Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [det] [num] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later the bomb disposal squad found that all three bombs were duds ! ’ |
| 2 | In our feasibility study , we found that these two types were both represented in the samples of social work offered to us as examples of secondary prevention , and a distinction between them made sense to the practitioners . |
| 3 | On Aug. 31 , Polish radio reported that some 3,500 workers were continuing a sit-in . |
| 4 | On Aug. 31 , Polish radio reported that some 3,500 workers were continuing a sit-in . |
| 5 | The tribunal ruled that all three women were entitled to redundancy pay . |
| 6 | Adam had only heard one other make these sounds and when he first heard Anne make them his memory escape failed and those two nights were startlingly evoked , so disturbingly in fact that he had the terrible delusion that Anne was doing it to mock him . |
| 7 | The report stated that another 40 results were outstanding and that repeat elections were to be held in 20 constituencies where candidates had failed to receive the minimum number of votes . |
| 8 | An AFP report of April 15 claimed that some 3,000 refugees were crossing into Bangladesh every day , and that the total refugee population was 205,698 . |
| 9 | This meant that these two factors were hard to disentangle . |
| 10 | The Kuwaiti government said that some 80,000 Palestinians were still resident in Kuwait , out of a population of about 350,000 before the Iraqi invasion . |
| 11 | Independent reports , supported by evidence collected by the human rights organization Amnesty International , said that several dozen students were massacred . |
| 12 | He concluded that all three conditions were satisfied in this case and gave judgment for the plaintiff . |