Example sentences of "were [verb] [pron] [vb past] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , as the plates were welded I watched the hull take form , the bulkheads put in place and , scrambling around the apparent chaos of electrical cables and skeleton framework inside the hull , it was hard to visualise all this as our future living quarters , or that we should ever take her to sea in a fully operational capacity . |
| 2 | In 1973 experiments were reported which described the isolation of portions of tissue containing something which combined specifically with morphine and other potent analgesics . |
| 3 | When Pamela 's parents were interviewed they spent a lot of time emphasizing how necessary they thought it was to discipline Pamela . |
| 4 | In the excitement of his new job and other things that were happening he pushed the thought of Chris to the back of his mind until he realised that Maureen looked red-eyed and unhappy . |
| 5 | From the 1820s huge steam engines were built which did the work much more effectively . |
| 6 | As soon as you were noticed you became the butt for other peoples jokes and worries . |
| 7 | Frequently , strategies were adopted which camouflaged the intractability of this particular problem . |
| 8 | The entry for the case was located in the birth register and the first preceding and the first succeeding entries were selected who matched the case with respect to sex , date of birth ( plus or minus six months ) , district of birth registration , and family health services authority of the child 's first general practitioner . |
| 9 | From then on the fortunes of the Palace went into decline , these old walls which had seen so much of England 's history unfold , and from within which decisions were made which played a part in this history , were now in their last chapter . |
| 10 | When the committee inspected the work in July 1890 some further changes were made which increased the cost to £657 in addition to the cost of the site . |
| 11 | So quite early on some very crucial decisions were made which tilted the balance very much towards the national government . |
| 12 | CND was still marching , and although the numbers were dwindling it remained a focus of opposition . |
| 13 | And then they were giving up and going to America , they were going They had a sister . |
| 14 | When you were born I planted a tree , |
| 15 | When they were introduced they offered an alternative to insulin for the patient not responding to diet alone . |
| 16 | Other instruments were invented which recorded the actions of the heart and the flow in the vessels , and it became possible to investigate how the whole system was regulated throughout all the different activities of life . |
| 17 | Well , they 're right , but with what we were doing we wanted the containment of a mono mix to be even more contained . |
| 18 | It was under this imprint that the light romantic novels were issued which constituted the staple fare of Lane 's circulating libraries . |
| 19 | It said : ‘ If it becomes known that UK companies have supplied equipment for manufacture of munitions we could truthfully say that when the licences were issued we had no reason to believe that this civilian equipment was for other than general industrial purposes . ’ |
| 20 | But consider one aspect : fifteen design variables were identified which affected the behaviour of residents , especially children and users of blocks of flats . |
| 21 | Here landscape regions were identified which permitted an investigation to be made of the social and economic effects of land ) use patterns , and which allowed the territorial organisation of the period to be set within its geographical framework . |
| 22 | But although these were indeed dog days for British film production , film producers were emerging who understood the need for modern styles of production , bigger budgets and more ambitious showmanship . |
| 23 | Once the legs were jointed I turned the leg and stretcher assembly upside down on to the bottom of the seat and from this I could mark the centres to be drilled and set the bevels to repeat the process . |