Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [conj] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No. 23 had a front garden the size of a Kleenex which was either badly looked after or was one of the new butterfly sanctuaries Greenpeace were trying to establish . |
| 2 | An inn , mine host , stories in the winter evenings , fishing in the summer , introducing some of the scientific ideas of farming which he himself had heard of but was sure had not penetrated the ancient little world of this valley … |
| 3 | The chief superintendent looked from one sheet to another and then back again , as if there were certain connections that he was looking for and was unable to find . |
| 4 | It will be seen , however , that although the Rules required that if the notice related to and was prejudicial to a person other than a member , a copy of the notice must be served upon him , such a person not only did not have any prior opportunity of making representations why the notice should not be issued , but was not given , under the Rules , the right to apply to set it aside , nor any right to appeal against the notice . |
| 5 | She was respected by everyone she worked with and was brilliant at the job . |
| 6 | Ravi Shastri has been tried before but was unable to unite the team behind him and Sachin Tendulkar , 20 , is far too young to be destroyed by politics . |
| 7 | NCM NV went on to bid for and was successful part of ECGD . |
| 8 | He wanted to but was afraid he would only cause trouble . |