Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | The floorboards , the great sweeping staircase , its balustrade and newels , were fashioned out of the most expensive materials . |
2 | RUGBY Union rookies Tony Underwood and Martin Hynes received a boost to their England hopes yesterday when they were called up for the today 's game against Leicester . |
3 | When I arrived , the village was deathly quiet ; a few fishing boats were pulled up on the shingly beach but there was no activity . |
4 | We were driven back through the nearly empty streets . |
5 | Those who had previously found part of their income from ironmaking were thrown back on the less adequate resources of Wealden farming , although a small number of nomads continued to burn charcoal for the London market , camping in branch and sod hovels as they migrated from wood to wood . |
6 | Following the report of its working group , recommendations concerning this were passed on to the newly appointed UKCC on its inception in July 1983 . |