Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standard deviation scores ( SDS ) for height at diagnosis and at ultimate follow up were calculated according to the equation : |
| 2 | We were bring led through the sacristy at school on our way to the chapel . |
| 3 | The footsteps which were heard passing in the alleyway were of men walking not running in panic . |
| 4 | Weeks later , when the mourning for her had already begun , chimpanzees were heard calling near the village . |
| 5 | Desmond Fairchild and Dotty Blundell were heard arguing in the corridor , though no one could be sure what was at issue . |
| 6 | Footsteps were heard coming up the steps , but no one ever appeared at the top of the steps . |
| 7 | The representatives of Turkey , Iran , Egypt , Pakistan and Senegal were designated to negotiate with the UN Security Council over the predicament of the Moslem population of Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 8 | While most of use were struggling to stay on the roads , the all-wheel-drive cars swanned along with barely a feather ruffled . |
| 9 | Hartley 's philosophy was in fact an early form of the twentieth-century scheme of mental association known as Behaviourism ( Pavlov 's dogs were taught to salivate at the sound of an electric bell ) , and if writing today he would presumably have compared the brain to a computer . |
| 10 | ‘ We were taught to go for the jugular , ’ Buckmaster remarked . |
| 11 | Normally after offering their silent prayers all three children were dismissed to play in the garden and were not recalled until the offertory food was removed from the altar at the end of the ceremony and eaten along with other dishes at a festive family supper . |
| 12 | While both officers were intended to act on the Crown 's behalf at Ludlow , the Attorney seems to have had the task of conducting cases in court , the Solicitor of supervising their preparation . |
| 13 | They were intended to compete with the vans that circulate the scheme . |
| 14 | And in between were ranged a number of additional hopes and objectives all of which were intended to contribute toward the creation of the ideal citizen . |
| 15 | Although former Neville men were predisposed to look to the duke , Gloucester still had to work at being a good lord in order to give substance to the relationship . |
| 16 | Although former Neville men were predisposed to look to the duke , Gloucester still had to work at being a good lord in order to give substance to the relationship . |
| 17 | They were expected to leave on the tide late last night and if everything goes according to plan will be back in Whitby by September . |
| 18 | The workload that students were expected to do on the ward , however , was exhausting . |
| 19 | This was to be repaid from savings of £7.5 million which were expected to accrue on the achievement of the closure . |
| 20 | A short time ago Bilal and Samir were expected to arrive at the hospital near Aylesbury . |
| 21 | Thousands of protesters were expected to take to the streets again today , angered by the jury 's verdict in the killing of physician and former guerrilla leader Hugo Spadafora . |
| 22 | As a crucial feature of their role in cultural reproduction , schools were expected to inculcate in the nation 's children a proper sense of patriotic moral responsibility . |
| 23 | However , those who came to Remaisnil for meetings could not but be struck by a paradox ; they were expected to remain in the château for meals and afterwards , until they retired to bed . |
| 24 | These were similar to those signed with Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland in June 1990 [ see p. 37535 ] , which were expected to result in the signature of free trade agreements with EFTA in the first half of 1992 . |
| 25 | It was the policy that residents were expected to contribute to the life of the community . |
| 26 | It is , however , a very special kind of autobiography , and may be compared to the accounts of their own lives which the early Methodists were expected to write at the time of their reception into the church : in such spiritual autobiographies divine visitations were singled out for special mention as evidences of God 's grace and power ; they were contrasted with laments over sinful behaviour and backsliding , and led to the culminating moment of conversion . |
| 27 | Historians lower down the hierarchy were expected to work within the guidelines advanced by their superiors . |
| 28 | A few years back each golfer used his own collection of chipped and misshapen balls and the caddies were expected to stand at the end of the practice area and collect them . |
| 29 | Leaves were forbidden to fall from the trees because they made a mess , and when the trees took no notice of this they had their leaves glued onto their branches … but that did n't work , so they were fined ; every time they dropped leaves , they had twigs and then branches sawn off . |
| 30 | Interestingly , after September 1987 factory and mines inspectors were forbidden to speak to the press on pain of disciplinary action . |