Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She almost asked whether he had not been there the previous Friday but stopped , unsure whether he had forgotten or was deliberately misleading her . |
| 2 | I suspect the King was surrounded and was lightly wounded by arrows . |
| 3 | This was much more than we had expected and was largely due to the need to raise the path to the front door , which involved relocating two man-hole covers . |
| 4 | It was reported to him that Lizzy 's hair was still golden , but his MSS book stank ; it had to be disinfected and was eventually burned . |
| 5 | But the coroner added that the water system had since been disinfected and was now cleaned out regularly . |
| 6 | I found myself superseded by much younger men , and so resigned and was duly pensioned off . |
| 7 | The few words posted to the tree informed everyone that Lovat had been badly wounded and was now in hospital somewhere in England . |
| 8 | He had twice been badly wounded and was still hobbling around with a stick when he was given command of Fort Vaux , the smallest of the forts ringing Verdun but crucial to the defence of the important Fort Souville . |
| 9 | Along the inland , mostly mountainous boundary , despite the efforts of the joint delimitation commission , much remained to be clarified and was still causing difficulties in 1980 . |
| 10 | Margaret Baxter was also very well educated and was more conversant with Latin , Greek and Hebrew than her husband . |
| 11 | The wheel was never repaired and was eventually broken up for scrap . |
| 12 | She was chauffeured but was otherwise without a military escort . |
| 13 | It had been established nearly thirty years in the Chiweshe reserve , an area of land for African development , fifty miles north of the capital city , Salisbury.The quality of the land varied but was mainly second class . |
| 14 | One Girl was caught but was too useful as a Head Girl to get the sack : |
| 15 | I do nt give a fuck if a goal is disallowed that was offside if I know 1 ) That it was offside really and 2 ) I know that no other side will be allowed an offside goal . |
| 16 | Obviously , the Government share the hon. Gentleman 's pleasure at the fact that the liquidator may well be working out an arrangement with the main shareholders that would mean BCCI 's creditors possibly getting a considerably greater return on what they are owed than was previously thought possible . |
| 17 | It was felt that was totally contradictory as community care was more expensive and required a lot more time and resources if it was to be quality care . |
| 18 | While he did not dispute that in many cases money had been levied that was twice what was necessary for satisfactory repair , and even then that the work carried out had been slovenly or even not done at all , the great laissez-faire economist had been convinced by the turnpikes that so far as public works " for facilitating commerce in general " were concerned , " the greater part may easily be so managed as to afford a particular revenue sufficient for defraying their own expense , without bringing any burden upon the general revenue of society " . |
| 19 | Last week 's leaked report revealing that five old people 's homes could close resulted in a wave of protests like this one in Woodstock yesterday.But the Director of Social Services has said that was just one piece of the jigsaw . |
| 20 | Knitted in stocking stitch , the fabric was very loose and open , had been well steamed and was therefore very , very floppy . |
| 21 | FitzAlan had turned and was now half sitting , half leaning against the table . |
| 22 | One evening Leopold Zborowski , a Polish poet , came to look at the modern paintings exhibited and was immediately taken by Modigliani 's remarkable talent . |
| 23 | He sat in shamefaced silence while Paul Lexington explained to the company what was going to be done and was still silent , but attentive , while Wallas Ward , who had encountered the deaf-aid on a previous production , demonstrated the apparatus . |
| 24 | Some members of staff at the school felt that it had suffered and was still suffering from the effects of the reorganization . |
| 25 | It was the tallest room he had ever seen and was so dark near the top it was impossible to see the ceiling — if there was one . |
| 26 | She peered out of the window again , hoping that she might perhaps have imagined the scene below , but Miss Hardbroom had not moved and was now almost hidden from view by the smoke . |
| 27 | Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong . |
| 28 | The sergeant noticed and was more explicit . |
| 29 | He wanted things done but was neither interested in nor concerned with the way they were achieved . |
| 30 | Perhaps the woman had already met Jesus previously , had changed her immoral life , in so doing had realised that her sins had been forgiven and was now showing gratitude for this . |