Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been better if the programmer 's skill was recognized making him the author or joint author of " computer-generated " works . |
| 2 | Thus the expansion of larger manufacturing firms was designed to give them the opportunity to expand output with protection from fluctuations in demand given by avoiding any excessive accumulation of fixed costs . |
| 3 | Clinton was expected to declare himself the winner at 4am British time , even before some polls on the west coast closed . |
| 4 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 5 | Despite these minor domestic headaches , it was decided to give him a special birthday treat of a guided tour of the Chubb Factory to decide exactly how all those interesting little gadgets actually work and no doubt to take away a few tips as well . |
| 6 | It was decided to teach him the final lesson , which would also warn off other émigrés who thought that they were secure in the West and could say what they liked about Ceauşescu . |
| 7 | Piper had started using Red Indian names for its aircraft and when it inherited the ‘ poor man 's Dakota ’ from Stinson the double fin and rudder layout was replaced with a single one and it was decided to call it the Apache . |
| 8 | I think it was also about that time when it was decided to phase our the old term of Customs Waterguard for the uniformed branch , with Waterguard becoming a dirty word . |
| 9 | Well , the point was as I recollect it , er that my understanding as far as the County Council 's case was concerned , was that er the village was not inset for E Ten purposes , it was inset to recognize what the County perceived as the physical reality of this being a substantial built-up area which fulfilled no greenbelt functions . |
| 10 | The horse was made to foil her every move , leaping forward as she moved quickly and turning her away . |
| 11 | Though He was made sign the statement might pass , it would scarcely be idiomatic to say He was made give them the money . |
| 12 | I recently had a liver transplant at Addenbrooke 's Hospital and still feel guilty that inevitably the decision was made to give me a liver rather than someone else whose life expectancy may have been marginally longer . |
| 13 | At the Royal Institution , one could get popular science of a high standard ; and what was offered gives us an idea of what was seen as important . |
| 14 | Afterwards , her eight-year-old brother was told to give her a cold bath . |
| 15 | Importantly for Nicholson , this quirk in the social order was all that was needed to give him the kick-start he required , and it also provided him with more money than he had ever earned before . |
| 16 | A sequel to Marshall Aid was needed to consolidate what the latter had begun . |
| 17 | Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ? |
| 18 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 19 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 20 | He was going to give her a job . |
| 21 | Having set it up , he said he was going to give us a demonstration coaching session . |
| 22 | So how we 're going to actually interpret that and er act on that here in Manchester and we set out our against er er to achieve that on the simple basis of quality and you 've heard enough about quality over the last two years to not be too surprised that that 's what we 've said was going to give us the cutting edge and perhaps put us in the leading position here in Manchester . |
| 23 | I was g , I was going to get to read the newspaper report in the Mercury and the Mail , and when I appeared at Leicester Castle before a Judge , but er , I think , and I was going to give you a clue . |
| 24 | Ah that 's after when you , when Jehovah was going to destroy it the death , yes ? |
| 25 | So Mum told me she was going to leave me a bit more than she had originally planned . |
| 26 | Then she added quickly , lest he deliberately misinterpret that , ‘ But I was going to leave you a note , as I keep trying to tell you . |
| 27 | She was going to enjoy it a lot . |
| 28 | ‘ I was going to ask you a small favour , ’ said Mr Chan . |
| 29 | It was n't working out like he 'd thought and it was going to take him a lot longer than he 'd planned . |
| 30 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |