Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time the tax that banks deducted from interest payments to depositors was passed on to the taxmen each quarter . |
| 2 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 3 | The Provos , he claimed , had reserves of munitions and were determined to keep going , even though a debate of sorts was going on within the Republican movement . |
| 4 | Which is where everything starts to fuck up , because the moment we turn our attention to Herr Mayer he tells us that the money he used to pay the Iranians was put up by the son of a well-known local citizen . ’ |
| 5 | Lack of buying by US clients was singled out as a particular problem . |
| 6 | His approach to clients was summed up in a remark I overheard him make to a colleague at the bar : ‘ You know me — I believe everybody ’ . |
| 7 | As with most of the Doctor Who stories of this period , the job of building all the special hardware and models was farmed out to the Shawcraft firm of prop-builders . |
| 8 | Nails was looking out of the window as if he had nothing to do with any of them . |
| 9 | Other bits stayed where they were , making her look like something Special Effects was trying out for the next Dr Who series . |
| 10 | An action begun in Glasgow for possession of the books , papers and effects was turned down on the grounds that the Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not registered in Scotland and that the complaint had therefore been raised " without title or authority " , though these effects were , claimed Shinwell , later handed over " for the sake of peace and quiet " . |
| 11 | The form of those prayers was laid down in the teaching of the rabbis , and we can glimpse it in the story of the Pharisee and the Publican . |
| 12 | Northampton 's return to challenging for top honours was brought about by a complete overhaul of the club 's structure both on and off the field . |
| 13 | In 1988 a Franco-German research programme for the preservation of historic monuments was set up at the fifty-second summit meeting between the two countries . |
| 14 | What I did in the circumstances was go off into an Ollieish riff about je ne sais quoi , keeping Stu achortle without waking the fair Gillian . |
| 15 | A kindergarten housing asylum-seeking refugees was burned down in the northern city of Greifswald . |
| 16 | A MINER killed when he was crushed between two coal wagons was forced back down the pits to save his pension . |
| 17 | The relationship between body posture and suppressed past trauma or emotions was touched on in the section dealing with cervical reintegration . |
| 18 | In the thirteenth century the decoration of manuscripts was passing out of the hands of the religious houses to artists grouped together within the towns and working for patrons both lay and ecclesiastical . |
| 19 | What may well prove to be India 's last round-up of wild elephants was carried out by a tribe who have specialized in elephant catching and training for centuries . |
| 20 | Chris Stocks was set up by a friend when The Sun newspaper asked readers to send in photographs of Chris Evans lookalikes . |
| 21 | Sequencing of DNA fragments subcloned into M13 vectors was carried out by the method of Sanger et al ( 25 ) , using a modified T7 DNA polymerase ( Sequenase , United States Biochemical Corporation ) . |
| 22 | The existence of both acute and chronic illnesses was ruled out on the basis of a complete anamnesis and full clinical and biological examination including routine haematological counts , serum glycaemia , total cholesterol , triglycerides , and renal and liver functions tests ( Technicon SMA-20 Autoanalyzer ) . |
| 23 | PLEASE CONTINUE , those of you who have difficulty are reminded that a list of fundraising ideas was sent out with the last notes and we would hope that the areas would get together and hold rallies and/or cheese and wine evenings/coffee mornings etc . |
| 24 | Yet , not all this increase in bulk costs was passed on to the consumers in retail tariffs . |
| 25 | A bill to legalize the marriage of Jews and Christians was thrown out by the Hungarian Diet in 1883 . |
| 26 | There was also a particular association of such patronage with Carolus Magnus — " senior Charles " who from young Charles 's earliest years was held up as a role-model for him . |
| 27 | His great oak coffin that had been ready for him for years was set up like a cupboard at the head of the bier , fresh lined with red and gold damask , its silver handles polished bright . |
| 28 | In France a new press bureau for war purposes was set up in the first days of fighting . |
| 29 | This was first suspected in 1878 , when a row of electric lights was put up at a hotel in New York . |
| 30 | The task of smuggling and distributing illegal literature and co-ordinating local cells and committees was carried out by a network of itinerant activists . |