Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] were [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her fingers were tingling with the warm smoothness , and she stood there looking puzzled or undecided , the packet of notes loose in her hand . |
| 2 | Their policies were riddled with the logical absurdities on pricing of which Gaitskell had earlier been so critical . |
| 3 | Robyn saw for the first time that Melissa was a little drunk ; her eyes had that bright , fixed look , and her words were pronounced with the extra care of someone who had consumed rather too much alcohol . |
| 4 | Thousands of their supporters were charged with the same offence . |
| 5 | Her limbs were wracked with the aches of her first trip outside since the bluelight had punctured her brain , and he was whole and strong . |
| 6 | The holiday firm had not checked that its customers were provided with the correct rooms . |
| 7 | No active follow-up was initiated for patients but their names were matched with the Florida AIDS register . |
| 8 | Artemis had sometimes taken this run when out with her cowardly cousins , although she would always jump the open ditch and hedge while her cousins were fumbling with the gate . |
| 9 | The bath water was getting cold and her spirits were dropping with the temperature . |
| 10 | Talks between the ruling AP and the opposition MNR , CONDEPA and MBL , which had been convoked to resolve a political crisis which had arisen in November over the political role played by the Supreme court , many of whose members were linked with the MNR [ see pp. 37851-52 ] , broke down in March 1991 . |
| 11 | My parents lived in constant awareness of the big house and its occupants , and we children were imbued with the problem of what the squire and his household would think of any action or behaviour . |
| 12 | ( His meanings were tinged with the sharp edges of anxieties that she could n't comprehend , and joy laved them all away . ) |
| 13 | His lips were swollen with the heat , ugly to look at ; the line of burning began on his jaw and his fair neck was wealed and raw . |
| 14 | The grooves were U-bottomed with a radius of precisely 4.7 thousandths of an inch , and his reproducers were fitted with the very first diamond styli , of exactly this size for minimum wear and surface-noise . |
| 15 | Pam had suggested that the dog could be found near a church , and that his whereabouts were connected with the letter ‘ J ’ . |
| 16 | IN CASE any of your readers were left with the impression that most of the Chadwick Collection had disappeared into an anonymous private collector 's hands , we would like to reassure them that fortunately this was not the case . |
| 17 | When we phoned HP last week to confirm the destination , our dreams were shattered with the news that the specs are only intended to protect against the dazzling blues , reds and greens of a new colour printer it is launching — not a single sunbeam . |