Example sentences of "were [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many staff were embarrassed by the way the decision had been taken . |
| 2 | Jones , the county 's junior team captain , said : ‘ Cheshire officials were delighted with the way the boys played in technique as well as team spirit . |
| 3 | Jones , the county 's junior team captain , said : ‘ Cheshire officials were delighted with the way the boys played in technique as well as team spirit . |
| 4 | Young people were dismayed at the trouble the demonstrations had caused . |
| 5 | The judges were impressed by the way the company , based in Newtonmore and which employs 14 people , has increased turnover in the past year from £40,000 to £400,000 and is tackling the European market — even before its Smart Rope , which warns climbers by changing colour when it gets over-stressed and on which world patents are pending — goes into full production later this year . |
| 6 | Councillors said they were unhappy with the way the village green had been cut by Winchester City Council . |
| 7 | However , two major civil and human rights organisations , the NCCL and Amnesty International , were critical of the way the inquest was conducted ( ibid.:239–40 ) . |
| 8 | Alan Calladine , PRO for the line said : ‘ We did have some slight operating difficulties on the Sunday but overall we were pleased with the way the event ran . |
| 9 | One and all were pleased with the way the emergency had been handled , and Adam Polwhele summed up their feelings by saying , " Reckon we did a pretty job there , Sam boy . " |
| 10 | A whole journalistic industry spread scurrilous rumours about the school , and neighbours were outraged by the way the Elmhirsts gave a haven to refugees , foreigners , pacifists , socialists and atheists . |
| 11 | There were so many among her High School and Neighbours friends who were amazed at the way the shy , fragile , far from self-confident Kylie coped with her instant elevation to international celebrity . |
| 12 | Then confronted with the enormity of the defeat which the Party had suffered , many members were completely i incapable of understanding er what had gone on , were disoriented by the defeat they had suffered and were open to the argument the strategy was right all along , the revolution is still going forward , there are going to be new uprisings by the masses and so on and so forth . |
| 13 | However this teacher did comment that some of his colleagues in other schools were less happy with the change in emphasis , largely because they had always taught music as the development of a range of performance and theoretical skills , and were frightened by the stress the new syllabuses were putting upon improvisation and composition : |
| 14 | He once caught a pigeon , but it was mostly sparrows so small that , when he laid them on the embers to cook , they were ready by the time the feathers had singed and were hardly worth even sharing , except with the twins who insisted . |
| 15 | Those who expected to be met by family or friends were aware of the inconvenience the delay would be causing . |