Example sentences of "they were [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The action and control areas were carefully selected so that they were matched as far as possible in terms both of the number of referrals to the psychogeriatric service in the previous year , and of 1981 census data on the number of elderly people resident , particularly those aged 80 and over , the housing amenities of elderly people and the proportion of elderly people living alone ( see Table 2.1 ) . |
| 2 | After the war , the army dumped thousands of these sets on cadet forces , where they were treated far harder than in any battle zone . |
| 3 | Russian diplomats in west-European capitals until the end of the seventeenth century expected to be maintained by the rulers to whom they were accredited , and often complained vociferously when they were treated less generously than they had expected . |
| 4 | The EC has ruled against unfair dismissal of pregnant women — they no longer have to claim that they were treated more harshly than a sick man . |
| 5 | They were squashed even further when the other two joined them for coffee and later in the bar . |
| 6 | They were gone as suddenly as they had come . |
| 7 | The commercial men resented thus having to create a negative image of their product , but this was the least the industry could do to allay government criticism that they were expanding more rapidly than resources allowed . |
| 8 | And when the CEGB 's geologists were sent out to look at the geological substrata , they were harassed as heavily as the waste dumpers had been . |
| 9 | Two High Court judges upheld the right of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to refuse payouts to two women because they were sought too long after the abuse took place . |
| 10 | Although the French may have persuaded themselves that they were moving as fast as they could towards the ‘ perfection ’ of Vietnamese independence , it was perhaps indulgent of Acheson to have allowed himself to be persuaded as well . |
| 11 | But then by the time they were fin he retired and they were finishing they were ta they were taking about less than half the time . |
| 12 | And he could n't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they 'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them . |
| 13 | On the train journey back south they were cheered once again as they passed through every station , and this time Charlie felt they were more worthy of the hatted ladies ' respect . |
| 14 | They were put up yesterday because of the problems with the Social Services Department , one of which of course was it 's previous overspend . |
| 15 | They were started as early as 1461 , and the system is still being extended and improved today . |
| 16 | Usually , to please Father , I would also go on a quick visit to one of his shops and sometimes I wondered if they were doing as well as he pretended . |
| 17 | They were rowing as fast as they could towards the ship ! |
| 18 | Before that evening the Pink Floyd 's gigs had been small affairs such as the ICA , and for the London Free School at St Luke 's Hall in Notting Hill — but their rudimentary light show meant they were paid rather better than Soft Machine . |
| 19 | Such images were reworkings of arguments already used about Toxteth in 1981 and Brixton in 1981 , but they were used more widely than in 1980–1 . |
| 20 | The diary of a Middlesex parson , the Rev B.J. Armstrong , shows us what a devastating effect they were having as early as the 1830s . |
| 21 | Its fine architecture decorated with giant banded pilasters have more than a hint of northern Mannerism in spite of the fact that they were finished as late as 1653 . |
| 22 | So perhaps more instrumental in influencing the spread of environmentalism in England than the writings of apocalyptic ‘ doom-watchers ’ were such factors as the widespread construction of motorways — which , because they were routed around rather than through cities , shattered the peace of so many middle-class localities — and the changes in agricultural technology which altered the ecology and the landscape of extensive areas of rural England . |
| 23 | Rather , they were demanded most rigorously where further training involved FE or professional courses where the educational qualification was an entry requirement . |
| 24 | The patients ‘ were quickly integrated into the life of the small community and it was found that many of them were surviving better outside than inside the hospital ’ . |