Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milton 's ideas , for instance , were developed in an age when the state exercised enormous controls over intellectual and cultural life . |
| 2 | These were checked against a lexicon as they were produced so that unacceptable letter strings could be ruled out as early as possible . |
| 3 | Plant subjects in the same lunchboxes that had been used for previous experiments were placed on a stand and viewed . |
| 4 | However , the size of the database resulted in some confusion as to the best way to proceed with the enquiry , and the next few stages were undertaken on a trial and error basis . |
| 5 | The villagers were gathered round a corpse whilst beside it two burly labourers hacked the iron ground at the foot of the scaffold . |
| 6 | Today , it 's difficult to imagine how electric guitars were received in an environment where rock'n'roll did not exist . |
| 7 | Fewer than 5% of those who consulted a doctor were referred to a nurse or incontinence clinic , a figure which accords with that of Briggs and Williams , who found 42 of 101 general practitioners surveyed never used the service of a continence adviser for older patients although the service was available to them . |
| 8 | For instance , twice as many subjects in Wales were referred to a specialist or given an abdominal examination than in Humberside and Yorkshire , and half as many were prescribed tablets . |
| 9 | Peasants and miners were formed into a militia and given several days training , then stationed behind earthworks hurriedly thrown up on beaches , such as at Seaton , which became ‘ a handsome fence forbidding any foe 's invasion ’ , or in the iron age forts . |
| 10 | Nancy is convinced the bodies were hidden in a cave or quarry in the north of the island . |
| 11 | A TEENAGER died in a blaze at his home after firemen were diverted by a call that turned out to be a student prank . |
| 12 | Dissatisfaction with and criticism of validation procedures were paralleled by a recognition that the CNAA had succeeded through those procedures in gaining a wide measure of recognition and acceptance for its degrees , and for the institutions where they were offered . |
| 13 | Stirling and MacDermott were trapped in a cave and rounded up , thus ending the wartime career of the man who became known to the Germans as the ‘ Phantom Major ’ . |
| 14 | As guests of a Maharajah in one of the great Indian Native States , we were surrounded by an opulence and splendour little changed since the time of Akbar . |
| 15 | The women were fined by a magistrate and detained at Mangochi police station until the fine was paid . |
| 16 | The earlier figures measured the number of cases which were instituted before a magistrate or a justice of the peace . |
| 17 | Two out of every three parishes were dominated by a squire or a small group of rich farmers . |
| 18 | Between about 1785 and 1805 some pianos made in the Viennese tradition were designed with a check and others without . |
| 19 | Surprisingly , however , he found that sentences took longer to understand when they were preceded by a context than when they were not preceded by a context . |
| 20 | ‘ We have heard they were rescued by a man but have no idea who he was . |
| 21 | " We were approached by a man and woman — a settled couple , I would have said — and as they passed , the woman suddenly spoke to me , calling me by name . |
| 22 | Those monuments to be protected were included in a list or Schedule attached to the Act , and this is how the term ‘ scheduling ’ was born . |
| 23 | In 1957 a radical development took place when two railcoaches , 276 and 275 , were rebuilt as a motor and trailer set , in the style of the 1953 Coronation cars . |
| 24 | PATIENTS at Ashworth secure hospital in Maghull were evacuated from a ward after a fire broke out . |
| 25 | You had a turn out then and I think it lasted till the next spring , not like taking curtains up and down like people do now and hoover for the carpets , course the carpet would be taken out and beaten as you as you know , they were n't they were slung onto a line and beaten with anything that was handy . |
| 26 | From that moment on , we were committed to a process that required majority voting , to which we were subject . |
| 27 | 1546 ( 86% ) patients with attacks were managed within general practice , 225 ( 12% ) were admitted to hospital , and 34 ( 2% ) were discharged from an accident and emergency department . |
| 28 | Some of the sound tests were done by a computer and luckily I had access to a computer from my dealer in Bath that enabled me to set the sound up perfectly . |
| 29 | The girls were threatened with a knife and forced into bushes on the riverside walk near the Open University at Walton Hall . |
| 30 | A FILM crew making a documentary about the end of the Second World War were threatened with a shotgun when they asked a man to move a parked car . |