Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Held with the intention ’ has come to mean brought into being with the intention , on the part of anyone , and subsequently held , by him or by anyone else' ; and if that is what the draftsman intended or was instructed to express , the conclusion is irresistible that he did so with a degree of competence that would not have disgraced a chimpanzee learning the piano . |
| 2 | Of the 41 Local Authority libraries that replied , 24 had automated or were considering automation ; the majority had implemented automation of accessions , cataloguing and circulation , but only 2 had introduced automated systems for ILL . |
| 3 | By last night most airports had either reopened or were scheduled to reopen . |
| 4 | The body of Alan Chalky White was found in lake fifty six at the Cotswold Water Park in 1989 … the same lake , it 's claimed that was used to hide the drugs.Tim Hurst reports from Winchester Crown Court . |
| 5 | Military budgets and procurement were not publicly disclosed and were deducted from national revenues before allocations were made to departments subject to popular discussion . |
| 6 | After an eight-day disputation , in which Molla Husrev was one of the judges , Hocazade was adjudged to have won and was given Molla Zeyrek 's medrese as a reward . |
| 7 | The incomes of these basic organizations thereafter belonged to the area in which they were located and were lost to the parent organization . |
| 8 | All first year pupils in the schools were included and were assessed on three occasions ( 4538 before teaching ( 1988 ) , 3930 immediately after teaching ( 1989 ) , 3786 at one year follow up ( 1990 ) ) . |
| 9 | The meeting was friendly and Albert went off to Brighton where he roundly denounced me and all my works — without revealing that he was without his customary hat which he had forgotten and was hanging safely on a hook in my hall . |
| 10 | On this visit , Mr Weir , the mate , is said to have become entangled in the buoy rope when the anchor was being dropped and was dragged to the bottom and drowned . |
| 11 | She could not hear anything , of course , as Rose 's voice dropped and was interrupted by the rumble of Dagmar 's , but she heard enough . |
| 12 | But er there was a lot there was a lot of girls and th I do n't know what had what had happened but I mean , that was the worst thing , he 'd went up in the lift and there was quite there was some other the rest of the people in the lift er was trapped and was burned to death you know , tragic end . |
| 13 | The priest 's cassock lifted and was whipped |
| 14 | A testing ground with other women in which the moments of assertion were not always secure , in which women attacked and were attacked , in which in an inverted way we both used the consciousness-raising groups to assert a new independence , a new self-determination , and at the same time to express the unarticulated tensions we felt in the other areas of our lives . |
| 15 | I thought she sounded rather as though she too had forgotten the essence of Lili , was now reminded and was regretting her invitation . |
| 16 | The remaining 1896 patients were actively contacted but only 32% responded and were tested . |
| 17 | The scale of fees has been simplified and was set out in the last Q.T. notes ( gold paper again ) £12 per annum for teachers living within 50 miles of their training venue £10 per annum for those outside a 50 mile radius |
| 18 | In a moment the attackers dissolved and were gone . |
| 19 | ‘ The picture dissolved and was replaced by an image of the three climbers : almost at the end of the knotted rope , a slim man in black combat clothes , hanging with the agility of a spider , keen eyes scanning the gulley for cover ; above him a young woman , similarly dressed , eyes bright with excitement , talking and gesticulating ; and above her a giant of a man , his body barely covered by his torn clothing , waving a bizarre weapon , grinning like a wolf . |
| 20 | She had only just seen that Beuno had come and was sitting in the garden amongst the wild Welsh poppies and the camomile daisies and the pheasant feathers . |
| 21 | The original chapel collapsed and was rebuilt in 1863–4 . |
| 22 | He stared at her ; the murderous look had vanished and was replaced by one of sheer puzzlement . |
| 23 | The engine was rebuilt and was run four more hours on a test stand before it was mounted in the aircraft with then , ten hours total running time . |
| 24 | Nails took such a proposition in his stride , unworried ; Jazz , although slightly apprehensive , was keen because swimming was the discipline he most enjoyed and was making the best progress in ; only Hoomey 's eyes came out on stalks at the presumption . |
| 25 | Having tried unsuccessfully to negotiate by telephone a compromise truce with Mola and other rebel commanders , he in turn resigned and was replaced by Azaña 's friend José Giral . |
| 26 | In this crisis the last parliamentary Cabinet resigned and was replaced by a ‘ business cabinet ’ ( Kabinet karja ) headed by Djuanda , not identified with a party . |
| 27 | On 11 January 1990 all three of the directors resigned and were replaced by the applicant as sole director . |
| 28 | He saw action in the Pacific , was wounded and was awarded the Purple Heart , and always remained very proud of his Marine background . |
| 29 | ‘ You do a bit , ’ said Betty with a note of true concern , and quite taking the wind out of Lydia 's sails , who wondered whether it was true that she had been seriously wounded and was repressing her hurt to the detriment of her psyche . |
| 30 | The terrible trio eventually got caught and were expelled . |