Example sentences of "[conj] was [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not have this appearance , however , and it may simply be a copy that updates but generally reproduces one that was written in about the 1270s by or for Richard of Haldingham . |
| 2 | Another of the benefits of the travelling team system was the camaraderie that was built up between the players , all of whom were effectively competing with each other for Davis Cup recognition . |
| 3 | There is no point in a defendant blaming his defective brakes if he was going so fast that nothing could have stopped him , or in blaming a puncture if he was driving on a tyre that was worn down to the canvas . |
| 4 | The idea was that Davis would be the anchor man , the resident musician , and every week we would have one paid performer who would be highlighted as performer of the week , a tradition that was kept up throughout the history of the folk club and the Arts Lab . |
| 5 | But if , as in the present case , all he can say is : ‘ I saw him once in Peckham High Street and someone told me his name was Joseph Fergus ’ then there is obviously a weak link in the case : how is it to be shown that the accused is the same man that was pointed out to the witness as Fergus ' ? |
| 6 | The team that was made up of the remnants from Roxburgh 's original squad — and three of those conscripted to compensate for nine weekend call-offs — distinguished themselves at Ibrox and none more so than Duncan Ferguson , of Dundee United . |
| 7 | At least that was something that was done out with the normal course of duty , so like I think . |
| 8 | He caught up with her on the far side of the teahouse , in an area that was roped off for the staff 's use only . |
| 9 | The dismantling of the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the creation of an archaeological park is an idea that was floated back in the days of Napoleonic occupation . |
| 10 | Arlington Mill is one of those mills that was pulled back from the brink of destruction in the nick of time . |
| 11 | It is as if academic freedom were a largely fixed commodity that was passed around among the groups contending for the right to make the key academic decisions . |
| 12 | He was not involved in any way with the mining that was carried on in the surrounding area , but he was greatly affected by the frequent serious and often fatal accidents suffered by the miners through premature blasting explosions . |
| 13 | This may be guided by the subsequent text pages which describe the intervention that was carried out by the Smiths . |
| 14 | I am concerned about the contents of , lack of objectivity of and lack of thoroughness in the study that was carried out by the Environmental Advisory Unit of Liverpool University Ltd. for the Government and the promoters of the Bill , Cardiff Bay development corporation , when there was still a private Bill , in preparation for the Government 's hybrid Bill , which was laid before the House on Tuesday . |
| 15 | I 'd like to move with th er , I I think tha wi given wi , though we have n't got all that much time , can we move onto another area that was brought up at the beginning of the programme which was erm the use of animals in recreation and er Lisa particularly mentioned hunting , now , she thinks hunting should be banned , do you ? |
| 16 | The Socialist Government might have survived the crisis had it not been for the internal rift within the Labour Party that was brought about by the Cabinet 's decision to impose charges for medical prescriptions to curb excessive waste in the newly established National Health Service . |
| 17 | Another important development was the iron horseshoe that was nailed on to the hoof . |
| 18 | He worked for the KGB at the time and he knew everything because he was involved in the secret inquiry that was set up into the ‘ incident ’ , as he called it . |
| 19 | In this article , Veronica Hanson describes a scheme that was set up by the Welsh Pre-school Playgroups Association ( PPA ) to encourage the integration into local playgroups of children who experience difficulties in learning . |
| 20 | One of the initiatives er was er the Congress the Wa all Wales Congress that was set up in the miner 's strike for instance . |
| 21 | And then , finally , out of sight but only fifty or sixty yards from this room in the field next the garden , there lies buried the main street of the old village that was wiped out by the Black Death . |
| 22 | it was in here it was sort of like , he 'd been niggly all day , he was tired , he sort of like knocked it over with his foot , and of course it went straight over the dry nappy that was laid out on the floor ready to put under him , I said oh that nappy |
| 23 | The triplet , reunited with its mother , was heading back towards the flock that was bunched up against the top fence . |
| 24 | He knew that Wells had gone to the police and , in a public-spirited way , had volunteered a written statement that was taken down by the acting Sergeant , yet a statement which the police had not presented . |
| 25 | And not to that kind of limp posture that was summed up by the princ principal of the theological college er with the word inertia . |
| 26 | For the most part , the growth of this dome was accompanied by intermittent Vulcanian activity , responsible for the loud explosions heard in St Pierre and for the ash that was showered down on the town before and after the fateful 8 May . |
| 27 | Spain 's Alcatel Sesa SA has taken control of two Polish companies , PZT Telkom , which employs 640 people in Warsaw , and Teletra , which has about 1,300 employees making public telephone exchanges ; Alcatel Sesa said it would guarantee jobs for 1,650 people at the two firms for the next 18 months and committed itself to increasing the capital of the two companies by another $25m within a year ; it plans to start manufacturing the Alcatel 1000 S-12 exchange in Poland , where it says it has already built eight digital exchanges in Poland with a $60m credit that was put up by the Spanish government . |
| 28 | Men down the hole steadied it as it became horizontal and was heaved on to the shoulders of the men , about 150 in all . |
| 29 | Saline lakes of the Vestfold Hills oasis ( Figure 4.5 ) string out along a valley , formerly a marine inlet , which rose and was cut off from the sea 5000–8000 years ago when the local land ice melted ( Kerry et al . , |
| 30 | The modest resettlement programme in rural areas which aimed to improve the grossly inequitable distribution of land prevailing during the colonial period was less effective than had been hoped , and was cut back by the stabilization measures taken in 1982–84 . |