Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're quite right , Karl , when you say that every seat was sold out last year for Gypsy Baron . |
| 2 | A bibliographical search was carried out previous to the award being granted in the period Jan/March 1989 . |
| 3 | The department was set up four years ago when responsibility for NMS property passed to the Museums ' Trustees . |
| 4 | The store development programme was stepped up last year with seven new store openings , compared with only three the previous year , bringing the total at year end to 79 . |
| 5 | ( No vote was taken on that point ) . |
| 6 | A vote was taken on this and was carried on a decisive majority . |
| 7 | EVERTON boss Howard Kendall had an angry touchline row with Gareth Hall after the defender was sent off last night in Chelsea 's bitter Coca-Cola Cup victory at Stamford Bridge . |
| 8 | In his opening remarks US President George Bush called for further research before any action was taken on global warming . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , for many millions of people , no action was taken on either occasion . |
| 10 | It was raining , his cowl was drawn up close . |
| 11 | The project has decimated the Amazon forest and led to the deaths of 1,000 Indians since their habitat was opened up 10 years ago . |
| 12 | Topaz was brought up short . |
| 13 | The German-American Academic Council was set up this month on the initiative of Germany to support projects and exchanges in science , including social science , and technology . |
| 14 | Finance of any resulting centre was on a one-for-one basis , the ILEA matching expenditure of school funds by a grant of its own if the advice and guidance of its support team was carried out i practice . |
| 15 | A change programme ‘ start-up ’ team was set up last month under the leadership of control supervisor Ian Mincher , comprising Stuart Brown ( operations ) , Brian Groat ( control ) , Clive Watt ( electrical ) , Bob Vice ( mechanical ) , James Johnson ( operations support ) and Kenny Pearson ( operations ) . |
| 16 | The pancreatic duct was filled in 199 patients ( 84% ) . |
| 17 | Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled . |
| 18 | That site was turned down four years ago on environmental grounds . |
| 19 | A re-written textbook was rushed out last autumn , but it was little better than its predecessors . |
| 20 | SOUTHWELL fell victim to the weather for the second time in a week when tonight 's Flat turf meeting was called off due to waterlogging . |
| 21 | It was because of these attacks that a Public Enquiry into the issue of political vetting was set up three years ago . |
| 22 | The campaign against the extraction and use of peat was set up last spring by a group of environmental and conservation organisations , led by the Royal Society for Nature Conservation , in order to try and protect what remains of Britain 's lowland bog areas . |
| 23 | And Dennis Garvey 's body was washed up two days later on the Suffolk coast . |
| 24 | The emerald dress was in a heap on the floor , and Isobel 's slender pale boyish body was stretched out naked on his narrow college bed . |
| 25 | In fact , Benedetti , himself a specialist in Caravaggio , did not recognise the hand of the master until the picture was taken down three years ago and he had an opportunity to examine it under a strong light . |
| 26 | Tens of thousands of East Berliners streamed to the West , unhindered for the first time since the Wall was put up 28 years ago . |
| 27 | Scathach was curled up asleep . |
| 28 | Prayers were said , water was poured down parched throats , dates were devoured and the first Ramadan feast began . |
| 29 | The Tiger Moth was brought down next to the airfield in West Road , Clacton , Essex , blocking the road and spilling fuel . |
| 30 | The ball was worked out wide on the left to Mark Walton who hit in a point blank cross to the head of Steve Jenkins , only for the striker to direct his header against the post with a goal gaping . |