Example sentences of "were [verb] [verb] it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Eventually the Jesuits were able to persuade the townspeople to rebuild the Gothic tower in Baroque style , but the Jesuits were forbidden to decorate it with Jesuit saints and they were forbidden to enter the tower from the church . |
2 | Priene was rebuilt near the mouth of the River Meander about 334 B.C. Because the town was not of great importance under the late Roman rule , few alterations were made to adapt it to Roman needs , so much of the Hellenistic building has survived . |
3 | When he wanted to get rid of the consequence of the murder , women were made to share it with two other victims . |
4 | I suppose you could , if you were going to wear it like that , you could take the belt right off . |
5 | Th th the the advancement on the exercise is to make them one sentence by using , yes , you could use a conjunction if you were going to make it into one sentence . |
6 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |