Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the trio grew up , so the hurts piled up until they were stacked upon them like old 78 records , each playing the same dreary old repetitive tune . |
| 2 | Hinde House was a fairly typical school in that there had been a recognition of the need to relate to the ‘ World of Work ’ , ‘ Employers ’ , ‘ Further and Higher Education ’ , ‘ Preparation for Adult Life ’ and many of the other banner headings which at different times were placed before us by non-school organisations . |
| 3 | " The examination being closed we then distributed under the recommendation of the Examiner various Books to the boys who had chiefly distinguished themselves as a reward for assiduity and good conduct , and as an incitement to future exertions which were received by them with marked satisfaction . " |
| 4 | Early workers with X-rays , who were exposed to what by modern standards are horrifying doses , developed cancers at an alarming rate . |
| 5 | Mr and Mrs Crump , who until that moment had reigned serene in their social supremacy at the Swan , moved swiftly from slight disgruntlement to genuine delight as details of the new arrival 's pedigree , accoutrements , speech and manner were relayed to them by one or other of the scampering servants . |
| 6 | The lids were wrinkled above them like old venetian blinds . |
| 7 | Men were to talk of it for many years to come . |
| 8 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
| 9 | The two women were looking at him with great attention but it was the mother who spoke first . |
| 10 | Seven pairs of eyes were looking at him with open hostility , even the youngest 's who was not yet four . |
| 11 | George made a long thinking , grumbling noise , then said , mostly to himself : ‘ The paperwork must have been good … if they were living on it for eighteen months … they were n't escaped prisoners of war trying to reach Switzerland on a hand-copied Fremdenpass … |
| 12 | Inadequate as its arable was , Sussex managed to build a considerable eighteenth-century prosperity on stock- and sheep-breeding , with an intensive use of downland and marshland grazing to complement the smaller Wealden pastures ; the beasts were moved from one to another as seasons changed . |
| 13 | Amplification wise , I use two Ampeg SVTs that were made for me in 1987 as part of the company 's ‘ Artist ’ series , and there were only five hundred of those made . |
| 14 | But while he argues for general connections between the rites , incidentally ignoring the many repudiations of Gnosticism that were made of it by early Christian leaders , his viewpoint is much more balanced than Scobie 's . ) |
| 15 | Complaints were made to us about certain members of our staff ( who , incidentally , no longer work for us ) going into unoccupied floors to make love . |
| 16 | He sought my advice on one or two matters where complaints were made against him of alleged libels , which I had no real difficulty in seeing off and about which he wrote me appreciative letters . |
| 17 | Some relatively soft Egyptian alabaster was imported and at least forty vases were made from it by Minoan craftsmen . |
| 18 | Most of the pictures were made in something like six or eight weeks . |
| 19 | In 1989 , it was estimated that sharp instruments were used in one in three aggravated burglaries , one in five robberies , one in 17 offences of violence against the person and one in 100 sexual offences . |
| 20 | But he was struggling to score goals and the fans were turning against him until New Year 's Day 1991 . |
| 21 | As a result , robots were paying for themselves within two and a half years ( Thurow , 1984 ) . |
| 22 | Workmen 's and Schoolchildren 's tickets were sold in lots of six , a certain colour being used on a particular day . |
| 23 | Realizing that not only Mrs Whittaker , but twelve newly arrived first-year students , were waiting for her in expectant silence , she pulled herself together . |
| 24 | Dyer was eventually censured by a committee of inquiry , but substantial sums were raised for him by public subscription and he was adulated in the press , the House of Commons , and — especially — the House of Lords . |
| 25 | It had different results for various sections in the community , but all were affected by it in some way , either directly or indirectly . |
| 26 | He had only his sword , and my men were coming at him from one side , and Sapt and Fritz from the other . |
| 27 | Both his neighbours at table were staring at him in shocked alarm , knocked clean out of words , and that in itself was an achievement . |
| 28 | I thought they were joking with me at first . |
| 29 | His eyes were fixed on her with such intensity that she felt as if that dark brown gaze were burning her skin . |
| 30 | After we had rehearsed for three weeks , on the very last night of rehearsal , we worked till four in the morning then photos were taken of us in these spangled costumes ; because they stretched from our ankles to our necks , we could n't sit down . |