Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We lay still for what seemed like ages , my eyes were riveted to the figures lying in the road . |
| 2 | We entered the room and Mum began to look round , but my eyes were drawn to the bed . |
| 3 | I saw white wool carpets on the gleaming floor and also glimpsed clothing of the costliest taffeta , lace and cambric , but my eyes were drawn to the great silk-draped four-poster bed . |
| 4 | I remember paramedics getting her out of the car , but I could not get out of my seat because my legs were trapped under the dashboard . |
| 5 | I do n't know quite why that should be except that in the Fifties all my peers were fascinated by the industrialised , consumer society of which the USA was the supreme example . |
| 6 | I was n't watched closely ; I had opted out of the ( sexual ) competition with my sisters ; and some of my eccentricities were tolerated on the grounds that my presence in the house was only temporary and , in the long run , of little relevance to its essential life . |
| 7 | A month later my parents were met on the open plain outside Addis Ababa by Lord Herbert Hervey and a deputation of Abyssinian notables who escorted them to the Legation , at some distance to the east of the town , in an extensive compound at the foot of the Entoto hills . |
| 8 | They thought I was really funny , but when my particulars were taken at the end of the week , I was again brought across the counter to sign other folk on . |
| 9 | That week in Abu Dhabi my days were spent beside the pool under a shade umbrella , with my books and notes at my side . |
| 10 | Two of my constituents were awarded by the courts compensation for damage that a burglar had done in their house . |
| 11 | In the report of this study 14 of 28 episodes of severe hypoglycaemia which occurred in my patients were attributed to the wrong insulin and patients were subsequently excluded selectively . |
| 12 | Some of my members were overwhelmed by the sheer numbers there and it brought a lump to my throat , but that 's what it 's all about , solidarity . |
| 13 | ‘ Maybe my players were overawed by the packed crowd — our best ever . |
| 14 | Eight of my men were killed in the pile-up . ’ |
| 15 | My suitcases were stacked against the wall along with those of the boys which contained the rest of their clothes . |
| 16 | My musings were interrupted by the thunder of hooves and wild cries ; the Hulton herd was approaching . |
| 17 | The vinyl binders which had contained my slides were discovered amongst the ashes as a single , solidly welded lump . |
| 18 | When the House of Commons considered the matter in 1953 , its views were affected by the fact that they were unaware of any evidence of pressure for change from the churches themselves . |
| 19 | The Muslim Brotherhood was less concerned with the liberation of Palestine than with the establishment of an Islamic state by peaceful means , possibly as a part of Jordan where its activities were tolerated by the authorities . |
| 20 | We have every reason to believe that the club was infiltrated by the enemy , and that most of its activities were guided by the hand of the enemy for the purposes of causing disunity within the community and discrediting the name of Nelson Mandela and the organisation of which he is the leader . |
| 21 | The academics ' letter to The Independent , for which signatures were gathered over the past fortnight , expressed dismay at the damage it said had been inflicted on universities and polytechnics since 1979 . |
| 22 | Her ankles were scratched by the brittle ancient stems , her fingers scored . |
| 23 | The repeal of the sedition statute failed to avert a march by 10,000 students through Taipei on March 20 , during which calls were made for the resignation of the Prime Minister , Gen. Hau Pei-tsun . |
| 24 | His original mind and interests in music , linguistics and the human voice led him to study the problems of deaf education and to invent " The New Sign Language , " in which every sign was a pantomimic version of the spoken word and in which signs were made in the same order and in the same sequel as the words of normal speech . |
| 25 | Furniture manufacturers could only operate under licence to the government and most of their products were designated for the defence of the realm . |
| 26 | Party leaders should consider taking the major drug companies into public ownership so that their products were developed on the basis of need rather than profit . |
| 27 | Surprisingly few big names have gone under , which may prove what many long suspected : that their products were over-priced in the first place . |
| 28 | Prior to the setting up of the CIVC , the single most effective body responsible for guarding the quality of Champagne today , a decree was passed on 28 September 1935 creating an inter-professional organisation called the Commission Spéciale de la Champagne , which soon became known as the Commission de Châlons because its meetings were held in the Prefecture ( the administrative centre ) at Châlons-sur-Marne . |
| 29 | Their policies were riddled with the logical absurdities on pricing of which Gaitskell had earlier been so critical . |
| 30 | They were forbidden by law to return to within thirty kilometres of their estates , and their houses were turned into the offices of state farms , rest homes for party bosses or factory workers , schools , mad-houses , orphanages or just left to crumble . |