Example sentences of "that was [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A film that was shot on location in the region is being hailed by critics as a classic . |
| 2 | He recalled the ‘ ferocious debates that we had in the House back in the 1970s when , if I recall correctly , the Public Lending Right Bill was almost the only government bill that was defeated by Opposition backbenchers . |
| 3 | In 1842 he wrote out a short sketch of his theory , and in 1844 a substantial essay that was intended for publication only if ( as he now feared ) he should die prematurely . |
| 4 | He puts the incident on a par with two other embarrassing faux pas by fossil hunters : Hesperopithecus , the fossil pig 's tooth that was cited as evidence of very early man in North America . |
| 5 | Author Aldon Ferguson has produced a well researched history of the last ‘ temporary ’ RAF station that was constructed during World War Two that is still in current use . |
| 6 | It occupies the site of a former school that was razed by fire . |
| 7 | er Again it 's difficult to say , the information has been leaking out from the talks , er it does n't look as though a pay formula is being included but Roger Pulne , er even on the onset of this dispute guaranteed the members er that any deal that was struck with management would include a pay formula and er if the deal does n't come out with a pay formula after the ballot as I say , I think people are going to be very disappointed and let-down by our union negotiators . |
| 8 | Holly saw his face as he passed behind him on the perimeter path , a face that was scraped with despair . |
| 9 | In those circumstances I considered [ at 1.30 a.m. ] that I had no option but to grant the interlocutory relief that was sought by way of a declaration that in the circumstances which were then prevailing , it would not be unlawful for the hospital to administer a blood transfusion to [ Miss T. ] despite the absence of her consent because that appeared manifestly to be in her best interests . |
| 10 | However , any subjective concept of time that was related to consciousness or the ability to perform measurements would come to an end . |
| 11 | Other women might be able to cope with an affair that was based on passion and nothing else , but she knew herself well enough to realise she could only be permanently scarred by such an involvement . |
| 12 | He was dressed in a flannel shirt that was covered in sawdust . |
| 13 | He was sitting in a new white Jensen sports car that was covered in mud , with a sensational blonde , sensational . |
| 14 | I suppose ours was a monstrous house , a great , rectangular , pale-grey stucco house , standing on a high plinth that was hidden by plumbago and a hedge of poinsettias . |
| 15 | With her new hairstyle , as well as make-up , perfume and high-heeled shoes , she felt more confident about herself in the outfit today , and when , just before five o'clock , she found Tom in a lounge-room that was festooned with Christmas reds and greens , she was able to walk across the room to him , confident and smiling . |
| 16 | HOME : A semi that was hit by subsidence |
| 17 | A man 's body has been found in a barn that was destroyed by fire . |
| 18 | Assuming that a common position could be reached between the US , France , Britain , India and the Philippines , either one of the last two countries would convene a conference ; France would be induced to grant Vietnam full independence ; and an international commission would be established that was to remain in place for several years . |
| 19 | He was an ever-present member of the team that was beaten for promotion by Newport County and a margin of three points in a thrilling campaign . |
| 20 | It was , I did n't erm believe that the picture of constraint that was painted in appendix two was quite as bad as it looked . |
| 21 | He played a part that was made to measure , a scarf-wearing , nose-blowing hypochondriac who Dr Jacques was to put firmly in his place . |
| 22 | Having talked to the person making the eighteenth birthday cake about our individual requirements , we chose some suitable flowers to fit a small silver vase that was placed on top of the cake , and once the guests had gone I hurried them into the presses I had taken with me to the party . |
| 23 | Sometimes he was even prevailed upon to stay for dinner , which was usually a casual meal with everyone grouped around Faye and the wheeled tray that was placed in front of her on the padded lounge seat where she spent so much of her time . |
| 24 | The ability of the CS to evoke the CR after conditioning trials have been given will depend , in part , upon that stimulus being identified with the one that was presented during conditioning . |
| 25 | Some of this discussion will refer to the material inequalities between classes — income and wealth differences , for example — so the reader should bear in mind the very detailed evidence for this that was presented in Chapter 2 . |
| 26 | It was a story that was tinged with fabrication , told by a notorious liar with a warped sense of reality . |
| 27 | A powerful backblast blew one coating of dust from his clothes and replaced it with another that was tinged with soot . |
| 28 | This gives the problem that was illustrated in Figure 3 . |
| 29 | For slowly , propelled by some unseen force , the coffin began to jerk sideways , until it reached the wall of the chapel , when a trapdoor opened , and in a series of irregular jerks , man that was born of woman disappeared into the wings . |
| 30 | The improved neutron detector was finally ready ‘ later in the year ’ and ‘ within a few weeks ’ the results were positive enough that they formed the basis of the paper that was sent for publication on 23 March 1989 , the paper that should have been sibling to that of Fleischmann and Pons . |