Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that they were climbing up into the older parts of the mine above the Grand Level to ascertain whether all the worthwhile ore had been taken out . |
| 2 | When our dad died , we were turned out by the Bridgewater agent . |
| 3 | This suggests that both groups of children were adding on to the larger digit a number of steps equal in value to the smaller digit . |
| 4 | He took his senior men aside at lunchtime for a tour d'horizon on ‘ the wider implications of the project for European unity , and when the Cabinet resumed matters of cost and technical detail which had caused objections that morning were swallowed up in the wider prime ministerial perspective ’ . |
| 5 | Those who were brought up on the older theories of the Westminster model in which , despite party loyalties , there was a balance between the executive and the legislature as a whole , expect that the House of Commons will still regard its main functions as being to consider and amend legislative proposals from the government ( and from private members ) , to scrutinize public expenditure and to expose government policies to continual questioning and debate . |
| 6 | The sash windows were put in at a later date but the glazing bars still follow the lines of the mullions and transoms and look particularly well . |
| 7 | After lengthy discussion this was approved , subject to a number of points which required further consideration and were stood over to a further meeting . |