Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book had worthy intentions , and the text made some good points , but the illustrations were weak and said nothing about the real conditions of the poor . |
| 2 | Amid the unspeakable sufferings , however , there are epic tales of courage and heroism ; of those who voluntarily followed their banished loved ones into the unknown ; of enlightened , cultivated exiles who chose to remain after their sentences were complete and devote themselves to the scientific , artistic and educational development of the region . |
| 3 | Groundcrew were emotional and applied themselves with vigour to their checks , to keep their minds off the subject in hand — just as the aircrew had done in the cockpit on the flight from Cranfield to Waddington . |
| 4 | But when researchers cut sections of these rings , ground them down into slices so thin that they were translucent and examined them through the microscope , they found , preserved in the chert , the shapes of simple organisms , each no more than one or two hundredths of a millimetre across . |
| 5 | Before this experience , several barriers to worship were present that prevented me from entering fully into the presence of the Father and into the inheritance that Paul expresses so movingly in Ephesians 1 . |
| 6 | Molly congratulated the 16 successful candidates at this year 's examination , presented certificates to those who were present and welcomed them to their first training day as qualified teachers . |
| 7 | It was held that the employers were in breach of their personal duty of care , as they should have told the plaintiff to test the sashes to see if they were loose and provided him with wedges . |
| 8 | The men deny taking nude pictures of the girls while they themselves were naked and showing them to the children 's mother . |
| 9 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 10 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 11 | Part of the cuff was visible and reminded him of Middy sleeping under the quilt . |
| 12 | Tonight Craig Cook 's parents said the council knew the wall was unsafe but did nothing about it . |
| 13 | Their trial , on Health and Safety charges has been told that they knew the gantry was unsafe but did nothing about it . |
| 14 | For some obscure reason , Tawell was convinced that installing himself in the company of such a simple and pious set would give him a veneer of respectability , however he conducted himself otherwise . |
| 15 | The moulding was hard and marked him for life . |
| 16 | Mr McTavish , studying Nails closely , thought the boy was ill and took him into the kitchen and made him a cup of tea . |
| 17 | Some find it simpler to say that Jesus was human and leave it at that . |
| 18 | It was obvious that to base it on a villa one would need to have full access to the whole site and many more seasons — I imagined at least 15 . |
| 19 | They also suggest that their choice of index was incorrect but justify it by pointing out that it included both industrial and financial sectors and so could not have any undue bias . |
| 20 | The economic affairs commissioner , Henning Christophersen , said the overall Clinton plan was encouraging and compared it with the EC 's own plan to spark the economy out of recession . |
| 21 | We ate like hungry Travellers , but the meat was tough and needed someone with Masons Arms to cut it . |
| 22 | She was jealous and saw herself as a failure . |
| 23 | I have never felt such rage for M — even that day when she was drunk and hit me in front of that hateful boy Peter Catesby . |
| 24 | Murray 's cross from the right in the 67th minute was precise and evaded everyone except McCoist , whose header was turned towards Dykstra 's right-hand post and was as finely judged as the ball that set up the chance . |
| 25 | He says she was abusive and accused him of abducting her child . |
| 26 | The " black " group were significantly better at recognising this speaker ( p <0.1 ) ; most of the " white " group felt this speaker was Asian and assigned him to the " other " category . |
| 27 | He was lovely but watching him in that living room somehow said it all . |