Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nigerian head of state at that time was assassinated two days before Arthur was due to start playing in black Africa 's first professional tournament in Lagos . |
| 2 | With Eastern Europe in turmoil and the single market far from complete , it was risky to start talking about European Monetary Union and the social charter . |
| 3 | Valuable though such concessions were felt to be in the short term , we concluded it was wrong to encourage prospecting in sensitive waters without an adequate understanding of the nature and level of the risks involved . |
| 4 | She was supposed to have died from Allied bombing , so that ties up . |
| 5 | With her experience in the grant-aided sector , Karen Hamilton was able to choose to move into mainstream broadcasting and , on a personal level , it 's been a very positive experience for her . |
| 6 | Central Office was able to keep going at full capacity through 1915 and 1916 , but here again there was a falling off in 1917 . |
| 7 | A brawl following a coach collision was unlikely to have led to fatal violence being offered to a woman . |
| 8 | Speculation that Mandela 's release was imminent had heightened in preceding weeks [ for meeting between Mandela and de Klerk on Dec. 13 , 1989 see p. 37116 ] . |