Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many were simply too busy doing other things , and although not all were involved in the student tides discussed , a majority of them were devoting their energies to extracurricular activities . |
| 2 | While chanceries were adapting their wares to public needs , they were also evolving new formulae for their princes . |
| 3 | The ruling came at a time when Indians throughout Canada were asserting their rights to vast areas of land . |
| 4 | It would be possible for me to call them all if they were to limit their speeches to 10 minutes . |
| 5 | Within only a few years the company was exporting its products to central Europe , Russia and the US . |