Example sentences of "and were [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band you thought had no personality and were locked into a strait-jacketed genre have just made an album packed with more character and idiosyncrasies than practically any other released in 1992 . |
| 2 | Usually , they had a single mast stepped amidships and were rigged with a single square sail . |
| 3 | Leadership calls for party unity in difficult political circumstances prevailed , however , and were reinforced by a common underlying belief in the congress that the Sandinistas continued to exercise political influence in a tacit pact with the government . |
| 4 | In the Bekaa , he records , ‘ birds sang among the reeds and were echoed by a distant chorus from farm workers marching out to potato fields with long hoes over their shoulders . |
| 5 | Originally ascribed to the 1660s it now seems highly likely that they date from the 1630s and were made within a few years of each other . |
| 6 | We were ushered into the boardroom at the back of the building and were treated to a few welcoming remarks from Derek Jefferson , in his familiar , cheerful and very effective style . |
| 7 | Around 50 retired employees attended the party and were treated to a three course dinner served up by committee volunteers . |
| 8 | The liquid emptying plots were all straight lines and were fitted to a single exponential function by an iterative least squares method . |
| 9 | The cars loaded in Talbot Square by the side of the Clifton Hotel , which was also the terminus of the Marton route , and were shedded in an enlarged Marton depot . |
| 10 | Some of the components of ‘ North Star ’ survived and were incorporated in a non-working replica built for the Stockton and Darlington centenary . |
| 11 | We shook hands and were joined by a sparkling red-head : ‘ Dr Sherry Brown , hello . |
| 12 | She believes that junior doctors could be empowered by longer contracts and proposes that house jobs should be arranged in one year ( or even 18 month ) blocks within single or closely linked units , so that the doctors felt and were recognised as an important part of the service provided . |
| 13 | All had several days ' growth of beard and were dressed in a motley collection of civilian clothing . |
| 14 | The people were commanded to assemble and were faced with a simple choice : ‘ Elijah stepped forward and said to the people , ‘ How long will you sit on the fence ? |
| 15 | Such geomantic figures are comparable with Christian cathedrals and were inspired by a similar devotion |
| 16 | Battling Leigh never gave up and were rewarded with a late try from Andy Collier , converted by Simon Baldwin . |
| 17 | In spite of lowering clouds and apocalyptic forecasts , plenty of hardy souls turned up to sample the culinary offerings of Brecknock 's answer tot he Roux Brothers , and were rewarded with a pleasant , rain free evening , and a meal that reached even dizzier heights than last year — the proportion of charcoal to edible meat having been somewhat reduced . |
| 18 | Coleraine started brightly with Cook and Brian Donaghy both going close in the opening three minutes , but the Crues settled quickly and were presented with a golden opportunity to go ahead in the 12th minute . |
| 19 | The hangings were conducted on the anniversary of the 1979 storming by Iranian students of the US embassy in Tehran [ see p. 30150 ] , and were accompanied by an anti-US demonstration in the capital which was addressed by Mohtashemi . |
| 20 | In early March the SIG moved to Kabrit and were put through a hard training programme to fit them to operate in the desert alongside the SAS . |
| 21 | Where the words were , as in this case , descriptive words and were used in a descriptive sense , a trade mark was not affected . |
| 22 | The desperate crew of six — including three women — were only rescued after they lit a fire on the open deck and were spotted by a Norwegian ship . |
| 23 | Significantly the policies stressed the importance of local initiatives , and were offered as a decentralized alternative to the centralized bureaucratic planning of national government . |
| 24 | It is disputed whether these onion domes were a development indigenous to the area or whether the idea came from further east , but the former seems more likely on the weight of evidence ; they were being built by the mid-twelfth century here and were designed in a great variety of shapes and in large numbers . . |
| 25 | A hoard of 153 silver cups and one gold cup found at Tôd in Upper Egypt may have come originally from Minoan workshops ; the vessels appear to be Middle Minoan IB work , which was produced in Crete between 2000 and 1900 BC , and were found in an Egyptian deposit which has been dated fairly precisely to about 1920 BC . |
| 26 | Finally , in 1571 , the Emperor Maximilian II and his wife paid a visit on foot to the Jewish quarter , and were welcomed under a traditional canopy by the Rabbi and the mayor , Mordechai Maizl . |
| 27 | During the afternoon nine Ju88s appeared , and were intercepted by a patrolling Fulmar section , Lt. Henley chasing an aircraft of 5/LG 1 , his fire wounding the gunner before the bomber disappeared into the murk . |
| 28 | Then , after its founding in early 1967 , the NF mobilised to become a significant , if localised , force during the early and mid-1970s , especially in 1972-73 , after the arrival in Britain of displaced Ugandan Asians , and again in 1976 , when Malawian Asians arrived as refugees and were greeted by a moral panic about immigrants , legal and illegal , that continued into 1977 , and gave some local impetus to the NF 's electoral attempts at that time . |
| 29 | After two miles or so of this beautiful scenery we emerged at the top of the gorge into sunlight again and were greeted by a wonderful expanse of forest . |
| 30 | Stephanie and Mrs Owen , clutching notes , bottles , knitting , Wordsworth , turned left and right and were greeted by a fat nurse who put their bottles on a tray amongst jam-jars with cellophane frills , various medicine bottles , a gin bottle and a large ketchup pot . |