registers and support for standard data types and addressing modes , which did n't actually exist . |
| 18 | ( b ) Supplying or offering to supply goods The expression offering to supply was given a wide meaning by s6 in order to avoid the difficulty found in Fisher v Bell [ 1961 ] 1 QB 394 . |
| 19 | One of the first things he did was to activate a small probe , with which he scanned his surroundings . |
| 20 | ‘ No , no , what they did was attach a slow fuse to the gunpowder and left it coiled under the bed . ’ |
| 21 | What I did was prepare a supplementary form to the one that we had at the management team meeting |
| 22 | In fact this sweeping assertion seems rather too broad : what they did was impose a single procedural regime . |
| 23 | One of the most important things the VBK did was to start a privately-run school of art for women in 1868 . |
| 24 | ‘ Who do you think was wearing a purple knitted hat with a bobble on top ? — Mrs Wilberforce ! ’ |
| 25 | The other important contribution that the association made was to establish a bi-annual show , a show which became the talk of the art scene in the city to such an extent that the members could look forward to their work being seen , in the prestigious rooms of the Academy of Arts , written about and even bought by the cultural who included the Kaiser , ( his taste was somewhat shaky , but he was the Kaiser ) . |
| 26 | Now all that remained was to find a suitable woman to replace Mildred . |
| 27 | In a letter to Minnie , who seemed the natural recipient of the account she wished to give , she described how — when first she was taken ill Minnie , which I expect you have heard of from Miss Arabel , who I dare say was given a terrible fright as were we all , many despaired of her life but I did not and I am pleased to say my faith was justified . |