Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was formulated dogmatically in the catechism and daily celebrated in the memorial of the Passion inherent in the Canonical Hours . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She was propelled roughly along the side of the van , squeezed between its side and the traffic . |
| 10 | The bending of light near a massive body is one prediction of GR , and this was checked crudely by the expedition of 1919 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Communications Compound was tucked away between the Tented Village and the Green car park . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Sunday Life has learned his filofax , containing sensitive work contact numbers , was tucked away in the glove compartment . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She wore a gaberdine suit of dark blue , a white blouse , and her sheepskin was tucked away inside the baggage compartment above her head . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | However , due to the short notice , Randalstown would have been without four key players on May 15 which was pencilled in as the reserve date . |
| 23 | The date was pencilled in during the summer , but the tourists , who will effectively be a near Springbok side , wanted a Saturday fixture . |
| 24 | Gordon Durie , the Tottenham striker , was withdrawn yesterday from the Scotland squad to face Malta on Wednesday at Ibrox after the player broke down in training . |
| 25 | The Crusade was formed shortly after the first march . |
| 26 | The sequence of deposits suggests that the loch was formed shortly after the melting of the last great ice sheet about 13,000 years ago when the land surface was barren arctic desert . |
| 27 | RSVP was formed soon after the NRA announced it was considering building the reservoir in spring 1991 . |
| 28 | The Tentara Keamann Raykat ( TKR ) was formed out of the BKR . |
| 29 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , Nuclear Electric was formed out of the old Central Electricity Generating Board and has remained a Government-owned project throughout . |
| 30 | Loch Ness was formed originally by the shifting tectonic plates that created the Great Glen fault line , and it was scoured smooth by glaciation . |