Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [coord] [pers pn] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This assumption shaped Edward 's policy of establishing regional hegemonies and it was vindicated by Gloucester 's control of a notoriously difficult region . |
| 2 | This assumption shaped Edward 's policy of establishing regional hegemonies and it was vindicated by Gloucester 's control of a notoriously difficult region . |
| 3 | The Committee then discussed the possibility of lobbying through various political contacts and it was suggested that Tom Burt get in touch with the office of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton to see when it might be possible to have a talk with him . |
| 4 | Teachers felt that this text offered them many opportunities for the development of the understanding of parental roles and it was thought to be a book from which all sorts of related topic work could be derived . |
| 5 | And , well , I was n't doing anything , so I just started writing songs again — but this time they were guitar-based songs and I was working on a Portastudio . |
| 6 | Gail was then a nursing supervisor of an Overseas Missionary Fellowship Home for retired missionaries and I was pursuing a high flying career selling shoes . |
| 7 | A few minutes and I was shaking his hand , completely dumbfounded by the physical perfection of the man , his elegance , his charm . |
| 8 | The errors possibly arising from voltage variations are however clearly much less than variations arising for other , explained and unexplained reasons and it was decided to abandon this idea . |
| 9 | She 'd only been at school 2 months and she was found to be blind . |
| 10 | It was one of his favourite songs and he was showing them all in the lounge bar at Ingham 's how it should be sung one Saturday night . |
| 11 | Darlington juvenile court gave the girl a conditional discharge for 12 months and she was warned to stay out of trouble . |
| 12 | Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament . |
| 13 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |
| 14 | In fact events have developed rapidly in the last few weeks and it was announced at a Committee meeting on Monday 1st June that we had every hope of opening the museum by the end of the month . |
| 15 | The employer 's business was supplying fresh chickens and it was alleged that the employee had made wrongful use of sales information such as customers ' names and addresses . |
| 16 | William 's was the last successful invasion of the British Isles and he was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day , 1066 , aged 39 . |
| 17 | Seeds from the faeces of three species of mammal were subjected to various light treatments and it was found that passage through two of them reduced the effectiveness with which exposure to far-red light overcame the effects of previous exposure to red light . |
| 18 | They pulled him into some trees and he was raped by one of them . |
| 19 | They pulled him into some trees and he was raped by one of them . |
| 20 | She wanted some answers and she was determined to get them when she next spoke to Kolchinsky . |
| 21 | The key event was the dispute surrounding the Eddie Shah group of free newspapers and it was resolved with the help of two pieces of trade union legislation introduced in the early 1980s which henceforth placed the trade union movement on the defensive . |
| 22 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 23 | MacArthur was not personally much interested in economic matters and he was faced in 1947–48 with vocal pressure for a new approach to economic questions . |
| 24 | I was using stiffer rods and he was using softer ones . |
| 25 | His feet had slipped from the kicked steps and he was sliding down a water slope that ended , abruptly , at the chasm about twenty-five metres below . |
| 26 | At our last Directorate it was noted that there had been further difficulties with unauthorised visitors and it was agreed that there was a need for additional security between the entrance foyer and offices . |
| 27 | In September 1942 , and at the end of 1943 , the War Office wanted additional trains and it was agreed that several of the then existing casualty evacuation trains should be disbanded , to provide more ambulance trains . |
| 28 | They went up to their separate wings and I was left to last . |
| 29 | ‘ The first time I met Samantha , ’ Bob says , ‘ I 'll never forget this , she was surrounded by these six guys and she was funking herself with a vibrator . |
| 30 | And they were tiny and we tied them in wee bunches and it was Miss who was the teacher then and she made a cross and put |