Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additionally , the horses were usually fed their dinner of oats in a bucket placed inside a motorcar tire ( so that they were less likely to spill it ) . |
| 2 | They were also asked their views on the quality of referral letters in general . |
| 3 | In one group they were also shown which letters of the alphabet went with which sounds . |
| 4 | They were then asked what sort of interest rate they would expect to pay there ( Table 49b ) . |
| 5 | Just a month later , on 25 November 1944 , The Soldier 's Tale was successfully given its premiere by the Ballet Club at the Alhambra , Cape Town . |
| 6 | As a friend of Linde 's , I was rather embarrassed , however , when I was later sent his paper by a scientific journal and asked whether it was suitable for publication . |
| 7 | I was also asked my views on the chairmanship of the party . |
| 8 | Returning to his parents in Scarborough , he continued to train in hotel management until in 1925 he at last defied the family and enrolled as a drama student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London , where two years later he won the gold medal and was immediately given his start in the professional theatre by one of his teachers , the Russian director Theodore Komisarjevsky [ q.v . ] . |