Example sentences of "[indef pn] that [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was everything that was unloaded off the boats stacked on the quay ? |
| 2 | That man 's recorded everything that was said in this room . |
| 3 | In fact I discovered later that he was sitting just under the window , and could hear everything that was said in the kitchen . |
| 4 | Tug brushed his thumb along the edge of the paper and thought of everything that was written on it . |
| 5 | ‘ It was a disgrace the way they treated Gower because in the last Test against Pakistan , before this tour , he did everything that was asked of him with the bat . |
| 6 | Klepner had been doing everything that was expected of him acting as Mueller 's eyes and ears in Europe . |
| 7 | You had to eat everything that was put before you , to sit there alone into the afternoon while the winter dusk drew in and what was on your long cold plate had thickened until you had eaten it all . |
| 8 | The costs for the US would be enormous , indeed the requirement of the French was that the US would pay the entire cost , but money and munitions could be regarded as the essential calipers which might allow the rickety infant to walk ; and as long as it had an American account it would grow up and would be able to buy everything that was needed for a new nation state . |
| 9 | It was however in the late 1950s that a dog arrived who embodied everything that was thought to be correct , a living blueprint for further development . |
| 10 | And since , above all , in my view , Rococo has all the characteristics of a fashion , it is evident that this bias did not affect everything that was produced at this period . |
| 11 | I see a set of conclusions that achieve almost everything that was demanded at that time and I am grateful to everybody concerned who 's actually sat down and actually really thought about what we 're trying to do and everybody has made some compromise here and I shall certainly support this amendment and I shall make the compromise because the one thing in here that I thought was necessary that is n't there is the statement that there will be a head of centre and having actually worked in a project , head of sorry , head of project and having actually worked in a situation where I was a joint manager erm in the long run I think people will see the the wisdom of of a single head of project . |
| 12 | Instead of fashion being mainly , well almost totally an upper class preoccupation , it became , because of the ease of manufacture and because more clothes were more readily available and cheaper , it became one , something that was worn by the middle classes , gradually sort of percolated downwards . |
| 13 | Erm simply to remind you of the position of of Selby District in in that our interest in a new settlement emerged out of concern for the quality of life in existing villages in in Selby district , and concerns for the impact of future peripheral development in those villages , and not just peripheral development on the edge of York , although of course we acknowledge that as an important consideration and it is for that reason that we fully supported the County Council 's proposals in relation to greenbelt , erm you asked the question earlier in relation to the P P G advice and and the six criteria , erm in fact I 've already rehearsed that argument in my submission so I wo n't repeat it now , erm the fact that you chose to phrase the question that way I 'll take as a good omen as to the way I presented my submission , but it it it 's there for you to read again , the the the main point that I want to address is something that was raised by Mr Wincup yesterday , and that was the difference or not as between Selby district and Hambledon district , er M Mr Jewitt 's made reference earlier to his opposition to the new settlement , and in doing so he he he mentioned the settlement pattern in Hambledon district , he 'll correct me if I 'm wrong , but one of small dispersed villages , well in Selby district we do have villages of that nature , but the Northern part of of Selby district is significantly deferent to Hambledon , it 's characterized by much larger villages , and in fact the establishment of a new settlement would n't conflict with with the settlement pattern at all . |
| 14 | Here and there they could see long , reaching arms , struggling dark shapes , the occasional ripple of something that was touched with silver by the moonlight , but that might be green-tinted and golden by day … |
| 15 | There was a burst of laughter and the woman shrieked something that was lost in the hubbub . |
| 16 | On the whole , during what Duiker has called ‘ the Stalinist years ’ , this was something that was accepted by the Vietnamese Communist Party but one can imagine that it was not always so easy to accept the advice which came to them from their French comrades . |
| 17 | And something that was suggested by fire wardens , that they could do a five or ten minute erm presentation and could go round each floor to make people aware that they are the fire wardens , why we have to evacuate and the importance erm |
| 18 | Something that was associated with youth . |
| 19 | But your readers will still get some satisfaction in the end from hearing what the detective deduced from something that was put before their own eyes and which they passed over . |
| 20 | I realise that my hon. Friends who represent constituencies in other parts of the country are still waiting to hear something that was implied during the passage of the Bill . |
| 21 | That was something that was foisted upon him . |
| 22 | He tended to regard the conversion of his son Harilal to Islam as something that was prompted by monetary considerations , and in the case of such converts , he maintains that they should be readmitted to Hinduism without hesitation if they so desired and truly repented of their erroneous actions . |
| 23 | Ken Vasey did n't have to make a save in the first half , did n't really have to did n't give Charlton a chance , and even in the second half when Charlton came forward more and more , they did n't really have any chances erm one that Lee volleyed over the bar , one that was headed over the crossbar , and the chance that went in the net , so they still did n't have many chances , but erm United somehow erm construed to drop two points , and erm yes , dreadfully disappointing . |
| 24 | The ability of the CS to evoke the CR after conditioning trials have been given will depend , in part , upon that stimulus being identified with the one that was presented during conditioning . |
| 25 | Cain had killed his brother because he was jealous of the fact that Abel seemed to be the one that was favoured by God . |
| 26 | It is amazing that in this age of guitar exotica , courtesy of PRS , Valley Arts and so on , most players can not help but become romantic and misty-eyed about an old Strat — even one that was made in Japan only a month or so ago . |
| 27 | ‘ Bertie has been over to see us and has driven the car fitted with the engine management system he used in Donegal and the one that was fitted for the Ulster Rally . |
| 28 | The first area is one that was raised by me rather than by counsel . |
| 29 | Another problem , and one that was intimated in the previous paragraph , is the question of who is to be considered accountable to whom . |
| 30 | This was a difficult action for us , due to our utmost regard for the memory of Leo Fender , but one that was necessitated by the actions of the new management at G&L . ’ |