Example sentences of "were the [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The best marriages of all were the made marriages , ’ he said authoritatively . |
| 2 | The design of their various types of sledge , and their use of deer teams was highly sophisticated , but their reindeer were never ridden , nor were the does milked . |
| 3 | More important were the leudes of a king . |
| 4 | Ras Tafari 's army came in and he received a great ovation ; in his army were the captured guns and chiefs . |
| 5 | The two richest foundations were the sees of Canterbury and Winchester , the former with a revenue of about £1,750 , the latter with over £1,000 . |
| 6 | Speakers from only two organisations gave evidence to support the airfield 's retention for flying : these were the Save West Malling Airfield Action Group ( SWAG ) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association ( AOPA ) . |
| 7 | This could be a formidable task in a society where even widely travelled soldiers firmly believed that Thomas Cook 's wagon-lits were the spearheads of the Third International since the latter word could be read in Cyrillic on the side of carriages . |