Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No. 3 was directly opposite the palace , only a minute away , but he was stopped twice by tourists whose thick German accents he could n't begin to understand , and then by having to settle a violent argument between two drivers who had managed to crash while manoeuvring their cars out of their parking spaces . |
| 2 | To assess directly the differences between situations which were recalled and those which were not recalled each subject 's mean accident estimate and risk rating was calculated separately for situations which they recalled and those they did not . |
| 3 | It was undertaken generally by people who had experienced personal misfortune . |
| 4 | McAvennie pounced on this blunder to race in on Main , and his cutback was met perfectly by Collins who crashed the ball home from three yards . |
| 5 | The unusual appeal was made yesterday by police who have reopened the case of Moira Anderson , 12 , who vanished without trace in a snow storm while running an errand for her grandmother on 23 February , 1957 . |
| 6 | The door was opened unexpectedly by Isobel herself . |
| 7 | He realised this poetic appreciation was stimulated more by Zambia hirself than hir physical shape , but such is the language of adoration . |
| 8 | His large untidy head was set close to shoulders which rubbed against the long lobes of his ears . |
| 9 | Certainly workshop space was set aside for women who are involved in the Labour Party . |
| 10 | ACRUCIAL step towards the production of an Aids vaccine was announced yesterday by researchers who have successfully immunised eight of nine monkeys against infection with one strain of an HIV-like virus . |
| 11 | Dave was led away by police who arrested then released him without a formal charge . |
| 12 | The Worcester accounts also show that the tenants ' resistance was directed particularly at payments which testified to their servile status , such as tallage and payments to commute labour service . |
| 13 | This was taken further with legislation which limited rate levels as well as spending . |
| 14 | The choice was put brutally before Christians who saw no harm in taking part , around 490 , in the ancient festivities of the Lupercalia . |
| 15 | I was raped twice by men I dated before I was married , and was raped on numerous occasions throughout my twelve year marriage . |