Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Minister said in Committee that he believed that if abuses were proven the Secretary of State would be able to act .
2 These discussions were given a sense of urgency by the bitter railway strike of October 1919 .
3 Pauline and Chris Russell were given a hi-fi for Christmas .
4 The funeral feast was under way and we were given a quantity of meat .
5 Passengers were given a choice of menu : Chicken tikka Massala or vegetable curry .
6 I believe they were given a home with luck and Arab backing , but then they wanted a State which they got , I believe they were entitled to one .
7 Jarrow were given a scare at home by bottom Flo when Rob Johnson equalised an early goal from Kevin KcElwey , but from that stage they took command to finish 5–1 in front .
8 We were given a lot of work to prepare in our spare time and I remember trying to keep warm in the daytime in an overcoat and scarf while I wrote an essay or struggled with Latin composition .
9 The way in which care programming had been introduced from the ‘ top down ’ was also seen as a disadvantage , ‘ We were given a lot of freedom to develop services in the eighties , now we feel new systems are being imposed ’ .
10 And erm after about six six or eight months , we were given a place off Walk .
11 They joined the German retreat in early 1943 , and were given a place of settlement in the Novogrodek area of Belorussia .
12 Show owner Graham Wallace was approached by one of the sisters at the hospital for a quote on the cost of a tank after they were given a sum of money as a donation .
13 That is to say , people who had said that they might consider taking out a loan of up to £400 but not more were given a set of credit terms for a £100 loan ; people who might consider taking out a loan of over £400 , but not less , were given a set of credit options for a £1,000 loan .
14 That is to say , people who had said that they might consider taking out a loan of up to £400 but not more were given a set of credit terms for a £100 loan ; people who might consider taking out a loan of over £400 , but not less , were given a set of credit options for a £1,000 loan .
15 They just do n't actually have that information , a lot of small local groups , and I think maybe the C B S could work with the Engineers department in future years and try to get to those groups , because I 'm sure a lot of them , actually if they were given the opportunity in time to get in , that , that you might have a lot of people applying for flag and whatever than you do now .
16 Viewers wishing to help were given the address of AI at the end of the programme : over 1,500 letters were subsequently received at the AI office .
17 The divisions were given the go-ahead for construction five years in advance of the anticipated need for capacity , but during the previous three years there had been detailed consultations between headquarters and the divisions , about the power requirements , about the site , and about the design and layout of the proposed plant .
18 A similar pattern emerged from a second kind of monitoring — rhyme monitoring — in which subjects were given an instruction like Press the button whenever you hear a word rhyming with ‘ bread ’ .
19 They were given an ounce of twist tobacco a week and two at Christmas , when they were also given a pint of beer .
20 The peasants were authorized to parcel out the private estates while legal ownership of all land was vested in the State ; factory committees were given broad powers to vet the actions of management ; the minorities were granted the right of self-determination ; each regiment was authorized to negotiate armistice terms .
21 ‘ Their horses were fed a meal of oats and bran to make them more fiery .
22 In 1982–83 nearly 800 children in England and Wales were made the subject of care orders as a result of divorce or other family proceedings and the cumulative number of children in care as a result of such orders was more than 7000 , costing approximately £400 million a year ( Family Courts Campaign , 1986 ) .
23 The Welsh were offered a scheme of executive devolution only .
24 A council spokesman said mortgage holders were offered a choice of insurance companies .
25 At dinner we were offered a choice of menu and the first course was often a buffet with the main course served by waiters .
26 At the same time as working class women were offered a measure of protection , more emphasis was placed on their responsibilities at home .
27 The move would also , it was hoped , create the conditions for more ETA prisoners to apply for " reinsertion " , whereby they were offered an amnesty in return for a renunciation of violence .
28 A number of measures were agreed a meeting of Council held on 14th March 1992 as a comprehensive strategy to increase CPRW 's overall membership to 4,000 ( 0.14% of the population of Wales ) .
29 A number of measures were agreed a meeting of Council held on 14th March 1992 as a comprehensive strategy to increase CPRW 's overall membership to 4,000 ( 0.14% of the population of Wales ) .
30 The women were handed a sheet of paper on which the words ‘ I am … ’ appeared in a sequence numbered from one to ten .
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