Example sentences of "[vb base] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The anticipation overcame her fear , and there was fear : the thing which had most made her hesitate was the thought of the deaths of her two friends . |
| 2 | And would n't it be ironic if John Smith , after much agonising about Labour 's soul and purpose , bit the bullet , and , abandoning what many say was the reason for failure last time , promised not to put up taxes — and nobody believed him . |
| 3 | But we lived near a battery , we lived out at Whale Park And when they they deciding give the Elizabeth was just a baby then and I used to grab Elizabeth and go in the bed and the d down quilt and the pillows on top of us and lie tight and send you until the was in the sitting room and the search light follow the plane was at The plane was that near the house that the searchlight come right into the window , and the next I ken was the bullets ricocheting off the roof . |
| 4 | Export or perish was the message received by 98 countries from the IMF between 1980 and 19852 . |
| 5 | Also welcome was the Royal Assent to the Bill authorising the construction of spurs from the Liverpool Street-Cambridge line to serve Stansted Airport on which work is now substantially advanced . |
| 6 | Specially welcome was the much greater interest and support shown by our many STUDENTS . |
| 7 | So complete was the ascendancy of Keynesian ideas that the antecedent classical modes of analysis were abandoned by all but a few die-hard sceptics . |
| 8 | They are claiming more than £100,000 compensaion for what they allege was the ‘ catastrophic ’ effect the contamination has had on their lives . |
| 9 | A wether was the word for a castrated sheep , and thus he made clear his difference . |
| 10 | yeah no , what happen was the alarm went off in their block or something and they all had to go into a room , I do n't know |
| 11 | What Do You Want you know was the shortest number one in history . |
| 12 | Er it would n't have been so bad you know because we when we set out first it was just you know to be successful at home and then we were successful over here and that was you know was the serious big surprise . |
| 13 | A particular case that I remember was the client 's stock calculations geared to achieving the required gross profit percentage . |
| 14 | ‘ ALL I remember was the sudden transition from abseiling , to being battered and pummelled and thrown violently down the mountain . |
| 15 | But what I remember was the way he 'd ask : " How much do you want from me ? " |
| 16 | When she come up with them photos I suppose was the last time were n't it ? |
| 17 | Erm and that 's I suppose was the point I was trying to make earlier that al that 's why abusers sometimes find it very easy because they 're able to tap into a lot of the ways in which we treat children um y'know so er |
| 18 | Hunting-shooting-and-fishing was the norm . |
| 19 | It was an affliction rather than a gift , and I was to be healed of it two years later by what I believe was the power of Christ . |
| 20 | I first met him during the early 1950s and I became editor of what I believe was the second journal in the now enormous Pergamon Press stable . |
| 21 | Royal author Andrew Morton , whose best-seller Diana : Her True Story , is said to have been approved by Diana and many believe was the nail in the coffin of the royal marriage , said the princess may marry again . |
| 22 | Following the success of the event , which we believe was the first of its kind in our field , we intend to hold a number of similar seminars in the future , for export and home-based customers , to confirm 's place as the leading flavour supplier to the crisp and snack industry throughout Europe . |
| 23 | The amendment the Government has put forward does not hold out much real hope for B R managers about remaining in the medium or long term in charge of viable business , to that extent the amendment does not carry out what I believe was the intention of Lord Paignton in in moving the amendment . |
| 24 | This has always been a great mystery to me because I remember seeing photographs of my father in hospital uniform wearing sergeant 's stripes ( which I understand was the practice then ) and later , after the war , he was a corporal . |
| 25 | Philippe Barbe , whose slender Martin Francis-designed 77-footer ( 23.4m ) Speedy-Go was the largest in the fleet , had taken time out of the Route de Rosé race from St Tropez to St Barts to participate . |
| 26 | My function was to select and train the Pathfinders , I was given the choice of what I claim was the best and if I did not pick the best . |
| 27 | ‘ She got on what I think was the wrong ride , and the tough part is that she was such a willing victim . |
| 28 | Fourteen I think was the limit . |
| 29 | . We own the street I think was the er one of the advertising campaigns that ran in America . |
| 30 | One I think was the industry and the other was was it the Brendan that he says in |