Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outspoken speeches were given which received spontaneous standing ovations . |
| 2 | Where they were wrong was in leading you to believe that the package they were selling you represented good value for money . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's got a two-year-old son called Richard and they were told he had cystic fibrosis . |
| 4 | Earlier last night , two women 's quarter-finals that were postponed from the rained-out day session were played one lasted three sets and the other three games . |
| 5 | As confidence grew , partly as a result of the student impression studies , so techniques were employed which permitted cross-institutional comparison , which enabled graduate employer samples to participate in evaluation , and which allowed the appraisal of course realities such as grading patterns and resources to be set alongside the studies of course perceptions . |
| 6 | Instead , in many localities informal norms of public order were negotiated which recognized popular sovereignties of place , in return for co-operation from ‘ responsible ’ internal agencies of social control . |
| 7 | So it was that , at a highly important summit in the Hague in December 1969 , several major decisions were taken which breathed new life into the Community and gave something to both France and her partners . |
| 8 | Later other drugs were discovered which mitigated this handicap . |
| 9 | The curricular review for the age group 5–14 years presents exciting challenges and during the year a very successful primary pilot was undertaken which involved 100 schools throughout Scotland . |
| 10 | When they understood what was expected we had few communication problems . |
| 11 | ‘ I was told I had 14 days to leave the country because my visa had expired . |
| 12 | It was curiosity , when I was sixteen at school I was told I had another sister at the same school . |
| 13 | ‘ She was told she needed more experience nursing very sick children . ’ |
| 14 | On the same day a water bill was approved which covered water-related projects in 17 western states . |
| 15 | Whichever method was used it meant long traffic holdups as the creatures went through the streets , their already frightened state heightened by a deal of cruelty on the part of many of the drovers . |
| 16 | After many long hours of negotiations between the key delegations , however , and increasing support among South American and African countries for a total ban on drift-nets , a compromise text was agreed which involved substantial concessions by Japan . |
| 17 | When she was born she had two sprouts of what seemed to be orange hay on her head . |
| 18 | In 1982 a part-time three-year M.Ed course in English and Drama studies was introduced which recruited 10 students . |
| 19 | The Amir reappointed the Crown Prince as Prime Minister on Oct. 12 , and on Oct. 17 a new 15-member government was announced which included six members of the Assembly . |
| 20 | Just before the verdict was announced he told Central South that he never attempted to gas his wife — and that it was all a plot by her to ruin his life . |
| 21 | In 1965 an Act was passed which reversed this judgment . |
| 22 | In 1934 a new unemployment Act was passed which went some way towards relieving a gradually diminishing problem . |
| 23 | In 1969 , a paper was published which gave some examples of this unfortunate practice . |