Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her two sons had watched the scene from a distance and were soon to report it to the authorities . |
| 2 | Improvements in firms ' procedures were deemed necessary in many of the firms the Joint Monitoring Unit ( JMU ) visited , but in many cases firms were already implementing them by the time of our visits . |
| 3 | We were once promised something of the sort from Anna Ford back at ITN , but it never happened . |
| 4 | Fourth , and finally , the rejection of the Athenians by the Spartans makes more sense if the Ephialtic reforms are seen as part of a process rather than as an event , that is , if the qualities which the Spartans feared were gradually manifesting themselves over the whole thirty-year period , 487–457 . |
| 5 | The Communists were busily isolating themselves from the labour movement ; the Independent Labour Party was about to do the same . |
| 6 | He had to — they were doubtless watching him on the closed-circuit television . |