Example sentences of "was [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear she was waging an internal battle with herself , but finally the actress in her won out , and she tossed her luxuriant hair back contemptuously . |
| 2 | By 1850 the company had seventy employees and was using an early form of mail order to sell seeds in Britain and overseas , as postal and railway services helped to expand its activities . |
| 3 | It 's claimed that Gilbey spoke to the Princess of Wales , who was using an ordinary domestic telephone . |
| 4 | It 's claimed that Gilbey spoke to the Princess of Wales , who was using an ordinary domestic telephone . |
| 5 | He was using an elderly Austin A35 van to ferry himself and his sons around London . |
| 6 | Billy Graham was using an adjustable lectern twenty-five years ago ; ( he needed to , since he is six feet four and some of his colleagues are a foot shorter . ) |
| 7 | The masks eyes hid my own eye 's movement , just as a filter over the mouth would alter my voice when I spoke , in case anyone was using an audio pick-up with instant voice-print comparison . |
| 8 | ‘ Before the Firebird I was using an old Gibson ES-175 up until about 1971 , ’ details Sonny . |
| 9 | A jobless actor was annoying an off-duty bouncer , announcing loudly that he was due for a break . |
| 10 | In one case a field officer inspecting a large garage which had been causing problems with an oil discharge was given an extensive tour of the premises and an offer of ( unspecified ) help with his car ( this case , together with the lavish hospitality of the McDonald 's case described in Chapter 2 , were the only examples of an inducement , however vague , being made in my presence ) . |
| 11 | It was explained to her that her wound was the source of the discomfort and she was given an intramuscular injection of pethidine 75 mg . |
| 12 | He also claimed that player-coach Newberry was given an early bath for ‘ questioning a decision ’ . |
| 13 | The destroyer HMS Campbeltown was given an explosive warhead to ram against the outer caisson . |
| 14 | Thus we can say that in traditional Celtic societies the bard was given an honoured place in the official organization of the ‘ kingdom ’ or ‘ tribe ’ . |
| 15 | In July he was given an Irish peerage as Viscount Fitzhardinge , and would have received an English title had the king not been conscious of hostility to his courtiers in the English House of Commons . |
| 16 | Although no bacteria could be isolated — culture for chlamydia was negative for both of them — she was given an equivalent three-week course of antibiotics . |
| 17 | BR , meanwhile , was given an extra £130 million for 1993–4 to fund Channel Tunnel services , improve trains for inner Kent commuters and help pay for signalling and track work . |
| 18 | Bride-to-be Sarah was given an extra wad of £20 notes by Barclays to make up the wages of 12 hotel workers . |
| 19 | His comment that the Moroccan event which this year was given an extra cash injection of £125,000 , was a ‘ bit of an amateur sham ’ , has upset the local organisers , and European tour chief executive Ken Schofield . |
| 20 | He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings . |
| 21 | So far 17 executives have signed the new terms and the agreement of the other three is just a ‘ matter of paperwork ’ said Mr James Gatward , TVS 's chief executive who was given an 110 per cent annual pay rise only in July . |
| 22 | So far 17 executives have signed the new terms and the agreement of the other three is just a ‘ matter of paperwork ’ said Mr James Gatward , TVS 's chief executive who was given an 110 per cent annual pay rise only in July . |
| 23 | The London County Council was given an administrative home when their County Hall , Which had been erected on the south bank of the River Thames , at the foot of Westminster Bridge , was officially opened by King George V , in July 1922 . |
| 24 | Mr. Morgan was given an administrative post in the Traffic Development Office ( see Appendix C for biographies ) . |
| 25 | Joseph Berkas , an Austrian philatelist who got into a spot of bother with the police following a misunderstanding at his digs , was given an absolute discharge when his case went before a court in Vienna . |
| 26 | She was given an absolute discharge and ordered to pay Pounds 40 costs . |
| 27 | Sheila , 56 , was given an absolute discharge at Blyth , Northumberland , after admitting breaking a smoking ban . |
| 28 | Ronald Hutchinson , 70 , of Heaton , was given an absolute discharge and ordered to pay £1,170 compensation . |
| 29 | Roberts , who pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol in his breath , was given an absolute discharge but banned from driving for 12 months . |
| 30 | Mr Neilsen was given an absolute discharge , told to pay £10 compensation and £350 in costs . |