Example sentences of "[verb] was [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The antechamber which he entered was filled with silent N'pani . |
| 2 | Cures were tried twice without effect , and his licence to box was refused on medical grounds in September 1939 . |
| 3 | Throughout the 1950s the size of work they were able to find was determined by economic growth and the legacy of colonial attitudes . |
| 4 | considered was lacking under previous systems . |
| 5 | The changes in parking behaviour in St John 's Wood are similar to those observed in the period after wheelclamping was introduced in central London in 1982 . |
| 6 | Say was remanded to Royal Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen and the case continued was without plea until Thursday . |
| 7 | Exposure to lead was calculated from antenatal and delivery maternal blood samples , and samples from the children at birth , six and 15 months , two years , then annually . |
| 8 | The ploughed field they were passing was speckled with brilliant-green shoots . |
| 9 | This goes back to the days when there were hop gardens at the rear of the pub , and picking was done by gipsy families ( shant being an old gipsy word , meaning to drink ) . |
| 10 | By not giving this to Athena , the Athenians were tactfully declining to cream off the best for the national goddess , thereby showing that all tribute that was collected was needed for utilitarian purposes . |
| 11 | Swallowing was indicated by characteristic pharyngeal pressure waves in the most proximal sidehole ( Figs 2 , 3 ) . |
| 12 | A further consequence of a rather haphazard system of acquiring information for the recommendation of schools was a suspicion on the part of some headteachers that the invitation to participate was based on personal contacts and the preferences and prejudices of , for example , the local inspector . |
| 13 | The god said that the place where their house and stable were built was plagued with evil influences . |
| 14 | All they could do was plead for commonsense or , in desperation , threaten a stern lecture from Anna Essinger , a device which usually succeeded when all else had failed . |
| 15 | Paki bashing was combined with queer bashing , squaddie bashing , grease bashing and student bashing . |
| 16 | One of the problems is that the Government 's momentum to privatise was determined for ideological reasons and on a tight time scale . |
| 17 | But any popular appeal to Catholics that such moves might have had was undermined by repressive acts such as the introduction of internment — imprisonment without trial — for suspected nationalist terrorists . |
| 18 | Baldwin 's reply was not very different from words lie had used to the July deputation , but this time of course lie was speaking in public and with his words immediately available for all to refer to : |
| 19 | The problem which arose when Richard 's army arrived was caused by Tancred 's withholding of a dowry promised to Richard 's sister Joan — as well as the small matter of a legacy left by William II to Henry , who had been his father-in-law . |
| 20 | Russian failure to comply was regarded as unwarranted intrusion into their internal affairs . |
| 21 | This continent seems to have been created by Augustus Le Plongeon for his 1896 novel Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphynx , which he claimed was based on original Mayan writings — which writings , of course , just happened to be unavailable to other scholars . |
| 22 | Since most of the money being offered was raised through Federal taxation , especially income tax , these mechanisms were being used to try and ensure that State governments did operate the welfare programmes seen as desirable by the Federal government ; if they did not , then their residents were paying taxes to Washington , but receiving relatively little in return . |
| 23 | They party was conducted by mounted YUGOSLAV troops . |
| 24 | Their inner understanding of belonging was mirrored in external images of withdrawal . |
| 25 | It is argued that although cattle stealing was affected by administrative arrangements , particularly in the twentieth century , it was more sensitive to economic influences , especially changes in land use brought on by the expansion of plantations . |
| 26 | Each item he retrieved was examined with great care , and he took the opportunity to do some elementary housekeeping by discarding unwanted minutiae of his life . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the Supreme Court of Mississippi found that the finance company was liable to the dealer for compensation for damage to the automobiles , because his failure to insure was caused by reasonable reliance upon the promise of the finance company . |
| 28 | Because Swans have belonged to the crown since Henry the eight 's day Dines was prosecuted for criminal damage to property … rather than animal cruelty which carries a lesser penalty . |
| 29 | When overcrowding was added to poor sanitary conditions the battle with dirt was invariably lost . |
| 30 | If all we had to do was to legislate against social evils Mr Dalgliesh for one would be out of work . ’ |