Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officially , the force was supposed to go in by invitation only ; avoid looking like the heavy mob ; and not humiliate authorities which felt they were hounded because they were struggling to cope on their own . |
| 2 | Abroad they were feted , courted like film stars but always in the security of a group ; then when they went back home they were expected to slip from their previous lifestyles into houses that sometimes had no hot water or inside w.c . |
| 3 | Taken on around Whitsuntide , such men were provided with a cottage for the period of the hire , and in return were expected to supply from their own meagre resources a ‘ bondager ’ — a woman who would perform field-work or any other menial farm duty required of her . |
| 4 | Instead , a nationwide network of 120 investigative tribunals was set up , headed by lawyers who were empowered to call before them all adult foreigners living within their jurisdiction . |
| 5 | Polytechnic directors were invited to defect from their ruling body , the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics , to the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals , the universities ' ruling body . |
| 6 | The delays and frustrating disappointments of trying to keep to an eighteen-month construction schedule in the Caribbean were beginning to tell on them all . |
| 7 | After suffering bulimia for 15 years she sought help because her children were beginning to comment on her abnormal eating habits . |
| 8 | Little tumblers were beginning to click inside my tired old head . |
| 9 | Two ‘ women servants ’ ( ministrae ) were found to confess to nothing vicious and to hold only ‘ squalid superstition ’ . |
| 10 | Several thousands went and by the autumn , six months later , when they were allowed to return to their pillaged homes , almost half had died , of disease and malnutrition . |
| 11 | In 1979 , however , the Community moved over to direct elections — the general public were allowed to vote for their own MEPs . |
| 12 | Marksmanship was relatively unaffected when the soldiers were allowed to shoot in their own time at a target , but when shooting was combined with a vigilance task ( with the target appearing briefly at unpredictable times ) , the number of hits was dramatically reduced . |
| 13 | The principal obstacles to its success were : the economic climate in which the Geddes Report emphasized the low priority of education when financial restraint was inevitable ; the less than enthusiastic response from numerous LEAs in submitting their schemes ( they were allowed to proceed at their own pace without a universal appointed day ) ; the beginning of opposition from the National Union of Teachers and the labour movement in favour of ‘ Secondary Education for All ’ and a school-leaving age of 15 ; and , perhaps most significantly , the opposition of large sections of industry , including the Federation of British Industries . |
| 14 | ‘ you were allowed to work on your own initiative . |
| 15 | If they transacted the Company 's business diligently , Captains were allowed to trade on their own behalf and when this income was added to their basic salary , earnings were high . |
| 16 | Out-numbered , the two revenue men attempted to contact the Venturous with their portable radios for assistance , but as so often happens they had no success , and were forced to act on their own initiative . |
| 17 | His early history was not revealed , but when he arrived at his new home he was hostile , aggressive , and even savage ; and people were forced to take to their own heels to save themselves from his ! |
| 18 | They soon relaxed though , and were encouraged to talk about their present jobs and their lives . |
| 19 | When our informants were encouraged to think of their own society in terms of groups or categories , the most basic distinction they made was that of sex and age . |
| 20 | Marjorie and Bill were left to cope with their own personal loss while putting on a brave face for each other . |
| 21 | The British were left to act on their own in Jordan , although Washington did persuade Israel to permit the British to overfly its territory . |
| 22 | Ants were trying to return to their separate nests , or what was left of them , if anything . |
| 23 | In the uncomfortable silence that followed , while the others were trying to think of something tactful to say , the sound of a car pulling into the courtyard sounded unnaturally loud . |
| 24 | What were the problems these people were trying to handle with their various religious rituals and beliefs ? |
| 25 | Most of the other pups were ‘ shipped out ’ to other units and their respective fates are unknown , but Dave and his mates — two others based with Dave at RAOC/EFI Headquarters at Claygate , Surrey , and five more still stationed in Germany — were determined to hand onto their new recruit . |
| 26 | Occupations such as these were expected to account for three-quarters of the net job growth in this period , and employers were advised to look beyond their traditional " preferred " groups when recruiting . |
| 27 | Soldiers were required to bring with them three months ' supply of provisions , arms , armour and tools for entrenching and other tasks . |
| 28 | Labour Ministers , newly in office , were raring to go with their own legislative programme . |
| 29 | Its accommodation was considerably greater than would ever be needed in normal times , but its nationalistic opulence was intended to come into its own every four years , at the inauguration of successive presidents . |
| 30 | In 1979 a residential working party of users was arranged to talk about their practical experiences with the TL . |