Example sentences of "[noun] were [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His words were drowned out by the roar of automatic fire , as another hail of slugs hammered against the metal sheeting of the door and screamed into the far wall . |
| 2 | His successors were weighed down by the sense of duty . |
| 3 | National guidelines were drawn up after the Cairngorms tragedy . |
| 4 | Retarded complexes were cut out of the gel , incubated with PAGE-running buffer for 3 minutes at 60 C and separated on 10% polyacrylamide gels ( 18 ) . |
| 5 | However , the effect of experience on temperament is still limited by the horse 's genetic traits — for example , if both the naturally placid horse and the naturally nervous horse were brought up in the same rough environment , then the placid horse would still be less timid than the nervous one . |
| 6 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 7 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 8 | Then , when her legs were lifted on to the couch , the croak turned into a stilted scream as she cried , ‘ No ! |
| 9 | Some of the wealthier natives brought picnic hampers in the European manner , and their servants would unroll splendid carpets on the green sward ; while their banquets were spread out on the carpets they could watch what was going on through telescopes and opera-glasses which they had had the foresight to bring with them though what they saw , as they swept the ramparts of the Residency and banqueting hall can hardly have looked very impressive to them : just a few ragged , boil-covered skeletons crouching behind mud walls . |
| 10 | During the first period after independence , development was hampered by the first civil war , during which many schools were taken over by the army . |
| 11 | In 1903 the Wolverton ( Boys ' ) and Old Bradwell Schools were taken over by the Bucks County Council on 29 September at a nominal rent of 5s per annum for each school . |
| 12 | The transformations complete , all six readers were lined up for the final photograph . |
| 13 | On 26 December , 114 Lower Church Street and adjoining properties which had been leased to W. A. Reeves , the furnisher , since the offices were given up by the South Metropolitan Company , were sold to him . |
| 14 | Seven hundred reports of sightings were phoned in to the Starling Squad , to be pinpointed on a map of Leicestershire . |
| 15 | Because the slave traders were brought up in the belief that every word of the Holy Bible was inspired by God , they honestly thought that they had divine sanction to enslave blacks . |
| 16 | In Argentina , serious negotiations with the state oil firm YPF were broken off after the 1930 coup . |
| 17 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 18 | Most of their funds were lent back to the personal sector . |
| 19 | RECRUITS were bused in to the strike-hit Timex factory in Dundee yesterday , replacements for some of the 300 workers sacked during the dispute . |
| 20 | Children were out playing in the schoolyards , shouting and enjoying the sunshine ; shops were closed up for the dinner hour . |
| 21 | The cars were written off in the accident , but both drivers amazingly walked away with just minor cuts and bruises . |
| 22 | Thirty parked cars were swallowed up as the fireball in Lochmallen Terrace , Sunderland , sent a huge plume of smoke over the city . |
| 23 | And seven new Peugeot cars were driven off from the Central African Motor Services : two were never found . |
| 24 | Steaua 's Ionel Fulga and Antwerp 's Rudy Taeymans were sent off in the second half , Fulga for dangerous play and Taeymans for a second bookable offence . |
| 25 | The awards for last year 's performances were handed out at the club 's dinner/dance . |
| 26 | Most of the forms of publicity through print discussed in the first section of this chapter were taken up by the West Indians . |
| 27 | Eliot 's presents were laid out on the table , and there was champagne and a birthday cake : when Rupert Hart-Davis lit the candles on the cake , Eliot knelt down and blew them out . |
| 28 | As Ashi dressed swiftly her eyes were drawn back to the carriage clock . |
| 29 | Her eyes were drawn back to the set , where Dane was still holding court . |
| 30 | The thirteenth victim of The Fox was photographed on a beach with her skirt hitched up , arm-in-arm with her boyfriend ; their eyes were masked out on the photograph , which was captioned' … rebuilding their romance ’ . |