Example sentences of "[det] were [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the report of its working group , recommendations concerning this were passed on to the newly appointed UKCC on its inception in July 1983 . |
| 2 | The Mayor and Corporation flapped about like mud skippers and some were swirled round by the eddies and then flung on to sprawling tree roots where they hung about like wet washing . |
| 3 | Some were taken back to the dungeons of Black Crag where they remain to this day , to the anger of Kazador . |
| 4 | Details of these were given out at the April training day and included in that days ' notes . |
| 5 | Several of these were swept up into the state National Railways of Mexico in the early years of this century . |
| 6 | These were thrown down by the Persian invaders in 480 , and shattered remains preserved for us in terraces and foundations of the fifth century . |
| 7 | These were sold off by the French . |
| 8 | He received about 20 letters from ex-regimental POWs who were in need ; these were passed on to the regiment . |
| 9 | When the messages were decoded they emerged as apparently meaningless blocks of letters , and these were passed on to the linguists in Hut 3 who turned them into intelligible German . |
| 10 | Most of these were set up in the early 1970s , often from existing sites rather than de novo . |
| 11 | These were set out in the code of practice issued under the Environmental Protection Act . |
| 12 | It is said — and I have never been able to verify this figure — 70% , and not all were shot down by the fighters , although the majority of aircraft were . |
| 13 | The decks were cleared ; sailors began to run like monkeys up the rigging unfurling the great sail , while two more were sent up to the stern-castle to manage the huge tiller . |
| 14 | Besides a number of activities which took place at a regional level , many more were carried on throughout the year by its corporate and personal members . |
| 15 | ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table . |