Example sentences of "[adj] they [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delamont ( 1980 ) in her case-study of a comprehensive school discovered that ‘ the more teachers tried to make the lesson material relevant and immediate to the pupils , the more likely they were to make sexist assumptions and remarks ’ ( p. 54 ) . |
| 2 | Her care of the pups was so haphazard that Buddie often fed them milk from a baby 's bottle to make sure they were getting enough nourishment . |
| 3 | Instead of putting them in the Credit Card Centre 's outgoing mail — they were all addressed to ‘ problem ’ areas — Steve called in the Fraud Section who made sure they were sent registered mail in plain envelopes . |
| 4 | By the 1980s they were achieving 400-day weights of more than 500kg with bulls , 375kg with steers and 320kg with heifers and the Lincoln Red is now Britain 's largest traditional beef breed with a capacity for rapid live-weight gains and early maturity . |
| 5 | In 1990 they were halted 90 miles from the Pole by wide stretches of open water.Having already travelled more than 500 miles from their starting point in Siberia , they set a record anyway for the longest unsupported polar journey.Then Sir Ranulph abandoned the polar cold for the desert heat , to find Ubar , before again teaming up with Dr Stroud for this winter 's headline-making trek to the South Pole , breaking their own record for the longest unsupported polar journey ever made.They returned in February and Sir Ranulph still can not tolerate running shoes on his frost-bitten feet , to train for his next expedition — ‘ another hot one . ’ |