Example sentences of "was [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clinton Manning , who works for the Birmingham Evening Mail , was stopped as he put the £17,582 Rover 220 turbo through its paces . |
| 2 | Now his heart was thumping as he turned the elevating screw past five degrees . |
| 3 | Gasping , momentarily blinded by the water in her eyes , she became conscious of Niall , treading water beside her , of his dark hair , plastered against his head , of his bronzed , naked chest against which her own head was resting as he let the water take her weight , drawing her towards him . |
| 4 | John McLeish rose to go but was recalled as he reached the door . |
| 5 | He also reported times when a parent complained about the way their child was treated when he knew the reason before they did : |
| 6 | The position was illogical , both because classical law had allowed many wordings which were far from precatory , and because the simplest way of distinguishing civil-law institutions was to see whether they used the proper wording . |
| 7 | It was stoned as it reached the Bogside ; Catholics clashed with the RUC ; and the Bogside Defence Association erected barricades . |
| 8 | This book was born out of the Channel 4 Television series of the same name , and so I would like to thank my friend and colleague Susan Eatwell Conte , with whom the original idea was developed and who produced the series . |
| 9 | From the opposing camp , Arthur Scargill , president of the National Union of Mineworkers , was cheered when he likened the review report to In Place of Strife — the Wilson government 's attempt to curb union power . |
| 10 | It was broken when we bought the car . |
| 11 | There had been bad harvests and disastrous storms , the spirit of the islanders was broken and they petitioned the government to help them leave St Kilda for good . |
| 12 | The mirror was broken and she hated the casual glimpses she got of her face as she cleaned her teeth or when she passed the hall-stand . |
| 13 | A FRAIL pensioner died of shock after he was mugged as he fed the pigeons near his home . |
| 14 | Instead , for instance , of saying a plant was ‘ biennial ’ , it was explained that you plant the seeds this year and they will flower next year . |
| 15 | In the former case this is because there would be full information , and in the latter case the reason for the irrelevance of γ t was explained when we discussed the intertemporal substitution model . |
| 16 | It was reported that she disturbed the prowler when she arrived back unexpectedly at her family 's Melbourne home . |
| 17 | Hankin said Gill 's contract was cancelled because he knew the player had been unhappy at the club for some time . |
| 18 | The illusion was shattered when someone turned the conversation with an interjection , laying out the assumptions of the speaker , imposing others which seemed as good or better . |
| 19 | His fist was bruised but he punched the wall again . |
| 20 | Ashton 's design for Pepe , the dog , in The Wedding Bouquet was bettered when he created the Town and Bad Mice , Pigling Bland and the other animals in the film The Tales of Beatrix Potter . |
| 21 | Parks claimed that he was n't even aware of what was happening till he heard the door slam shut as the thieves made their escape . |
| 22 | The debate was revealing because it exposed the core of racism and bigotry beneath the liberal rhetoric of Canada 's much vaunted multiculturalism . |
| 23 | Miss Stephanie Farrimond , prosecuting , said the woman was attacked after she left the Savoy nightclub , Clacton , on August 1 last year . |
| 24 | The woman was attacked as she left the Yarm Road branch of Barclay 's Bank at 11am , yesterday . |
| 25 | The 20 year old student was attacked as she used the women 's toilets near the Martyr 's Memorial in the centre of Oxford . |
| 26 | Mr Cordle was applauded as he demanded the abolition of standing charges for pensioners on gas , electricity and telephone bills as a first step towards helping them . |
| 27 | The firm 's managing director , Jim Heslop , was applauded when he described the scheme as ‘ EC and MAFF bureaucratic lunacy . ’ |
| 28 | Kelly 's head was swimming as she left the racecourse . |
| 29 | I was passing when I saw the gates not shut properly , so I thought I 'd best come in and see if everything was all right at the house … ’ |
| 30 | Tomorrow they 'll try and put up a sign to ask anyone who was passing if they saw the accident , yeah ? |