Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus waved in the direction of one of the stalls where fish were arranged on beds of ice . |
| 2 | In common with Descartes , Boyle developed a mechanical philosophy in which the properties of bodies and the interactions between them were explained in terms of material particles and their motions . |
| 3 | Indeed , if local authorities were listed in terms of expenditure , 89 authorities would appear amongst the top 500 British companies . |
| 4 | Rocks , trees , mountains , wells and springs were recognized as receptacles for spirit , displaying in season their various properties , fertilizing , therapeutic and oracular … |
| 5 | When the court 's judgement was reviewed by the Armed Forces Ruling Council ( AFRC ) , Nigeria 's principal decision-making body , on Oct. 31 , however , the death sentences were commuted to terms of life imprisonment . |
| 6 | The remainder of the meeting was spent in looking at the Grid on which visitors envisaged were placed with Regions for Primary ( ten days to a fortnight ) or Secondary ( 5-7 days ) periods . |
| 7 | Portions were given in scraps of paper and eaten with the fingers , the locals expertly peeling a boiled potato like a squirrel with a nut . |
| 8 | Performances were given by children from Juniper Green Primary School , pupils of Miss Bangham and Mrs. M. Collen on the clarsach . |
| 9 | Performances were given by children from Juniper Green Primary School , pupils of Miss Bangham and Mrs. M. Collen on the clarsach . |
| 10 | Charges of government mismanagement were compounded by reports of corruption among food wholesalers , lorry owners and trawlermen . |
| 11 | Railway official Graham Mitchell says the original tunnel builders were plagued with problems including part of the nearby Wesley Chapel sliding away . |
| 12 | His visits were regarded as occasions for embarrassment rather than pleasure or consolation , and he was left wondering why , when his motives were generous , these people should find it so difficult to respond with a matching warmth . |
| 13 | New words and phrases entered the language of education : open plan buildings no longer had classrooms , they had home bases or teaching areas ; the maths bay became a resource area ; teachers worked in teams ; the timetable was replaced by a continually renegotiable programme ; staff rooms were regarded as places of retreat but parents ' rooms were essential . |
| 14 | In France , but not apparently in Vienna , the latter were regarded as flowers of death . |
| 15 | The Smiths were regarded by cynics as flower wimps . |
| 16 | Some of the big London agencies were circling like bees round honey and a few had actually offered to ‘ buy ’ me from John . |
| 17 | All six patients with active cytomegalovirus infection were treated with infusions of foscarnet . |
| 18 | Lifetime gifts such as apprentice premiums or partnership capital or lump sums on marriage were treated as advances on inheritance portions . |
| 19 | She maintained that the reproductive organs were formed in girls at birth and not newly created in adolescence as Maudsley claimed , and while agreeing that women stored nutrient in reserve for childbearing , argued that it was not in finite supply and could safely be drawn upon in adolescence . |
| 20 | On Sept. 21 , the participants were joined by representatives of PICC members , including Japan . |
| 21 | As rapid rapair ( restitution ) of injured gastric mucosa takes place only if the damage is non-haemorrhagical , the stomachs were exposed to concentrations of ethanol that caused haemorrhagical damage in less than 10% of the glandular mucosa . |
| 22 | At the Council in the Marches of Wales one or two of the judges were tainted by charges of corruption . |
| 23 | It was not clean and tidy as if the thoughts had flowed easily ; it was double-spaced , and the spaces were larded with corrections in type and pencil , crossings-out , insertions , changed words … it was very hard to make it out . |
| 24 | Baba Yaga came in , and her eyes were gleaming like coals of fire . |
| 25 | The gases were contained in gasbags of indiarubber , oiled silk , or the rubberised waterproof cloth of Macintosh and Hancock . |
| 26 | ‘ These boxes were designed for bags of gold in the Middle Ages . |
| 27 | They were preceded by weeks of speculation ( some of it inspired by the Elysée ) and followed by weeks of commentary and exegesis , all of which had the effect of focussing journalistic and public attention on the presidency . |
| 28 | Low wages were supplemented by gifts of clothing , gratuities or ‘ vails ’ from guests , and surreptitious payments from tradesmen . |
| 29 | AUSTRALIAN captain Allan Border and fast bowler Merv Hughes were reported by umpires for dissent during the last day of the drawn First Test against the West Indies in Brisbane yesterday . |
| 30 | The Jordanian authorities were overwhelmed with demands for relief , especially food supplies , and the repatriation of foreign workers to their countries of origin . |