Example sentences of "was [adj] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The most reliable and systematic survey was that carried out by Dr Kenneth Mellanby into pediculosis , and it revealed an incidence that was quite high .
2 Last night he got into bed with you and all his face was all puffed up from crying .
3 It was all taken up from home you see .
4 He went on a long journey , was weary worn out with labour , and returning engraved on a stone the whole story . "
5 Such a relation was first pointed out by Kinnersley ( 1975 ) , and by Fisher ( 1980 ) .
6 This area of study was first opened up by Professor Kurt Lewin in the United States in the mid 1940 's with the use of so-called ‘ T-groups ’ as a device for the study of inter-personal relations within groups .
7 The contest between the two candidates was first fought out before cardinals Gaucelin and Luke in England , but in 1318 the case was revoked to the Roman curia at Avignon , where Hamo was himself constrained to go in early 1319 .
8 In the fifty years since the TA was last called up for war there have been many changes .
9 According to the register it was last signed in on September 5th 1974 .
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