Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very red and frothy , frothy colour blood , okay , supposing I had er damaged the lining of the stomach , or perhaps I 've had an ulcer that I 've perforated , and I was coughing up blood from the stomach what colour might that be ? |
| 2 | The plan drew wide support from schools , universities and industry , but was turned down flat by the Department of Education , apparently on instructions from Downing Street . |
| 3 | The Test of Acceptability was carried out by Lord Pearce and a number of other people , including Lord Harlech , and it was turned down flat by the Africans . |
| 4 | In debates over the Labour party 's policy review in 1989 , Mr Kinnock countered complaints from his left wing that he was propping up capitalism with the claim that Labour 's task was to make the market work more efficiently and justly . |
| 5 | Balor was bellowing for help ; he was calling down vengeance on the Trees and promising that Inchbad and the Robemaker and the Master CuRoi would certainly punish the Trees for this . |
| 6 | It is the first Scottish Office contract to have been lost by Her Majesty 's Stationery Office since it was set up north of the Border in 1906 with the primary aim of servicing the Scottish Office . |
| 7 | Sisulu said that the ANC believed that a " third force " was stirring up violence in the townships between ANC supporters and those of the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi . |
| 8 | Their god was True Valiance , a splendid celibate of noble brow and sturdy limb , whose destiny was to seek out injustice in the world and restore what was lawful and proper . |
| 9 | The Australians were recovering again from the brink of disaster , although a ruthless reprisal raid by Portuguese against the natives who had helped the Japanese was storing up trouble for the future . |
| 10 | I did n't say that , that surrogacy was storing up trouble for the future |
| 11 | The case was taken on appeal to the House of Lords , who upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal on the merits , but rebuked the Court of Appeal for not following its own previous decisions . |
| 12 | The style and ease of the execution of the coup gave credence to the view that Fujimori was still in control of the army which , in keeping with his claim that his main purpose was to root out corruption in the Congress and the judiciary , restricted its actions to seizing control of government buildings in the capital , Lima , and placing under house arrest a dozen opposition politicians ( who were subsequently released ) , including the main opposition American Popular Revolutionary Alliance ( APRA ) former Economy Minister Abel Salinas , the former Interior Minister AugustÃn Mantilla , and a leading APRA trade unionist , Luis Negreiros . |