Example sentences of "was [adv] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their approach was just to stick out the records , but more thought went into later releases and we had a structure where the label was treated with more importance . |
| 2 | He laughed , because I was still to get off the ground . |
| 3 | However , if his quest was originally to break down the stranglehold of the rock system , would he have settled for such a four-square format ? |
| 4 | In Maymyo I was at first rather at a loose end , for most of the civilian families had left , and the Establishment chaplain was there to carry on the church services and to look after the few people left . |
| 5 | It was made use of on 8 November by Cardinal Frings of Cologne precisely to call the Theological Commission into line , reminding it that it was there to carry out the wishes of the Council , not to determine what the Council should decide . |