Example sentences of "[vb past] [was/were] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | competition I entered was win a thousand pounds worth of Air Miles . |
| 2 | The secret we used was to make the correct article immediately follow after one with four legs or corners . |
| 3 | Egypt 's independence had been a unilateral declaration by Britain ; and the reservations imposed were to become a running sore in the relations between the two countries . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But Citrine and Self defended their policy against critics , whom they felt were ignoring the new and differing requirements of larger organisations . |
| 6 | 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 : |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Miss Geyer writes : ‘ The new thing in history that Castro did was to destroy the Communist Party and create his own Fidelista Party , which he called Communist in order to stand up against the United States and to gain backing and to borrow power from the Soviet Union ’ . |
| 10 | All he did was to invoke the dubious metaphysical principle of " sufficient reason " in order to ensure the existential uniqueness of his monads and secure a basis for a meaningful distinction between numerical and qualitative identity . |
| 11 | One of the first things he did was to activate a small probe , with which he scanned his surroundings . |
| 12 | Sjahrir later acquired the reputation of a resistance leader , but although he refused to collaborate with the Japanese all he really did was to monitor the declining fortunes of Japan on his illegal radio . |
| 13 | ‘ No , no , what they did was attach a slow fuse to the gunpowder and left it coiled under the bed . ’ |
| 14 | But all it did was to create a bigger gap that just got bigger and bigger . |
| 15 | What I did was prepare a supplementary form to the one that we had at the management team meeting |
| 16 | All the constant changing did was to make the next scene you were doing contradict the one you did yesterday , so all that had to be changed . |
| 17 | In fact this sweeping assertion seems rather too broad : what they did was impose a single procedural regime . |
| 18 | The last thing I did was to fire the blazing stream of petrol at the buck still sitting stuffed and dead and oozing blood in the forefront of the Grounds . |
| 19 | One of the most important things the VBK did was to start a privately-run school of art for women in 1868 . |
| 20 | Chevron surge : BP declined to comment on speculation it is buying Chevron shares , which analysts said were continuing a recent surge following rumours the oil company may restructure . |
| 21 | By the time she 'd elbowed the door open with two steaming mugs of tea , I had was reading the first thing which had come to hand . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | What he expected was to see the Labour Government driven into an election either by its own dissensions or by the action of the Liberals , and its consequent replacement by a Conservative administration , obviously with himself at the head . |
| 24 | We had a superb response to our requests for sponsorship from all over the JM group , all that remained was to do the dirty deed ! |
| 25 | ‘ All that remained was to kill a few hours in town , so I went to visit an old friend . |
| 26 | Now all that remained was to find a suitable woman to replace Mildred . |
| 27 | All that now remained was to get the next couple of weeks over — have the party , get Karl away , see Erika settled , get the business of the accident cleared up and then , although he did not normally think in melodramatic terms — then the future ! |
| 28 | I know , sir , all I wanted was to wish an old hero a happy birthday . |
| 29 | What she wanted was to send the whole family to America . |