Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a new 375g pack at £1.19 was introduced on February 8th and until the old stock was used up the two packs were on sale side by side . |
| 2 | The result was to force up the price both of renting and of buying land . |
| 3 | A suitable break-point was taken on the death of Magnentius in 353 , and of the reports examined from 334 buildings , no less than 199 offered no satisfactory evidence and it could be argued that the remaining 135 hardly offer a sufficient quantity for any serious statistical study . |
| 4 | His agent was sorting out the fine print . |
| 5 | Cos of the design of this crusher affair , the whole weight was carried on the c what could be the bap of the bearing you know , the bearing cap . |
| 6 | Until this study was carried out the individual elements of the FAOR methodology had been developed and tested in isolation , each being the responsibility of different organisations within the FAOR partnership . |
| 7 | His intention was to pick up the 18,000 troops assembled in the area behind Quiberon known as the Morbihan and transport them to Scotland , as the first stage of the great invasion plan . |
| 8 | I suddenly realised the air was filled with soot from the chimneys above and the snow was taking on the appearance of cottage cheese sprinkled with black pepper . |
| 9 | The overall effect was to speed up the disintegration of the larger estates , but to leave the smallholdings virtually untouched but constantly threatened . |
| 10 | Ashby was keen because of the sparking relationship that existed between Nicholson and Michelle — but eventually the script was put on the back burner . |
| 11 | So no action was taken on the ideas of the Layfield Committee . |
| 12 | Action was taken on the poll tax . |
| 13 | Tony sat it out — in my tent I feel obliged to tell him — listening for the noise of a train , a noise that meant the wind was coming up the defile between him and the sea . |
| 14 | And tobacco ash was spilt down the front of his evening shirt . |
| 15 | The sun was burning up the mist as we drove on . |
| 16 | The rain had stopped a short while ago and once more the sun was burning up the atmosphere . |
| 17 | I was then brought up to this room , in which , at that point of the day , the sun was lighting up the floral patterns of the wallpaper quite agreeably . |
| 18 | When the iron ore was worked out the township including the school would pack up and move on . |
| 19 | Lunch was taken on the terrace alone beneath the warming rays of the April sunshine , and after that she continued her exploration of the house , amazed at the number of rooms that were apparently shut up and wondering why it was that a man like Marc Alexander Vila would choose to live alone in this enormous and obviously expensive mausoleum . |
| 20 | The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely . |
| 21 | Sister Beatrice , under the impression that Topaz was bringing out the hither to suppressed goodness in Lovat , encouraged her . |
| 22 | An enemy flare was lighting up the sky at the other end of the village , probably over No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 23 | The howling growling blood-drenched boy was eating up the foreman . |
| 24 | The 16-year-old was pulled off the 50cc Yamaha , pushed to the ground and kicked before two men and a women escaped on her bike . |
| 25 | The authenticity of the film was stressed in all the publicity and much was made of the fact that not only had the trial scenes been shot at the same time as the judge was carrying out the Detroit sentences but the film actually used his own words . |
| 26 | It was perhaps the argument that this imposition of middle-class morality was holding back the British cinema which led to the matter becoming an issue of public concern . |
| 27 | The noise of the car engine was carried up the the pipe and Mrs Jones was woken in the early hours of the morning . |
| 28 | The accident happened when the team was carrying out the ‘ Arrow through the Heart ’ manoeuvre . |
| 29 | Celia 's immediate reaction was to turn down the offer . |
| 30 | Lucifer 's atmospheric corona was blotting out the stars again , and voices were babbling in his ears . |