Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The battle for Southern Hemisphere supremacy was joined again amid the resurrected dream of blue skies , braiis ( barbecues ) and rugby . |
| 2 | This was repainted earlier in the year for the BR Bescot Open Day at Walsall while 0-6-0- shunter 13029 was also used for various duties around the Museum site during the course of the weekend . |
| 3 | The appointment of Stewart as vice-captain , opening batsman and wicketkeeper collapsed when Gooch missed the second Test , with Blakey consequently keeping wicket in two Tests when he was intended only for the one-day internationals . |
| 4 | Lily Firth , Lily Greene the actress , née Lily Greenwood of Leeds , was to holiday not in the South of France or Austria or Switzerland , but in deepest , darkest , furthest Rumania … |
| 5 | But Seb was struggling up from the table . |
| 6 | Here was the team which he had come to when it was struggling pathetically at the bottom of the First Division ; the team which he had made one of the greatest in the history of football , beaten by a fifth-rate side . |
| 7 | Round in 67 , he was irritated only by the fact that he had left it too late to play a postal part in the election . |
| 8 | These programmes were identified by the government ( HMSO , 1977 ) as central to urban regenerative strategies , but neither programme was redirected successfully towards the cities in the last few years of the 1974–9 Labour administration . |
| 9 | It was formulated dogmatically in the catechism and daily celebrated in the memorial of the Passion inherent in the Canonical Hours . |
| 10 | Despite the absence of any traces of body or coffin ( apart from some nails in the fill ) in the central pit , the whole monument would appear to be the probable grave — or cenotaph — of an important official which was erected sometime around the middle of the second century . |
| 11 | Aquileia was a Roman centre and the original basilican cathedral was erected early in the fourth century but was destroyed by Attila the Hun a few years later . |
| 12 | She was propelled roughly along the side of the van , squeezed between its side and the traffic . |
| 13 | ‘ I was kneeling down on the beach beside a lake when I felt this appallingly painful tingling sensation in my knee . |
| 14 | He was kneeling down by the wall holding out his hand to me . |
| 15 | The bending of light near a massive body is one prediction of GR , and this was checked crudely by the expedition of 1919 . |
| 16 | But after the second programme Yorkshire Television installed block heaters throughout the house in lieu of a fee , so Low Birk Hatt was heated properly for the very first time . |
| 17 | The sides were set , and national positions determined , in a debate that was to continue well into the future . |
| 18 | At the time , Belinda had merely thought she was resting up for the party . |
| 19 | In the next room half of Beverly Hills High was freaking out to The Doors . |
| 20 | ‘ I have n't a clue — I was freaking out at the time . |
| 21 | Because the motorbike was tucked cunningly under the very rampart of the fortress , much closer than the blue Corvette , Wilkie was able both to reverse the firm family progress of the Grimauds , and to make it impossible for Alexander not to catch up . |
| 22 | When his father was tucked up for the night , the son would wander out into the garden and enjoy the cool air as a contrast to the fug of the sick-room . |
| 23 | The Communications Compound was tucked away between the Tented Village and the Green car park . |
| 24 | A small machine code programme was tucked away in the computer and when called upon would produce the necessary signals to drive the servos via the ‘ user port ’ and an interface box . |
| 25 | Sunday Life has learned his filofax , containing sensitive work contact numbers , was tucked away in the glove compartment . |
| 26 | According to Ken he worked in the old Government Commission , which was tucked away in the back somewhere , until the present Government wound it up and the Cabinet Office took over its functions . |
| 27 | She wore a gaberdine suit of dark blue , a white blouse , and her sheepskin was tucked away inside the baggage compartment above her head . |
| 28 | Deep enough , at any rate , for a boat to get in to the boat-house which was tucked in under the cliff at the southern end of the bay , below the path where I stood . |
| 29 | There is a third sister in this euphonious family : Marina , the baptised name of Malinche , mistress of Cortèz , through whose good offices and linguistic skills Mexico was conquered both for the Virgin Maria , and for Marina 's royal ancestors . |
| 30 | Cayard was recalled instantly by the committee but it took them 40 seconds to hoist the French recall signal , by which time they were well up the track . |