Example sentences of "they were [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 They were leaving to eat a curry washed down by whisky from the ex-Jesuit pal upon whose floor they were sleeping .
2 But the message went further for it was felt that the lesson to be learned was that living standards could be maintained if unity prevailed : ‘ With the help of the Trade Union Movement , mobilized by the TUC General Council , they were enabled to secure a victory which they could not have won if they were left to fight alone . ’
3 They were intended to achieve a number of objectives .
4 They were recorded using a Panasonic WV-CD1E miniature video camera fixed to the bonnet of the car directly in line with the driver and approximately 10cm in front of the bottom of the windscreen .
5 They were asked to choose a career at the wrong time ; there are more pressing issues at 18 years of age than careers .
6 They were asked to complete a questionnaire in order to quantify their smoking habit and to obtain information about possibly confounding factors such as skin pigmentation , sun exposure , age and sex .
7 A doctor who 's just returned from helping victims of the civil war in Somalia has been describing how the surgeon next to him was shot in the operating theatre as they were trying to save a patient 's life .
8 I 'm sure they 're the nicest guys in the world , but I was at the MTV awards in America when they were trying to do a soundcheck , and they could n't do a song because their tapes were n't working .
9 Three days ago they were trying to dodge a massacre in Bosnia , now despite half their families being slaughtered they seem happy to play in the mists of an Oxfordshire morning nearly two thousand miles from home .
10 For I worked at the council they were trying to make a road there then .
11 I sensed they were trying to make a statement with their carefree attitude : if we ca n't do anything else , we are going to enjoy this anniversary .
12 They were beginning to attract a penumbra of gallery-goers , as though they were offering a guided tour .
13 They were scheduled to pay a visit to another model resettlement village that morning — their last official tour .
14 They were also exercising their right in keeping with the loyalty with which they were born , as they were helping to rebuild a security station .
15 After that there is no more and the accounts cease until January 1898 when they were balanced showing a credit of £2:12:7½ .
16 Carolyn commented on them , and for once incurred Bryony 's pleased attention , as she explained how a friend had made them for her to an ancient design , and that unlike any shoes you could buy , they were made to last a lifetime , were completely healthy and natural , and did not threaten to deform the foot or posture in any way .
17 They were made to have a bath and encouraged to wash the shirts they were wearing .
18 This was the first case investigated by the Glasgow Police as opposed to the Procurator Fiscal acting together with Sherriff 's officers , and they were determined to get a conviction .
19 As a pleasant coda to that solemn and eerie initiation , they were invited to witness a duel
20 Lily asked Vernon , when they were queuing to buy a round of drinks .
21 They were empowered to improve a range of local facilities from transport , credit , and insurance to health and education .
22 More practices might consider a prescribing contract alone if they were allowed to retain a percentage of the savings .
23 They had such a long distance that they were allowed to have a police bicycle .
24 They were not forced to use private contractors but they were required to make a judgement on the best value for their health authority .
25 preferred to play safe and order bodies which could be transferred to a narrow gauge system if the standard gauge system for which they were ordered proved a failure .
26 They passed the relief sentinel on his way down , then a knot of three men at the top of the rise who were playing at dice on the cut bole of a tree greeted them as they passed , then the path they were following entered a series of concentric earthworks , man-made mounds and ditches long since overtaken by the forest .
27 The children became excited , as though they were preparing to withstand a siege .
28 When , at last , they were compelled to call a referendum on whether to do so , a solid majority voted not to try officers for crimes committed while they held power .
29 They were chosen to represent a range of ages ( mean 44 years , min 21 , max 62 ) and degrees of driving experience ( Driving licence held for mean ‘ years , min 4 , max 40 , mean annual mileage 7,450 , min 1,000 , max 25,000 ) .
30 They were told to spend a maximum of fifteen minutes on this task and to restrict their accounts to a maximum of half a page .
  Next page