Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] was [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The priest 's cassock lifted and was whipped |
| 9 | I thought she sounded rather as though she too had forgotten the essence of Lili , was now reminded and was regretting her invitation . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The original chapel collapsed and was rebuilt in 1863–4 . |
| 14 | He stared at her ; the murderous look had vanished and was replaced by one of sheer puzzlement . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He saw action in the Pacific , was wounded and was awarded the Purple Heart , and always remained very proud of his Marine background . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | The Protestant marriage did n't reconcile his father , who believed that his son had been caught and was marrying because he had some misplaced sense of honour . |
| 22 | 1836 It was moved that the dinner which had been assessed on the public be discontinued and was carried on the casting vote of the Chairman . |
| 23 | The drive to surpass had originated and was maintained from home ; my sense of neglect and isolation was a partial consequence of belonging intermittently to a cohesive community . |
| 24 | The National Executive Council resigned but was re-appointed on an interim basis pending the selection by Soglo of a transitional government . |
| 25 | First , that the possibility was considered but was rejected as a matter of litigation strategy . |
| 26 | Secondly , that the matter was considered but was rejected because of doubts about the extent of the House of Lords ' jurisdiction . |
| 27 | and 1,600 more patients were treated than was planned . |
| 28 | He spoke not because he felt that the denomination was threatened or was losing ground but because the status quo did not give Congregationalism the dignity its growing wealth and membership had earned for it . |
| 29 | At some date , presumably after the twelfth century , the village moved or was moved westwards and its gridplan suggests this may have been planned . |
| 30 | A second NAWK program was written that was run a number of times with different threshold values . |