Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv prt] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of 22 chosen flights , I failed to get on only six and was carried on one of the next two flights . |
| 2 | Ship interiors were specially insulated to combat the problem and an operation similar to degaussing was carried out prior to docking with other vessels . |
| 3 | In addition to the normal diversion of public utility services in Lasswade Road and Gilmerton Road involving the Water and Drainage Department , SSEB and British Telecom , a major diversion of overhead power lines was carried out prior to the start of the roadworks contract . |
| 4 | A bibliographical search was carried out previous to the award being granted in the period Jan/March 1989 . |
| 5 | There were two summer records : one was picked up dead in Houghton Forest on 14 June 1971 , and one was seen at Bracklesham on 27 July 1972 . |
| 6 | The TAGH solution ( 9 ml ) was made up fresh at the time of the experiment and infused by the tail vein from 20 ml hyperdermic syringes mounted in horizontal syringe pumps set to deliver 3 ml/h . |
| 7 | In fact Well there was Craighead was it was built up high on the hill side . |
| 8 | In the past the normal essay was handed in complete in final draft , and marked with a grade and a few sentences of comment from the teacher . |
| 9 | Young Eric , who was modestly competent in English but certainly not fluent , was packed off first to a boarding school then to University College School , Hampstead . |
| 10 | SOUTHWELL fell victim to the weather for the second time in a week when tonight 's Flat turf meeting was called off due to waterlogging . |
| 11 | When I saw him stood upright before me , I could not be sure to what extent he was hunched over due to infirmity and what extent due to the habit of accommodating the steeply sloped ceilings of the room . |
| 12 | He was hunched over next to her , clutching at his stomach . |
| 13 | In the 63rd minute , therefore , Robertson was introduced up front at the expense of a defender , McPherson , as Scotland made a belated attempt to improve on what had gone before . |
| 14 | The emerald dress was in a heap on the floor , and Isobel 's slender pale boyish body was stretched out naked on his narrow college bed . |
| 15 | The table was laid out fit for a king , all gleaming silver and twinkling crystal . |
| 16 | Finally , he rang his bell and was pulled up unharmed to the surface , where he delivered the emperor 's words to his master . |
| 17 | Gregory 's father died when he was still a boy , and he was brought up first by his great-uncle , Nicetius , then a priest in Chalon-sur- Saône , but later bishop of Lyons , and afterwards by Avitus , archdeacon of Clermont , where his uncle Gallus was bishop . |
| 18 | The Tiger Moth was brought down next to the airfield in West Road , Clacton , Essex , blocking the road and spilling fuel . |
| 19 | In fact the whole financial framework of NEP was shaky , and much of it was brought in piecemeal on ad hoc lines , as was the case with the vital currency reforms . |
| 20 | Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled . |
| 21 | Walsh was switched up front from the centre of defence and manager Brian Little admitted : ‘ I think he did ever so well and I am glad I made the decision . ’ |
| 22 | As already implied , the content of the foregoing speculations on the source and scale of man 's capability for life enjoyment and all that it could mean is , of course , hypothetical , and in any case the development was spread over millions of years , but it does however provide a basis for thought which does not require the invocation of the supernatural . |
| 23 | The ball was worked out wide on the left to Mark Walton who hit in a point blank cross to the head of Steve Jenkins , only for the striker to direct his header against the post with a goal gaping . |
| 24 | But the expedition was held up all through the winter , and Bêcherel fell to the French on 1 November . |