Example sentences of "was [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was stopped short by torchlight in my face . |
| 2 | On the final lap , Mark Smyth ( O'Rourkes Coal ) opened a small gap just before the climb and he was joined first by Graham , then Alastair Martin ( Ardsike the Bike ) and Gerald Irvine ( Toyota North Down ) with Cormac McCann ( Phoenix ) the last to make a successful effort to bridge 21 the gap . |
| 3 | His slender figure was plunged first into light then into shadow as he passed before the slitted windows . |
| 4 | The new pole , painted in bands or blocks of red , white and blue — not striped as it is now — was erected complete with weathercock and the tradition was once again established . |
| 5 | The mill at Kilchoman is of particular interest being constructed from corrugated iron sheets and was erected first at Craigens farm and moved to Kilchoman when the farmer who owned it went there . |
| 6 | The Battalion was formed complete at Newbury Race Course , each company making its own way to this rendezvous . |
| 7 | At the beginning of hostilities against Germany on 4 August 1914 , Wolverton companies F & G ( later under the four company system they became part of C & D companies ) were mobilised and the Battalion was formed complete at Aylesbury , before midnight . |
| 8 | That was quite a bang , literally — the sound of the explosion was heard thousands of miles away . |
| 9 | At Christmas I was given one of Brynley 's old books with his name crossed out and a torch or a diary thrown in . |
| 10 | There is a copy of the Church of Scotland Building Committee schedule which shows that the ground for the church was given free by Charles Morrison with a nominal feu duty . |
| 11 | And I noticed that the skin was hanging loose in folds over the shoulder and behind it , as if it had fit a rounder form yesterday , before the rigours of birth . |
| 12 | Roy 's mouth was hanging open with disbelief . |
| 13 | Fiona Burgess was placed second with Jenny Dwyer improving on past form to gain third position . |
| 14 | At one time the beliefs held about woman in the church , that she might not be ordained , that she was placed subordinate to man , that she had her ‘ own ’ sphere of motherhood , were simply at one with the beliefs of the world in which the church was situated . |
| 15 | A spank on the bottom never failed to produce its first howl of protest , then the cleansing process took place , and the ‘ miracle ’ was wrapped inside a cosy , warm blanket — then it was placed next to Mother for the first looks of adoration and wonder . |
| 16 | He was posted first to Reading , and was soon proving himself a soldier and horseman of rare incompetence . |
| 17 | Their atonement or covering for sin was received DIRECT from Jesus Himself , the One who is ‘ the mediator of the new testament ’ ( Hebrews 9 v. 15 ) . |
| 18 | I was to perform two of Joyce 's pieces , the first being ‘ Committee ’ , a deadly accurate re-creation of a Northern Ladies Choral Committee meeting convened to axe one of its founder members : ‘ Now , we do n't want any unpleasantness , friendly is what we are and friendly is how we mean to go on … but I think we all know there is one voice in the altos that did not ought to be there . |
| 19 | To investigate this possibility , a new , non-invasive test of gastric acid secretion was developed ideal for ield use in the third world , where chronic diarrhoea and undernutrition are common . |
| 20 | Originally numbered D1500 , it was renumbered 47401 in October 1973 , the loco emerged new from the Brush Works at Loughborough in September 1962 carrying works number 342 . |
| 21 | ALEX HIGGINS was crushed 9–3 by James Wattana in snooker 's UK Championships in Preston last night . |
| 22 | In Minimata mercury poisoning was diagnosed first in cats . |
| 23 | Phil Whelan 's long through ball was booted clear by Spink , but it hit Mick Stockwell and rebounded into the path of Kiwomya , who took careful aim before stroking the ball into an empty net from 20 yards . |
| 24 | When she left the centre a good hour later it was to find dozens of people in little groups strolling around the factory floor and climbing the stairs to the jig platforms . |
| 25 | The serviles , as the conservative opposition was known , had few prospects in the Constituent Cortes : on 23 May 1813 the Cortes summoned its successor , the Ordinary Cortes , which was to meet first in Cadiz and then Madrid . |
| 26 | Best of all were the dancers and courtesans — beautiful women like Ad Begum whose speciality was to appear naked at parties , but so cleverly painted that no one noticed : ‘ she decorates her legs with beautiful drawings in the style of pyjamas instead of actually wearing them ; in place of the cuffs she draws flowers and petals in ink exactly as found in the finest cloth of Rum . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Sarah , however , is not upset that she was caught topless with Bryan . |
| 28 | Doug Mountjoy , who was whitewashed 5-0 by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the last 16 of the European Open , again lost to one of the game 's promising young players , crashing 5-2 to Anthony Hamilton . |
| 29 | The band , invited on to the main stage at Reading by Teenage Fanclub after their appearance in the club tent was cancelled due to inclement weather , play Newport TJ 's , and appear as special guests of Pavement at London Astoria . |
| 30 | Club championship second round was cancelled due to inclement weather , and it final round . |