Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other exercises were designed to help me with a problem of co-ordination in hammer-ons and in string skipping . |
| 2 | When this opening was created between two rooms , elegant display shelving , storage cupboards and stylish Victorian lace curtains were added to make it into an attractive feature |
| 3 | After completing the AEC , participants were interviewed to provide them with an opportunity to reflect and comment on the course . |
| 4 | After four years in the explosives division , his management potential had been spotted and moves were made to launch him on a management development programme of rotation to broaden his experience . |
| 5 | Isaacs named the substance interferon , and for some years vigorous efforts were made to develop it into a practical therapeutic agent . |
| 6 | When Churchill gave his first broadcast , suggesting that the Labour Party might have to resort to ‘ some form of Gestapo , no doubt very humanely directed in the first instance ’ , the electors were bound to regard it as a gross exaggeration ; Attlee , following the next night , could readily ask his audience to distinguish between ‘ Winston Churchill , the great leader in war of a united nation , and Mr Churchill the party leader of the Conservatives ’ . |
| 7 | We had a job which was involved in loading up the day before this is in a big van , in the previous job I I had , er er a large van fu filling it full of a houseful of furniture in the afternoon , sp spending two or three hours taking it out of store , and we were asked to deliver it to an address in New Brighton . |
| 8 | When the main scale had been constructed , student and employer samples were asked to select one from a range of scaled descriptive phrases indicating the employability value of different features of the course . |
| 9 | Eventually we were forced to release her on a technicality . |
| 10 | Years later they even kept a black panther for a while , until there were complaints and they were forced to send it to a wildlife park . |
| 11 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 12 | Police were sent to arrest him on a charge of attempted murder , but in the ensuing melee the Rajah was shot dead . |
| 13 | Every time she put her nose out of the door , there he seemed to be , and if he was n't outside he was inside , making provocative remarks that were guaranteed to drive her into a fury . |