Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] in [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifteen wickets were to go down in all that day , and although Gooch and Robinson made a sound start , once they were separated the procession continued as normal . |
| 2 | Again , I do not think that individuals are to be blamed for this : whole societies were caught up in this sexist interpretation of reality . |
| 3 | They would believe that all these people were caught up in this satanic net . |
| 4 | Fears of a revival of the Cultural Revolution were borne out in some local areas where over-zealous and ‘ leftist ’ oriented cadres interpreted the words of the Party directives too literally , trying to eliminate anything new which had come about since the open-door policy was introduced . |
| 5 | Local Marine Boards were set up in all main ports and a Shipping Master appointed by each to take administrative responsibility for masters ' and mates ' examinations and the business of engaging and discharging seamen under pain of penalty for " crimping " and other similar offences . |
| 6 | However , the two normal cell type ( fibroblasts and endothelial cells ) mRNA lacked this band and this product was not observed when PCR was performed for up to 35 cycles , thus suggesting that repeats AD1 and 11 either singly or together were spliced out in these normal cells ( Fig. 4 ) . |
| 7 | The sloppiness of such thinking-by-pun affected many of the leading molecular biologists and immunologists of the period ( two who were swept up in this early enthusiasm but stayed on to become wiser neurobiological theorists were Gerald Edelman and Francis Crick ) . |
| 8 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 9 | No serious attention would be paid to cuisine while his pupils were cavorting around in this outlandish dress parade . |