Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Jean Rhys 's fictional Englishmen , these real ones were taught early to rely on reason and suppress their feelings , and this opposition made the struggle of their lives . |
| 2 | My encounters with girls were destined always to end in rejection until I 'd left my teens behind me . |
| 3 | The Northumbrians were instructed not to establish as king anyone who was illegitimate ( a slighting reference perhaps to Aldfrith and his descendants , or , for all that we know to the contrary , to other rulers — Aethelwald or Alhred ) nor to conspire to kill a king who was the Lord 's anointed , and any bishop or priest who was involved in such a crime was to be expelled from the Church and any layman excommunicated . |
| 4 | Concentrations of sulphur dioxide from burning of low-grade coal at the region 's power stations led to a heavy smog in mid-February ; children were told not to go to school and some pregnant women were evacuated . |
| 5 | We wandered back home and when we entered the yard we were called in to go to bed early so we could get up to help in the morning . |
| 6 | Thus , even though the cloud tops were known not to consist of water it was possible to believe that lower down they were of water and that deeper still lay a warm ocean-covered surface . |
| 7 | A number of sub-committees were set up to put into effect the directions of the Poor Law Commissioner and at a meeting on 23rd September l835 , it was found administratively convenient to group the parishes into Northern and Southern districts , an arrangement which has persisted in the health service in Bedfordshire in various forms for the same reason up to the present day . |