Example sentences of "this [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was defeated by panthers who ate the foals , and by wild elephants on whose walk the buildings were sited . |
| 2 | Well if they 're going in t if they 'd two weeks in February , this was written in January they 're probably there now . |
| 3 | There are even signs that in some cases this was reinforced by reports which reached Europe as an outcome of the voyages of discovery that to a significant degree marked the onset of modern history . |
| 4 | This was done in case my main culture got fouled by overfeeding and hence I was always able to start a new culture if necessary . |
| 5 | This was extended to officers who were allowed to authorize payments from source direct to naval tailors for their uniforms . |
| 6 | The original proposal had been for PR in the cities but this was opposed by Unionists who were concerned to protect the efficacy of the business vote ; Central Office also opposed the alternative vote when it was put forward in the debates , and the majority of Unionist MPs and the National Union never backed either system . |
| 7 | Er , now you 've chosen this time to eliminate the other boat , we know there 's another boat around about here somewhere , and we know there 's another post here , so erm but if this was shown in isolation we would n't have known that . |
| 8 | This was accentuated in London itself by a progressive policy of resource allocation , in which investment was gradually transferred from relatively over-provided regions to under-provided regions ( such as the Midlands and North ) ( Mohan , 1988a , 1988b ) . |