Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sash windows were put in at a later date but the glazing bars still follow the lines of the mullions and transoms and look particularly well . |
| 2 | After lengthy discussion this was approved , subject to a number of points which required further consideration and were stood over to a further meeting . |
| 3 | Some of this deficit was made up by a further encroachment upon the lands of the Church ; the chantries were dissolved in 1548 and episcopal property came under pressure towards the end of the reign . |
| 4 | Hissene Habre , President since 1982 , was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , after endorsement by a referendum on Dec. 10 ( see p. 37114 ) . |
| 5 | On March 5 Sharad Pawar was sworn in for a further term as Congress ( I ) Chief Minister . |
| 6 | Habré arranged elections and was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , but was overthrown on Dec , 1 , 1990 , by rebel forces from the east under the leadership of his one-time military commander Idriss Déby , leader of the Patriotic Salvation Movement ( MPS ) [ see p. 37907 ] . |
| 7 | Congress ( I ) retained power in Maharashtra in the State Assembly elections in February 1990 and Sharad Pawar was sworn in for a further term as Chief Minister [ see p. 37245 ] . |
| 8 | His covered body was taken out to a cooler resting place , and suddenly the foundry seemed to be going round and round . |
| 9 | Returning to his cab , he reversed in until he was backed up to a smaller , mustard-coloured van in the adjoining space behind . |