Example sentences of "something that [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was involving her in something that was tugging at his conscience . |
| 4 | ‘ Thankfully I 've forgotten it all now and I have to look at it as something that was flattering to me at the time . |
| 5 | 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 … |
| 6 | There was a burst of laughter and the woman shrieked something that was lost in the hubbub . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Grainne stood very still , although she did not close her eyes , for to do so in here , with a creature , a something that was watching from the shadowy corners and grinning and copying her every move , was not to be thought of . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | Do you know if this was something that was happening to a lot of people , at that sort of time in nineteen thirties ? |
| 11 | Something that was associated with youth . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I wanted something that was going to be failsafe , something that would n't , after two years of touring , collapse on me . |
| 15 | That was something that was foisted upon him . |
| 16 | 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 . |