Example sentences of "were [vb pp] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The six Concerti on this interesting release were published in 1742 , and were rearranged and reprinted many times , the composer actually rearranging the Sixth Concerto in an edition published 33 years later , such was its popularity . |
| 2 | During the period in which the oesophagus was perfused with 25 ml of 0.1 M HCl over five minutes in eight subjects , no symptoms were reported and mean salivary bicarbonate secretion was unaltered ( basal 5665 µmol/hour , after acid bolus 5337 µmol/hour , p=0.94 ) . |
| 3 | On 13 May three Jews were robbed and killed 10 versts from the village of Liozno , and the perpetrators were allowed to get away . |
| 4 | At first most traffic was localised , for example , between coal mine and village wharf ; as more canals were built and became inter-connected boats travelled further afield and carried a greater variety of goods . |
| 5 | Both the driver and the passenger were armed and fired several rounds before being shot dead by security men . |
| 6 | A team of six engineers were hired and given great freedom in assessing user needs , and generating , developing and exploiting the ideas . |
| 7 | This was his third notable discovery , and , like its predecessors , he did not pursue his observations , which were extended and given wider prominence by Felix Hubert d'Herelle ( 1873–1949 ) . |
| 8 | two and a half thousand of them were chased and found last month alone so there are something like twenty thousand fathers who were errant and have n't been chased |
| 9 | Four of the Stoke Newington Eight — John Barker , James Greenfield , Anna Mendelson and Hilary Creek — were convicted and given ten-year jail sentences . |
| 10 | For the Autumn 1955 issue , Mary Short of Norwich wrote an article entitled ‘ Compel them to Come in ’ predicting that the WEA would die a natural death unless more young members were recruited and advocating adventurous experiment : ‘ it may mean holding afternoon classes , or running a baby-sitter service so that young couples with children can come … has any Branch tried to recruit new members by advertising courses on child psychology at ante-natal clinics and infant welfare centres ? ’ . |