Example sentences of "was [adj] of the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there was never any definite proof that Bacon was guilty of the crimes with which he was charged . |
| 2 | Mr Bell was dismissive of the criticisms , commenting : ‘ I have managed to get through campaigns without knowing the names of my opponents and I think I will be reasonably successful this time , too . ’ |
| 3 | He was oblivious of the sounds of well-bred impatience arising from behind . |
| 4 | It was brave of the authors to heap praise on the high-energy policies of Labour cities such as Sheffield and Birmingham ; and braver still to cite Richard Rogers ' plan for London , co-written with Fisher . |
| 5 | She disliked the intimacy he showed towards some of them , was resentful of the memories they shared of which she was not a part , and felt excluded . |
| 6 | The road wound gradually upwards towards the Downs — only the English could call uplands downs — until I was clear of the motorways which cut through Kent like the prongs of a carving fork stabbing at France . |
| 7 | His desk was clear of the papers that were memorized and locked in his personal safe . |
| 8 | As silently as I could , I began to move away , and as soon as I was clear of the trees , began to run as I had never run before . |
| 9 | JOHN Harding proved he was top of the spots when he came first in Alexandra Pottery 's annual dominoes competition . |
| 10 | Liz Dolan ( who was top of the pops in 1991 with Airtours ) is sticking to Spring Ram . |
| 11 | It is exactly 40 years since the first record sales charts were compiled to determine who was top of the pops . |
| 12 | Some of you tried to say , once , that I was afraid of the whites . |
| 13 | I was afraid of the ferrets . |
| 14 | ‘ I was afraid of the Africans because I thought they would take over my farm . |
| 15 | If nevertheless a treaty is concluded , the third party to the earlier treaty can not claim that it was unaware of the restrictions . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) That the bank manager , Mr. Williams , was unaware of the circumstances existing between the wife and the husband leading up to the execution of the charge . |
| 17 | Mrs Dass read two further novels by Dennis Wheatley , and was unaware of the statements made to her husband by Timothy Gedge . |
| 18 | Mind , I have always appreciated wild life , even if I was unaware of the names or importance in the ecological sense , and it was also apparent that our farm attracted some lovely butterflies , particularly on warm days . |
| 19 | She was unaware of the words she uttered , the encouragement ; was only aware of his hard male body , warm and competent on hers , the driving thrust that pushed her further and further away from reality . |
| 20 | They were examined by a single pathologist ( SD ) who was unaware of the patients ' clinical details . |
| 21 | They were treated like children , not young adults and the 11 p.m. rule imposed on the Beida students without consultation was symptomatic of the authorities ' attitude towards them . |
| 22 | For the moment it was immaterial ; but it was symptomatic of the difficulties which would face the claims of Canterbury when they were opposed , not only by the canons and archbishops of York , but by the papal Curia , and — during Anselm 's lifetime — also by the king . |
| 23 | Child and adult education was one of Peto 's principal concerns , since he was convinced of the merits of progressive education as well as the usefulness of psychoanalysis . |
| 24 | For one who was convinced of the merits of control , both control of self and regulation of one 's environment , she was discovering something beyond her range of command ; her children . |
| 25 | It was not that Mr Grey 's enthusiasm for selling books had waned , rather that he was convinced of the advantages of diversification . |
| 26 | I always felt that it was typical of the Quakers ' practical Christianity to allow their building to be so used . |
| 27 | He was typical of the men we knew . " |
| 28 | His way into the sport was typical of the drivers of his generation : not having any money of his own , and his parents being both unwilling and unable to finance a career on which they must have looked with some distaste , Hunt had to start where he could : in the event , with a stripped-down Mini in which he learned the rudiments of the sport . |
| 29 | It was typical of the places she had been in during her Psychopomp days . |
| 30 | He was petrified of the clippers at first . |