Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teams of officers were sent to four pubs the Hour Glass , the Owton Lodge , The Smiths Arms at Greatham and the Traveller 's Rest which he is known to have visited just hours before the shooting . |
| 2 | When I was finally called one wintry Monday by the neighbours , she looked quite dreadful ; her faced was bruised from several falls the previous night , she was struggling for her breath , her legs and thighs were painful and very swollen . |
| 3 | As to the climbdowns to which the right hon. Gentleman referred , they merely reflect the Government 's success in putting in writing — and I agree that this was needed in some cases the Government 's intentions , using words that even the right hon. Gentleman could understand . |
| 4 | The May play , Tea For Two , was performed for five nights the proceeds from the extra performance going to the Whiston Hospital cancer day- care ward a cheque for three hundred pounds being gratefully received by the hospital . |
| 5 | And brave Cheryl , 35 , who was born with major arteries the wrong way round , wept when she read her daughter 's plea . |
| 6 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |
| 7 | When the train crossing time was increased to 30 seconds the mean delays went up to 0.52 , 0.75 and 3.0 seconds for the three vehicle separation times , and the maximum queue lengths became 2 , 4 and 10 respectively . |
| 8 | She hurried back to the dressing-tent , where her mummy helped her into her Gnome outfit , around which was swathed a broad white band on which was printed in big letters the Brownie Guide Motto , LEND A HAND . |
| 9 | Consequently , when Gnosticism was combined with Christian ideas the result was soon judged unacceptable by the Church . |
| 10 | No in actual fact it was circulated to all members the V P C report of the , of the time . |