Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NAM 's Public Relations Officer , Howard Heeley , said that while the Museum were sorry to see the Mk 4 go , it was more than pleasing to know that it was intended to fly it again . |
| 2 | No , I , I wo n't tell you how I was taught to do it because I was taught to do it very differently . |
| 3 | The section that was deleted struck me as very important . |
| 4 | ‘ She was a normal , sensible girl who had not gone off before and when she was reported missing we always feared this could be the outcome . ’ |
| 5 | The title itself was designed to pull you up short : The Heterosexual Strain in Modern English Literature . |
| 6 | The materials also attempted to embody generally accepted features of good practice in adult training — boards were encouraged to work as teams ; the principles of learning through practice and participation were emphasised ; relevance both to members ' own previous experience and to real board tasks was highlighted ; and the material was designed to make it easily understood by all board members . |
| 7 | The measure was designed to make it more difficult for crime syndicates to launder illegally acquired funds . |
| 8 | A check was done on the pH and a proprietary acid buffer was added to bring it down to 6.5 Softening resin was added in a box filter to bring down the hardness to 8°DGH . |
| 9 | A buffet lunch was organised to send her off in style at which was presented with a variety of gifts for her new arrival . |
| 10 | He wanted to settle , once and for all , the question of whether Riddle had made his last journey inside the Wheel and for that reason he was resolved to have it closely examined by an expert . |
| 11 | And in the end it would be national government which was expected to sort them out ( TES 1990 ) : Parity of esteem depends on more than assertions about which NCVQ level equals an A Level . |
| 12 | While the Anglo-American partnership was vital but unequal in maintaining the First and Second Pillars of grand strategy , Britain was expected to go it alone in supporting the Third Pillar , which was an essentially British requirement that had little to do with the Americans or the North Atlantic Alliance . |
| 13 | Eric Cantona is in the squad less than a fortnight after suffering a hamstring injury that was expected to keep him out of action for two months . |
| 14 | He was not ‘ the one ’ and I was expected to drop him forthwith . |
| 15 | We 'd get our demands because anything was done to shut us up and get us out of their offices . |
| 16 | Despite the instability of this couple , the team was badly shaken and many relationships suffered , much misunderstanding continued no matter what was done to clear it up . |
| 17 | I for one was heartened to see us just going out there and enjoying ourselves , despite going down by eight goals to one . |
| 18 | Mostly , she remained an invalid , irritable , on edge and defensive , becoming panic-stricken if the slightest attempt was made to get her away from the house . |
| 19 | She did not have the New England style of the others , and was made to feel it strongly . |
| 20 | I was told to get you out and back to Belfast . ’ |
| 21 | I was told to hammer them down and not give in until I had a sale . |
| 22 | At around 4.45am , Mark rang the hospital and was told to bring me in when I was in pain . |
| 23 | In Scotland , W. Manson was entrusted to carry it out and he did so with great efficiency until 1960 when he retired . |
| 24 | Once the cement had set , both filters were placed on their bases and 2″ domestic plastic plumbing line was used to connect them together and also to connect the large filter to the new pond . |
| 25 | The hawk was sacred to her , and was used to depict her symbolically in art . |
| 26 | No proposals were actually adopted but it was agreed to examine them further in working groups and at the fourth ASEAN summit due to be held in Singapore on Jan. 27-28 , 1992 . |
| 27 | Because their new make-up was so much thicker , a strong removal cream was needed to take it off . |
| 28 | If there was nothing wrong with a sheet or a pillow-case or a chair cover she might take it apart , so that her skill was needed to put it together again . |
| 29 | Much work was needed to bring them up to scratch and the small band worked hard to ready everything for an opening to the public in June . |
| 30 | Clare was a gullible girl , and a show of religious fervour had been all that was needed to make her quite infatuated with Underwood . |