Example sentences of "[vb pp] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one bed that was occupied was at the far end of the ward . |
| 2 | It is nowhere stated that the ground which had been occupied was to be abandoned , but that was the result . |
| 3 | Many users modify existing style sheets but this can bring along huge amounts of excess styling information that you either do n't want or had forgotten was in there . |
| 4 | The classical piece Cale always claimed was in him never emerged , mainly because the showman in him would n't let it go : ‘ there was just so much chaos going on , in my personal and creative life , that I could n't finish … |
| 5 | He could accept rejection , but to be actively disliked was to him a kind of living death . |
| 6 | The only romance the Timelord ever enjoyed was in the 1964 William Hartnell four-parter , The Aztecs . |
| 7 | One way in which attitudes towards and categorization of black pupils was fostered was through gossip among staff . |
| 8 | You 've got okay you 've got something like a six I do n't even know what time the train comes they change at different times , the one I 've caught was at five past nine train . |
| 9 | The other way in which the economic aspects of military expenditure were presented was in the form of the public expenditure costs . |
| 10 | The last time that I heard that argument so brazenly presented was by Mr. Neville Chamberlain 's spokesman before the war . |
| 11 | She had no doubt her entry had been heard , that the soft sound she had only just noticed was of someone ducking out of sight . |
| 12 | In the past 100 years , the only time it was defeated was in Mussolini 's reign , which accounts for the popularity among older Neapolitans , sick of living with Mafioso , for his granddaughter . |
| 13 | The sentences were enlarged as much as possible , but sizeable gaps were left between each sentence so that the temptation to interpret contiguous sentences as meaningfully related was to some extent avoided . |
| 14 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 15 | Everything he had done was for this final purpose , " that I might dwell among them " ( Exodus 29:43–46 ) . |
| 16 | Everything he had ever done was for the woman he could not forget . |
| 17 | ‘ The first day 's threshing I done was for a man by the name of Rogers , Harry Rogers . |
| 18 | The MPs said the only firing they had done was on two US teenagers — children of Panama Canal Commission employees . |
| 19 | The British Steel Challenge inspired him , too , although the only sailing he had ever done was on a windsurfer . |
| 20 | This , according to the Nationalist , was nonsense : all the paper had done was to ‘ extol Kambona 's ego ’ ; the article ‘ excelled in lies and innuendo ’ . |
| 21 | Erm and one of the things I could 've done was to em er become a salaried employee of my own company which was a limited company but I paid myself as a consultant . |
| 22 | How could they say , as they all did , frequently and sanctimoniously , that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children ? |
| 23 | Paul Lee , Orkney 's Social Work Director , consistently said that what had been done was in the best interests of the children . |
| 24 | Councillor Mrs Mairhi Trickett continued to insist that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children . |
| 25 | Nothing men had said or written was to be trusted . |
| 26 | The horde of all manner of machinery that Ernie had collected was beyond belief , including more than 250 antique cars , plus many military vehicles and farm tractors ! |
| 27 | The principal injury which he had suffered was to his hip . |
| 28 | One particular pre-pilot study for which funds were sought was into night nursing . |
| 29 | The data prepared was for directories such as Crockford 's Clerical Directory and the OUP General Catalogue . |
| 30 | ‘ Doctors said the fact that I am well built was in my favour , ’ said Ged , of Barn Hey Farm , Netherley , near Liverpool . |