Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abuse and scorn were heaped upon it with an intensity of attack that I can not remember experiencing previously in my political career . |
| 2 | Some cases , the easy ones , were solved by it like an intellectual puzzle . |
| 3 | So anyway , he erm had his say quite a long story and er the Chairman turned round all of a sudden and he s he could n't say the Chairman er said call him cos that 's what we call him and he said er he said erm would you like to come back to the rostrum again and he said erm you were explaining to me about an accident you had in the quarry in quarry , erm some years back and he said , I 'd like you to explain to these people . |
| 4 | The hours spent beneath the apple tree assumed a distorted quality as though she were looking at them through an unfocused lens . |
| 5 | They were looking at him with an air that mingled irony and respect . |
| 6 | He was just about to shrug off the question with ‘ I du n no ’ when he noticed that George and the twins were looking at him for an answer . |
| 7 | Palmer 's views were shared by the other Northern Residents who , early in his career as Lieutenant-Governor , were organized by him into an effective pressure group known as the Conference of Residents . |
| 8 | The words were flung at her like an accusation of felony . |
| 9 | David 's eyes were fixed on her with an intensity she had n't seen before . |
| 10 | In City Fur Manufacturing Co. v. Fureenbond ( 1937 K.B. ) A owned some skins which were stored for him at an independent warehouse . |