Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This prediction was borne out , though the tears that were shed rolled down the cheeks of Labour loyalists — or better Labour chauvinists — as well . |
| 2 | I did n't have a hairbrush but a long pole that was used to open up the attic hatch . |
| 3 | Matthew Paris says that he convicted innumerable monks and laymen , nobles and commoners , on a multitude of indictments for breaches of the Forest law , and , in order to enrich the king , imposed such heavy penalties on the offenders that many were flung into prison , many were despoiled of all their goods and were forced to eke out a bare existence in misery , and many others became exiles and wandering beggars . |
| 4 | ‘ Pickles ran into some friends and was trying to make up a party to go dancing tonight . |
| 5 | Her present to Harry was to be a pair of racing binoculars in a fine leather case with his initials stamped on it ; Wendell 's , a handsome cheque , since he was aware that Harry had opened an account at the bank and was trying to build up a reserve of cash . |
| 6 | Enough light would spill inwards from the porch as the door closed slowly on its damper , enough at least for him to get to his own door and line up the key ; but when it came to it he hurried too much and was trying to shake out the Yale when the front door put him in darkness . |
| 7 | Class 5 leader Gen. Suchinda Kraprayoon retained his post as Army C.-in-C. and was promoted to take on the additional post of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces , in place of Gen. Sunthorn Kongsompong . |
| 8 | He had n't done well at Sunset , and was planning to pass on the Billabong . |
| 9 | The young Haworth left school at 14 to work in the factory and was required to pick up a knowledge of dyestuffs . |
| 10 | Round the final bend he was still several lengths down but was beginning to claw back the deficit , and at ‘ Le Bullfinch ’ , two fences out , he was second . |