Example sentences of "[that] was [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the time of Augustus the list that was compiled of magistrates of the Republic was based on counting from 752 BC . |
| 2 | We may scoff at the sort of community action that was represented by ducking-stools and pillories , by ‘ sending to Coventry ’ and by , in its extremest form , lynch law . |
| 3 | I was at a conference in Berlin on Wednesday that was attended by ministers of the interior for the Twelve and for the countries of eastern Europe . |
| 4 | The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time . |
| 5 | Er but but simply the fact it was passing through this area of land that was regarded by locals as being sacred and separating the two communities . |
| 6 | From behind a grotesquely warped arch that was strung with ropes of cobweb like a harp , a scum boy leapt to tear Lexandro 's mask from his face as a trophy . |
| 7 | A mouth that was made for lies — and kissing . ’ |
| 8 | The roof was flat , with a high parapet that was cut into loopholes . |
| 9 | We er emphasised to him the impact this would have on Oxfordshire 's er spending requirements and er the hope that the er spending that we get , and we get it in two ways ; one is through , called the standard spending grant , that is a general grant that was given to authorities to spend as they wish , and the other is a specific grants which are given for particular purposes , and some of them cover the legislation that I have mentioned , which we are required to spend specifically on the items for which they 're given . |
| 10 | Alan set up the legal part of it and the political side and I would come in with the more spiritual side of it : the demand for separation from the Irish Presbyterian Church that was operating in cahoots with O'Neill at that time . |
| 11 | Harry shivered slightly in the shadow of the sagging wooden hut that had once been somebody 's garden shed — some poor bugger that was blown to bits by a buzz-bomb most likely . |
| 12 | I idly picked up one of the leaflets which had two pictures on its cover ; the first illustration showed a happy black family , all neatly dressed and reading books around a table that was filled with platefuls of food and with jugs labelled ‘ milk ’ . |
| 13 | The voice was tiny , forced out with grunts of air , a whistle that was formed into words that were as incomplete and ill-defined as its body . |
| 14 | A Prussian musket bullet fluttered overhead to smack against a house wall that was smothered with posters advertising a fair , which was to be held on the feast day of St Peter and Paul . |
| 15 | The the Jolly George er was a ship that was loaded with arms er to send to Russia , to for our the use of our troops in Russia , and the sailors refused to sail it , and there was quite a to do about this because they 'd got the steam up and it was ready to go but they never went . |
| 16 | No , it was n't this that got on his nerves , but the monotony of his surrounding , the long , long road through the camp , the huts going off here and there , the airfield dotted with little planes , looking like toys , the new hall that was used for entertainments , pictures and the church services , standing out like a sore thumb . |
| 17 | It was in essence this same three-fold promise of the Anglo-Saxons that was used for coronations throughout the thirteenth century in England : King Richard I at his first coronation in 1189 swore " to maintain peace and honour and to reverence the Church , to annul any evil laws , and to make and maintain good laws " . |
| 18 | I asked my guide if they made the sort of paper that was used for books ; she said they made every sort of paper . |
| 19 | Her head and body were metal and her wings were water , water that was forced through holes in her back and lit from beneath so it looked solid , like glass . |
| 20 | One criticism that was levelled at calculators when they were widely available was that kids would start using them and really would n't understand basic arithmetic . |
| 21 | For it is now certain that she left Shrewsbury on the cart that was returning with gifts from the devout to our needy and afflicted abbey . |
| 22 | In order that I could test a number of hypotheses , I gave all the British ( and a considerable number of other European and North American ) Moonies a 41-page questionnaire , and then I reproduced many of the questions in a 36-page questionnaire that was distributed to non-Moonies who were matched for age and social background with the Unification membership . |
| 23 | In fact , much so-called juvenile water is probably either rainwater that has circulated to great depths , or water that was trapped in rocks that have been carried down at subduction zones ( see Inside Science , No. 6 , 23 February 1988 ) . |
| 24 | In the group discussions we were struck by the role that was allocated to women . |
| 25 | ‘ In the late ‘ sixties those who now lead this movement wanted to get away from a Christianity that was centred around buildings and meetings and give time to developing relationships . |
| 26 | But for the most part they had been undisturbed in their magic island or resort that was closed to others but which they could leave when they pleased . |