Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Mummy said I need n't bring it back , as it was old and the twigs were coming out of it . ’ |
| 32 | Retarded complexes were cut out of the gel , incubated with PAGE-running buffer for 3 minutes at 60 C and separated on 10% polyacrylamide gels ( 18 ) . |
| 33 | At one of these the Bishop of Ostia recalled the highlights of the evening when ‘ fifty reputable whores , not common but the kind called courtesans , supped … and after supper they danced about with the servants and others in the place , first in their clothes and then nude … chestnuts were strewn about and naked courtesans on hands and feet gathered them up , wriggling in and out among the candelabra … |
| 34 | However , the effect of experience on temperament is still limited by the horse 's genetic traits — for example , if both the naturally placid horse and the naturally nervous horse were brought up in the same rough environment , then the placid horse would still be less timid than the nervous one . |
| 35 | ‘ An American oddball who , like Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee , takes a sideways look at his own culture , Whit Stillman has directed a film so sharp and amusing that film-goers were shut out in droves from its many screenings in Cannes . |
| 36 | The fire brigade were called in to take down the ropes that year . ) |
| 37 | The techniques of the coffee table brigade were seeping through into academia , which was no bad thing . |
| 38 | Men in forage caps were milling around below in the courtyard , their voices and footsteps resounding throughout the building . |
| 39 | And shell-shocked manager Khalid Mahmood admitted after his side were bowled out for 165 and a shattering 198-run defeat : ‘ That was n't batting , it was butchery . |
| 40 | Pott Shrigley had the highest score of the day in the division with 171–9 at Holmes Chapel before the home side were bowled out for 86 . |
| 41 | The centre of each side was then painted with light green oxide and the remaining corner squares were filled in with a mixture of ultramarine violet and titanium white . |
| 42 | Large squares were laid out in many city centres . |
| 43 | This happened when Juventus fans were chased out of an enclosure dominated by English supporters and , in the ensuing panic and rush to escape , a stadium wall collapsed , producing an appalling crush of bodies in which thirty-eight people ( mostly Italian ) died and 400 more were injured . |
| 44 | I also remember being extremely ashamed at some of the racist chants the Leeds fans were coming out with that night . |
| 45 | Powerful fans were brought in from other mines and taken down into Bank mine to disperse the gases . |
| 46 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 47 | The more popular meetings of the NL were attended by between 200 and 400 , although attendances fell rapidly in the summer of 1939 . |
| 48 | Its legs were splayed out at awkward angles on the rug , and its flanks rose and fell with the deep breaths of sleep . |
| 49 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 50 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 51 | All three landing gear legs were torn off shortly after ground impact and the aircraft finally came to rest on the belly of the fuselage . |
| 52 | His broad shoulders and powerful legs were set off to perfection by the excellent cut , while a snow-white silk shirt emphasised his tanned , rugged face . |
| 53 | Then , when her legs were lifted on to the couch , the croak turned into a stilted scream as she cried , ‘ No ! |
| 54 | The General and Jinkwa were lowered down and out . |
| 55 | Lichens were wiped out over large areas owing to sulphur dioxide emissions . |
| 56 | Those provinces were excepted out of deference to Russian sensibilities . |
| 57 | Some of the wealthier natives brought picnic hampers in the European manner , and their servants would unroll splendid carpets on the green sward ; while their banquets were spread out on the carpets they could watch what was going on through telescopes and opera-glasses which they had had the foresight to bring with them though what they saw , as they swept the ramparts of the Residency and banqueting hall can hardly have looked very impressive to them : just a few ragged , boil-covered skeletons crouching behind mud walls . |
| 58 | At last we arrived at his car , where several other walkers were hanging around looking dolefully along the road . |
| 59 | Yet here and there in the Park , for those creatures with the inclination to look and take note , the first secret signs of spring were showing through . |
| 60 | They resembled washing lines , although instead of clothes , several dozen peculiar wooden and metal contraptions were pegged out . |