Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the House of Lords on 30 January 1700 , when the Tory Archbishop of York , John Sharp , defended traditional Anglican doctrines of non-resistance and passive obedience , he made it clear that the authority which must be obeyed was the law of the land . |
| 2 | A list of the social and economic problems which could be identified was drawn up by the Executive Committee and approved by the full Association . |
| 3 | The aims of the PMIS were outlined and the type of service which could be provided was described and discussed . |
| 4 | Where annual rents were protected by custom , the only payment which could be varied was the entry fine payable by a new tenant , and one can see a decline in these comparable with those in payments for leases . |
| 5 | These , said the DoE , were ‘ a serious step backward ’ , The DoE claimed that the low sulphur coal ( under I per cent ) which would be needed was ‘ not readily available ’ . |
| 6 | In the canal carrying business the number of sons who could be involved was limitless and women and children could help to work the boats . |
| 7 | The only type of receiver who could be appointed was a receiver of rates who has no control over assets and no management control which a receiver normally has . |
| 8 | Each end of Glencoe was sealed off and every adult male who could be found was killed . |
| 9 | The orphans were hungry as well as tired , and the first thing they did when they got to the disused school in Malvern where they 'll be based was to tuck into a slap-up meal . |
| 10 | A discipline devoted to finding out the causes of crime in order that it may be stopped was , they pointed out , uncritically taking up an ideologically committed , conservative stance . |
| 11 | This cultural context which affected attitudes towards the city and how it might be planned was built up from a number of sources and expressed in the literature of the day ( Timms and Kelley. 1985 ) . |
| 12 | To worry that your brother might make an unfortunate marriage when at any moment he might be killed was something she found difficult to understand . |
| 13 | I 'd promised my mother I 'd buy her some new central-heating , and the only time it could be fitted was the next week , so I needed to be home for Monday when the workmen came round . |
| 14 | There is a there is but er er but er er the medium er er as best it could be used was was Spanish you see . |
| 15 | No one could go into his yard without a cane — which he appeared to be terrified of — and the viciousness he displayed when anyone was near his food was so extreme that the only way he could be fed was to throw his food over the fence ! |
| 16 | Exactly when , where , how and if it would be resurrected was extremely vague . |