Example sentences of "was [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And the reason I use heavy gauge strings is because he was using a heavy gauge and we figured it was better and cheaper to buy strings all in one gauge . |
| 32 | I did n't know at that time what the content of the exhibition was because Sarah who organised it all had to write to lots of people and arrange the loans and you know it is fairly recently that we discovered for example the tate would lend , their pictures because its very rare that they do , erm , and , so we thought the next best thing , when I discovered the change of dates would be to have slides of the pictures that Sue was using , but erm oh dear then wonderful that Sue was using a another book and this term allocated and I was n't able to get the slides she picked , it was my fault that they 're not on slide due to the amount of time that we had to do this . |
| 33 | The 30-year-old victim was using a public lavatory in Leyton , east London , shortly before 6am when the two men struck , pushing him into a cubicle and subjecting him to what Scotland Yard called a ‘ serious sexual assault ’ . |
| 34 | ‘ Yes , I was using a few of them . |
| 35 | The ribber tucked stitches because I was using a different colour — dyes can alter the tension quite considerably . |
| 36 | ‘ When I was working in Bishopsgate I was using a different method , ’ Dexter explained . |
| 37 | This leaves the manufacturer with the problem of proving that his employees were not negligent and that he was using a safe system . |
| 38 | She was using a French passport and the name Marcelle Fayette . |
| 39 | She counted to ten as she had been taught when about to deliver a big speech , but when she tried to force some words of outrage from between her teeth her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth and the most she could do was make a small cry of protest deep in her throat . |
| 40 | Lairds , like Swans , was designated a Naval yard and therefore intervention fund and for the E E C. With the advent of the peace dividend , those yards , designated Naval yards can not compete with the merchant yards who receive the intervention fund , which is basically a subsidy that allows European yards to compete on a level plain with shipyards in the Far East . |
| 41 | In 1939 , as war looked increasingly likely , the clubhouse was designated a First Aid Post and a special three guineas Service subscription was introduced . |
| 42 | The Ridgeway which was designated a national trail by the Countryside Commission in nineteen seventy-two , runs from Overton Hill in Wiltshire Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire . |
| 43 | In 1976 the green was designated a conservation area . |
| 44 | Due to the varied types of building , and its historical features , most of Nafferton was designated a conservation area some years ago . |
| 45 | Stanhope itself is an old market town ; its centre has many 18th and 19th-century buildings , and was designated a conservation area in 1972 . |
| 46 | In March 1972 , the centre of Currie was designated a Conservation Area , and Balerno Village was designated a Conservation Area in December 1974 , by the local planning authority . |
| 47 | In March 1972 , the centre of Currie was designated a Conservation Area , and Balerno Village was designated a Conservation Area in December 1974 , by the local planning authority . |
| 48 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 49 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 50 | Returned ‘ without any seeking or soliciting ’ on his part to Richard Cromwell 's Parliament in 1659 for Castle Rising , again on a double return , he was allowed to sit but was inactive until the election was overturned a few days before the dissolution in April . |
| 51 | This was to include a 1994 benefit . |
| 52 | The operation had been planned the previous day after close liaison with the local RUC Headquarters , and was to include a detailed search of the area using dogs and helicopters . |
| 53 | The phone rang , and she was grateful for the intrusion , leaving Michael deep in conversation with his travel-operator friend from New York who was organizing a big conference reservation . |
| 54 | Dr Nicholas Parkhouse had come to Kurdestan in 1985 under arrangements set up by International Medical Relief , a body linked to the French Medecins sans Frontières which was organizing a medical assistance operation spanning both sides of the frontier at the request of KDPI leader Qassemlou . |
| 55 | His long neck was tinged a bright pink as though reflecting some internal glow . |
| 56 | The devil likewise found work for idle hands while the entire staff of Harvard Securities were gathered to gawp at Leslie Grantham , alias " Dirty Den " the pub owner in the TV soap opera Eastenders , who was accepting a large cheque on behalf of the Spastics Society . |
| 57 | Johnson was used to red cards , but this particular coupon was to signal a different kind of brush with authority , a sign that the player had been selected for a random dope test . |
| 58 | The inquiry into the Grand National fiasco has put much of the blame on poor Ken Evans , the low-paid flagman whose job was to signal a false start . |
| 59 | Madeleine was whipping a stiff white sheet on to it , mitring the corners , folding back the top edge with its embroidered monogram . |
| 60 | From underneath them was heard a faint sobbing which allowed their well trained ears to pinpoint the position . |