Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken played Julius Caesar in a picture that , with no apologies , was intended to cash in on the fame of the Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton fiasco of the previous year . |
| 2 | I think the department of Health was swayed rather more than it should have been by that lobby , because the sort of service that was intended to set up in Camberwell has not yet been set up . |
| 3 | The Department 's share of the costs of approved courses was intended to average out at 25% . |
| 4 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 5 | Hunched in a remote and subordinate cranny of government — devising a rent bill at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government , as a matter of fact — I was not disposed to go overboard when our armed forces were launched into the attack in November ; but what on earth was intended to come out of it and how an occupation found untenable could be tenably restored and sustained by force was beyond the comprehension of this unmoved spectator . |
| 6 | Their supply base had been moved forward to Benghazi , which by that time had been captured by the British , and it was intended to stay out for as long as two months , mounting almost nightly raids . |
| 7 | He had read the script of Five Easy Pieces , whose title , it did not need a genius to work out , was designed to link back to Easy Rider ( though there were no physical connections whatsoever , apart from Nicholson himself , and the thematic stance of Easy Rider . ) |
| 8 | Accordingly , nothing in his framework was designed to stand up for liberty where the legislature saw fit to intervene with new restrictive laws , or where the courts contrived to discover or develop them ; Dicey simply assumed that this would not occur . |
| 9 | Although he was forbidden to get out of bed he sneaked over every evening and peeped out , unable to resist looking . |
| 10 | Under George Bush , NASA was committed to go back to the moon and on to Mars , and the space station was arguably a step on that road . |
| 11 | According to estimates by the Reserve Bank of India , GDP growth was expected to fall back to 5-6 per cent during 1989-90 . |
| 12 | Jess wondered uncomfortably whether she was expected to move out of the way and let the old ditherer through , or side with the Law and her own interests . |
| 13 | The USA had previously been opposed to such involuntary repatriation , as had the Vietnamese government , but the latter was expected to go along with the initiative , given its current desire to restore diplomatic relations with the USA . |
| 14 | Vicente might have entrusted it to Tristram because he was being evacuated from Teruel and was expected to go back to England . |
| 15 | The good news was he was expected to show up with a large coke consignment for processing , cutting and distributing ; the bad news was he would now not come near the place . |
| 16 | The candidate who took third place in the first round , however , Manandafy Rakotonirina , was expected to stand down in favour of Zafy . |
| 17 | On the basis of the first computer projections after polling stations closed last night , the alliance of the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic ( RPR ) and the centre-right Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) was expected to win up to 85 per cent of the 577 parliamentary seats with just 40 per cent of the votes . |
| 18 | Sun was expected to line up alongside the rest of the takers , but did n't complete negotiations in time . |
| 19 | The horse collapsed after crossing the line and boos rang out as Amelchenko was seen to hit out with his whip as his mount went down . |
| 20 | And Madge Grimsilk was seen to lean back in her chair instead of sitting upright and swallow a surprisingly large quantity of Willi 's excellent wine . |
| 21 | He was seen to bend down at two drains near his home . |
| 22 | At about 07.50 , a series of deafening detonations was heard , and a great black cloud was seen to issue out from near the top of Mt Pelee . |
| 23 | Some through passage is also noted , particularly in November , March and April , and one was seen to fly in from the sea at Selsey Bill on 1 May 1968 . |
| 24 | Even Mervyn , whose hands were flying across the keys of his accordion , was seen to gape up towards the thing dancing like a huge firefly in the dusk . |
| 25 | The milk ration for children was increased specifically to compensate for the nutritional shortfall in school meals that would otherwise have occurred ; civil servants realised there would be a public outcry if the meat reduction took place and nothing was done to make up for it . |
| 26 | In the original DES document in which the proposals for the schools were outlined the overall aim was said to fit in with the Government 's aims set out in their document Better schools , ‘ to improve standards ’ being the key phrase . |
| 27 | Nothing eventful occurred that night , and as Hugh had not returned , and as a careful search discovered no trace of Marian and Allen , it was decided to move on with every precaution into territory which with every yard became potentially more hostile . |
| 28 | After various consultations with interested parties , it was decided to carry on in the traditional manner . |
| 29 | The limitations to this structure were already clear by the 1960s , and an attempt was made to shift back towards lighter industries and consumer goods . |
| 30 | Ideas and information were exchanged , and an attempt was made to map out in very general terms what the two nations had in common in the Middle East . |