Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The course organisers were informed about the study and its objectives and were asked for their cooperation in data collection . |
| 2 | The opposition were winning a lot of line-out ball at the back and were getting to our midfield . |
| 3 | Kleinwort and Hamilton led privileged lives : they grew up in large family houses with staff , attended public school and were assured by their family connections of places in the City . |
| 4 | The Youngs , whose Slipperclub had finished third , were embraced by the hyperjoyous Unwins and were invited to their table , leaving the poor Flokatis to seek solace with others whose hopes had died on the last bend . |
| 5 | If companies had to say how many died and were injured in their service each year , it might give the life and death of workers a higher priority . |
| 6 | Periodically revised and completed , these ‘ rules and regulations ’ bore the imprint of the administrative tradition that had hitherto governed broadcasting , and were criticized for their formalism — and insufficient recognition of the realities of broadcasting . |
| 7 | Doherty ( 39 ) , from the New Lodge area of Belfast , and 37-year-old Michael McKee , from the city 's Ballymurphy Road , escaped in 1981 and were sentenced in their absence . |
| 8 | What a transformation , suddenly the guard spoke English , we received the required stamps and were sent on our way after three hours of total frustration . |
| 9 | Such a pair belonged to Sir William Ingleby of Ripley , Yorkshire , in 1617 and were listed in his inventory as ‘ shipp sawceres ’ . |
| 10 | Mark indicates that the crowd at this stage recognised Jesus as Messiah but by the end of the week they had changed their minds and were calling for his execution . |
| 11 | The processes of Individual Performance Review and Personal Development Planning functioned only fitfully , and were distorted by their association with Performance Related Pay . |
| 12 | It seemed to be calling to them and Carrie thought of fairy tales she had read — you looked back at something behind you and were caught in its spell ! |
| 13 | An early passage separates this man , who does not want to be nothing , from the trading elders of his family — pessimists who could take risks , and were consoled by their religion . |
| 14 | All but two of the books reviewed were opposed to testing , as far as one can tell from the reviews , and were praised for their position . |
| 15 | Whiteside was highly esteemed as an experimental philosopher ; his courses had considerable influence , and were continued after his death by James Bradley [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | This variant appeared spontaneously in the population and was selected by its ability to overgrow the RJ2.2.5 cells in culture . |
| 17 | He joined the Screen Actors Guild in 1937 and was appointed to its board in 1941 . |
| 18 | Finally when he ran completely out of paper and was writing on his cuff , I stopped . |
| 19 | He returned home and was sent by his father to a technical college to learn watchmaking . |
| 20 | That night he died and was parted from his wealth . |
| 21 | She first became involved with CND in 1983 and was elected to its chair last year . |
| 22 | He failed in three attempts to secure election to the Trades Union Congress 's parliamentary committee , but he represented the vellum binders at the foundation conference of the labour representation committee in February 1900 , and was elected to its executive . |
| 23 | At the same time Mavis Muyunda was moved from Health to the Ministry of Water , Lands and Natural Resources and was replaced by her deputy , Jeremiah Chijikwa . |
| 24 | Pavlov , who was reported to have developed high blood pressure on Aug. 19 and was replaced by his deputy , Vitaly Doguzhiyev , was put under guard in hospital . |
| 25 | Zhang Zhongxian was dismissed as political commissar of -Guangzhou MR and was replaced by his deputy , Lt.-Gen. |
| 26 | Physicist Fang Lizhi , sheltering in the United States embassy in Beijing [ see pp. 36722 ; 36815 ] , was also criticized for " slandering " Marxism , and was stripped of his membership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences . |
| 27 | He married and had four children and was adored by his family . |
| 28 | One of a group of women who were seen in their own lifetimes as emblems of Pre-Raphaelitism , she made a considerable executive contribution to this important British art movement , and was recognized at her death as the last surviving link with it . |
| 29 | He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him . |
| 30 | The third servant simply buried the funds entrusted to him in a hole in the ground for safekeeping and was condemned for his worthlessness because he had not even taken the ( virtually riskless ) alternative of leaving the money on deposit with the bankers . |