Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He 'd be lucky if he was merely broken back into the Scouts for ten or twenty years . |
| 32 | It was all tied up with the rigid censorship restrictions of the 1940s . |
| 33 | Perhaps it was all drowned out by the howling dogs which are such a feature of the district . |
| 34 | He was all curled up in the gutter , naked . |
| 35 | We gazed enraptured at the city of Bath from the train as it drew in to the station — it was all laid out on the slopes of Lansdown like an aerial map of a moon landscape . |
| 36 | That was all set out in the recent Security Council resolution to which I referred in my reply and for which we voted . |
| 37 | I was less bowled over by the disc of Rutter 's own compositions , including his setting of the Magnificat , in which the Cambridge Singers are joined by the City of London Sinfonia , The Falcon , which adds the Choristers of St Paul 's Cathedral , and Two Festival Anthems . |
| 38 | A potential consignment was purportedly held back in the hope of a higher price . |
| 39 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 40 | In recession large firms concentrate more output within their own plant where economies of scale yield lower average costs compared to labour intensive subcontractors The advantages of a flexible industrial structure was greatly assisted up to the 1970s by a protected home market which gave companies a secure domestic base . |
| 41 | She was being towed to the breakers when she began to take in water ( probably through the conning tower hatch which was only lashed down for the tow ) and sank . |
| 42 | The disorganized nature of catholic — nationalist politics was only turned round with the emergence of the civil rights movement of 1968 and the subsequent forming of the SDLP in 1970 . |
| 43 | Cairns , convinced an earlier declaration could have given Notts a chance of victory , at one stage squatted in mid-pitch with his head in his hands and was only directed back to the middle after setting off for the pavilion . |
| 44 | In the old days there was no physical access from the running lines to Govan car sheds and workshops , so stock was only brought out of the tunnels for repair and maintenance , which necessitated lifting the vehicles bodily off the track and up through pits into the workshops by means of a large overhead crane . |
| 45 | She was only joining in for the sake of the others because Murder in the Dark is more fun with five than with four . |
| 46 | When Leo made some small movement , she was suddenly brought back to the present and became mortifyingly aware that she had just emptied her heart to a virtual stranger . |
| 47 | My inaugural story was eagerly cut out of the paper on the Friday morning . |
| 48 | Much of the meeting was apparently given over to the specific role X/Open will play . |
| 49 | Much of the meeting was apparently given over to the specific role that X/Open will play . |
| 50 | Several papers report on Goldie the goldfish which was apparently brought back from the dead when its owner gave it the kiss of life and poured whisky down its throat . |
| 51 | The target of two-thirds of average earnings was literally pulled out of the air , in order to show how low the pay rates were in Wage Council industries . |
| 52 | A warm stream of urine was soon gushing down upon the naked flesh of her full white bubbies — splashing on to her stomach , and into the hollow of her throat . |
| 53 | She was soon invited back to the house at Paulton 's Square , where she found Laura ‘ motherly , warm , interested in what you were doing and a marvellous person to chat to . |
| 54 | The voice sounded faint and was soon drowned out by the rush and moan of the shells passing over . |
| 55 | Clasper was soon hauled out of the water by the forces of law and order , something he had never bargained for in a lifetime 's fight against them . |
| 56 | The questions tumbled from him as he went hand in hand with Beth , down the stairs and into the kitchen , where Peggy was soon caught up in the excitement . |
| 57 | He was soon caught up in the wartime expansion of government activity , being concerned mainly with the regulation of foreign trade . |
| 58 | There I was welcomed by Molly Braithwaite who demonstrated Medau movement and I was soon joining in with the others present . |
| 59 | The battle for political supremacy was thus carried over to the Congress itself . |
| 60 | The high regard with which the instructor force was held was best summed up by the comment that , ‘ Instructors are good professionals but not so sophisticated as to bemuse the trainees ’ . |