Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An important study Haworth made was on how the disaccharides — compounds , including table sugar , made up from two basic carbohydrate units — are linked together . |
| 2 | ‘ I am satisfied that there are no grounds on which I can say that these charges are bad , but with regard to the equity of redemption I am satisfied on the evidence that what Mrs. Wardman did was at the request of and in reliance on her daughter , and under her influence . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ The only recognition Adrian got was on the day he died . |
| 4 | The first programme Purves presented was on November 20 , 1967 . |
| 5 | It is possible that one of the epitaphs Leapor wrote was for Mary Freemantle , rather than for her own mother as first seems likely [ ML , 1 , 263 ] . |
| 6 | The last thing South Africa needed was for tourists , especially British tourists , to be murdered on the beaches . |
| 7 | What Harry Truman wanted was for Douglas MacArthur to behave himself , he wanted Douglas MacArthur to stop giving impromptu press conferences , he wanted him to stop inventing strategy as he went without reference to the president , he simply wanted to restore the chain of command . |
| 8 | I can not help feeling that the life Anna lived was at least lived in every sense of the word , rather than spent miserably , in gossip and the petty concerns of the women around her . |
| 9 | None of the schemes Curzon feared was to be accomplished . |
| 10 | The last thing Michael Harvey wanted was to be drawn into a personal discussion . |
| 11 | I have always looked upon you as Theo Daniel said he could not see the pain Frederica said was in the olives , and Alexander , still lecturing , said that Vincent had objected to paintings of symbolic Christs in Gethsemane by Bernard and his compères , had torn up his own , had made do with the olives themselves . |