Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those who stayed with the film , like Preston , it turned out that the underground was infested with such creatures . |
| 2 | The ‘ Ritz Bedroom ’ , for example , ‘ so named by the Ashleys because the bath in the adjoining bathroom was exactly like those in their favourite hotel , the Paris Ritz ’ , was furnished with some choice pieces of Louis XV vintage . |
| 3 | It was furnished like any room . |
| 4 | If the process was stopped at that point and the Chart was examined , would be best interpretation of that segment . |
| 5 | Now Mr , in the light of what Mr has said , do you understand that if the structure plan key diagram was amended in that way , it will still yo leave you and your clients open to challenge , or you would have a better chance of challenging er the er preferred option of the County Councils at the next stage , which is either through the local plan channel or through the er the the planning application stage for the highway ? |
| 6 | Gibson was joined in this research by E. W. Fawcett [ q.v . ] . |
| 7 | It was joined by another voice ; he realized it was his own . |
| 8 | In one game , against Nottingham Forest , Stephenson was joined by another player who was to take a leading role in Chapman 's future — Grenadier Guardsman Charlie Buchan of Sunderland , whom Chapman met for the first time . |
| 9 | The waiter was joined by another waiter , equally stoic ; their faces were grained by evening shadow . |
| 10 | Only days later news of a rights issue by British Airways was leaked to many newspapers . |
| 11 | We sang , a little earlier on , a song of er Wesley 's and back those two hundred and twenty , two hundred and thirty years ago , when Wesley was preaching in this country and in America , there was another preacher every bit as famous then , perhaps not quite so famous today , preacher by the name of George Whitfield and George Whitfield , he went around and he was preaching , and he preached on this , this text , John er , i in John three , you must be born again ! |
| 12 | There is , to my mind , no doubt that Mr Bloch and his locksmith would not have been permitted by Mr Clayton to interfere with the existing lock if Mr Clayton had been told that that act was intended in any way to interfere with his rights under his existing sub-lease . |
| 13 | But the more precise use of the word ‘ State , ’ the use to be expected in a legal context , and the one which I am quite satisfied … was intended in this statute , is to denote the organs of government of a national community . |
| 14 | Theo 's visit was intended by both brothers to heal a rift which had developed between them . |
| 15 | JOHN Major was plunged into another U-turn row last night after a marathon Cabinet meeting over spending cuts deteriorated , according to some , into a ‘ dogfight . ’ |
| 16 | JOHN Major was plunged into another U-turn row last night after he was accused of backtracking over public spending cuts . |
| 17 | This dictum , though carrying the authority of Atkin L.J. , was uttered without any reference to authority and can not be accorded great weight as a general statement of law . |
| 18 | Laura 's challenge to race back was uttered in that spirit , but she was the better swimmer and reached the jetty strokes ahead of me . |
| 19 | He said he was circling in that round of despair where you do n't care one iota what happens to you or anyone else . |
| 20 | She was in pain , but she was taking it out on a complicated Fair Isle jumper that she was knitting for some nephew in Canada . |
| 21 | To develop a list of questions in a structured way as the basis for a second round of fact-finding , a root definition was formulated for each sub-system of the post-ERA model , and a series of second level models constructed . |
| 22 | The compliance to this advice was checked at each interview . |
| 23 | The improvement in mean hearing threshold since the preoperative assessment was calculated for each child at each follow up . |
| 24 | The ratio of labelled ( S phase ) to total cells ( labelling index ) for the entire crypt , as well as ratios for each of the five equal compartments into which the crypt had been divided longitudinally , was calculated for each patient . |
| 25 | The mean difference in Hamilton scores between patients treated with serotonin reuptake inhibitors and those treated with tricyclic or related antidepressants ( treatment difference ) was calculated for each trial . |
| 26 | The mean number of errors made during each trial was calculated for each group . |
| 27 | To evaluate this parameter independently the mean stool frequency was calculated for each group at entry and during the study . |
| 28 | The ratio of radioactivity of ulcer area v intact mucosa was calculated for each group of rats . |
| 29 | The ratio of the radioactivity bound to the ulcerated and to the intact mucosa was calculated for each group of animals of the B series . |
| 30 | The coefficient of variation was calculated for each set of 10 tubes . |