Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were flung at her like an accusation of felony . |
| 2 | The words were propelled at them like stones from a sling : a direct hit would have killed a bear . |
| 3 | These words were spoken to me with a strong American accent . |
| 4 | Tears misted her eyes as she stared back at him , wishing she did n't feel so confused , and heard him curse softly , as though the words were torn from him against his will . |
| 5 | Poor Dave Bassett and his side were left with nothing after probably their best away performance of the season . |
| 6 | CTL were detected to none of the peptides from the three sporozoite antigens , but three out of six individuals tested responded to the ls6 peptide from LSA-1 ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 7 | Bales of material of every type and hue were spread before her for her approval . |
| 8 | A wide selection of mustards were supplied to us by Arran Provisions , Colman 's and Burnham Mustards |
| 9 | In late February his arrest was ordered as charges of rebellion with murder were filed against him in a Manila court . |
| 10 | Most of the pictures were made in something like six or eight weeks . |
| 11 | As many teachers were unable to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society when formal thanks were given and a presentation made to Hilary Weedon on the completion of her four year term of office as Chairman of the Executive Committee special thanks were given to her by Betty Syrett on behalf of the teachers . |
| 12 | Davis touched his forelock and then glanced towards the Oaks , as though conscious that George 's eyes were fixed on him with a disturbing intensity . |
| 13 | His eyes were fixed on her with such intensity that she felt as if that dark brown gaze were burning her skin . |
| 14 | David 's eyes were fixed on her with an intensity she had n't seen before . |
| 15 | She sat quite still and her eyes were fixed on me with a curious , dark look of sympathy mixed with something else . |
| 16 | My eyes were drawn to it as if the Officer had left part of himself here on the grass . |
| 17 | Some relatively soft Egyptian alabaster was imported and at least forty vases were made from it by Minoan craftsmen . |
| 18 | Now , as a background to that , I actually had one of my officers at undertake research of the in to establish what the demands were made upon us from th the section which includes at the present time . |
| 19 | ‘ Two reasons : first , because they moved here , the Sardinians , to find pasture when the land they had grazed for centuries was taken from them for development — the Costa Smeralda , etcetera . |
| 20 | Coke died in the 1840s and a monument was erected to him at Holkham , guarded by a cudding Devon cow carved in stone . |
| 21 | But the aforementioned medrese was bestowed upon him as the result of the letter of Ferhad Pasa . " |
| 22 | No further mention was made of her by Biff or Mother Bombie . |
| 23 | This is indeed what happened although he held the office for over a year until the seat was found for him in 1877 . |
| 24 | 11 To there friends who knew her , her self-assertion was born from nothing but a necessary and confident determination to succeed in an area where women rarely rose to prominence . |
| 25 | Dr Neil registered how withdrawn she was , and once they were back home hot , sugary tea was poured down her in a constant stream , and then , despite the warmth of the day , Matey put a shawl around her shoulders and made her sit near the fire . |
| 26 | With Minton 's help he obtained work at the Royal College as an artist 's model until he decided to return home where his future was secured for him through marriage and the management of a pub . |
| 27 | From 21 March 1988 , this future was replaced by one on the Value Line Arithmetic index , which is the arithmetic equivalent of the VLCI . |
| 28 | The opening ceremony was managed for us by Cosmo PR in Tokyo and a specially selected audience of 120 people came to the event including around 70 customers from the four business areas represented at KITEC . |
| 29 | The bowler took none too kindly to the official warning from umpire Roy Palmer , and imagined that his sweater was returned to him at the end of the over in an insulting manner . |
| 30 | To adhere to the ( 1855 ) treaty that has been made , and which we on our side have kept … you have broken the treaty not we … that engagement was made with us for 20 years … |