Example sentences of "was [verb] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , it came in the course of a remarkable postwar recovery , which was transforming France into a modern , prosperous , and dynamic society . |
| 2 | That was great and started a whole year of being in America for me , which was seeing David as a major star and also for myself , experiencing life as it should be as a major star , with your cars and people looking after you and the record company being polite to you rather than treating you like shit and not working . |
| 3 | The town subscribed towards a new steamer engine which was christened Constance by Mrs Norman McCorquodale in 1913 . |
| 4 | Bell Aircraft was located in close proximity to the GE facility and while Bell was producing P–39s at an heroic rate , its design engineers were already looking beyond the end of the production contact to new , future fighters . |
| 5 | That is one version : another is that Arnoux was using Nguyen as a police spy , a charge that was to be made again and again . |
| 6 | Of course , Rodet was using Wolff as a messenger . |
| 7 | By December 1965 the CIA was praising Wilson for his " great political acumen " and his courage and flexibility in the face of an extraordinarily difficult political and economic situation . |
| 8 | Ealdred 's kinswoman could have been Abbess Aethelburh , daughter of a local lord , Aelfred , who was given Withington in Gloucestershire in the 770s ( CS 217 : S 1255 ) . |
| 9 | Added importance was given Gloucester by its docks and the Gloucester and Berkley Canal , the latter eventually completed in 1827 . |
| 10 | De Gaulle 's diplomatic objective was to restore France to the circle of great powers to which she had historically belonged . |
| 11 | It was believed someone from the Academy was helping Mann with the finance and distribution of the drugs . |
| 12 | Germany was to lose Alsace-Lorraine to France , and northern Schlesswig to Denmark . |
| 13 | Broughton , the oldest boarder , was slapping Hilary on the back , then in desperation pushing him over and trying to massage his stomach . |
| 14 | Owen was pursuing Garvin about the Camel Watering Account . |
| 15 | You s your suggestion was send Brian to the shops . |
| 16 | At the end of the visit it was announced that Japan was to provide Mongolia with US$15,000,000 in grants and $100 million in export guarantees . |
| 17 | In the play , which was to tour Britain before running in London 's West End , Crawford was cast as Runnicles , a bank clerk given the task of disposing of piles of pornography that is delivered to the manager and his wife . |
| 18 | The Constitution allowed the Governor-General no discretion over this , but Eri announced that he was reinstating Diro in his ministerial and parliamentary posts , claiming that to dismiss him would provoke immense social and political upheaval . |
| 19 | The full story is given by Diodorus : the Spartans ' hope was to establish Thebes as a counterweight ( antipalon , xi.81.3 ) to Athens . |
| 20 | Later that day , in the early afternoon , Matey was instructing McAllister in how to knit — something which had been left out of her previous education . |
| 21 | ‘ But when Gazza said the word beginning with F while he was representing England on TV before the Norway international , nothing was done . |
| 22 | On a day when Mr Kinnock was storming Southampton with helicopter and balloons , Prof Plant was quietly having lunch at home after a visit to his department . |
| 23 | On a day when Mr Kinnock was storming Southampton with helicopter and balloons , Prof Plant was quietly having lunch at home after a visit to his department . |
| 24 | Mike Gatting 's marriage came under public scrutiny while he was captaining England against the West Indies in 1988 . |
| 25 | Rachael , she 's coming home Well she was she was discharged Friday from hospital . |
| 26 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
| 27 | ‘ I was driving Kelly to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London , ’ Sandra says , ‘ and out of the blue she said to me : ‘ Mum , what happens when you die ? |
| 28 | There was something about the moment and the intimacy of the setting that was driving Merrill to a sharp crest of awareness . |
| 29 | Further conversations with Eleanor McCallum and others confirmed that God was wanting Gary to ’ move out ’ . |
| 30 | In the last years of the reign , Charles was developing Compiègne on the River Oise as his " capital " : his Carlopolis . |