Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Cubs and even foetuses cut from the bodies of pregnant females were added to individual hunters ' totals .
2 er they also brought out some a good range of lighting fittings er , which you still see about again used well I , I remember putting one , you saying about putting lights at different levels , erm a staircase which was in a new house which was architect design and built and erm , the staircase was er more or less centrally in the house rather than be stuck against one wall and so it had a well and down the centre of the well we strung one of these lights with er five different glasses suspended on black flex five black flexes and erm these were shades made of heavy glass er the glass was n't painted it was coloured all the way through , er and erm they were called er Chelsea , Chelsea glasswork and erm these each had a lamp inside them well er about three inch diameter cylinders actually about eight inches long and they were hung at different heights er so that the lip behind the staircase and also of course there 's a staircase being where it was , it was in the centre of er , a , quite a large hallway for modern stand for modern standards and erm it of course was a feature of the hall as well .
3 In the eventual settlement , fine promises were made about equivalent facilities ' becoming available at Mile End Hospital .
4 Police were called to Highsted Girls ' Grammar School at Sittingbourne , Kent .
5 Many came from academic families , and most were employed in prestigious women 's colleges on the East Coast of the US ( Furumoto and Scarsborough 1986 ) .
6 Some banks were encouraged by industrialised countries ' governments to provide competitive financial packages to overseas buyers in order to win export contracts for their depressed manufacturing industries .
7 Now these visitors were dressed in simple shepherds ' tunics though they were fashioned in stripes of crimson satin and cloth of gold .
8 Some elderly subjects were recruited from senior citizens ' homes or choirs .
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