Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When at last he spoke , the words were spat out in sharp interrogation . |
| 2 | Her words were written down by recorders , whom she sometimes exhorted to write faster to keep pace with her . |
| 3 | But her words were cut off , his mouth capturing hers , denying its freedom of speech . |
| 4 | . ’ Her words were cut off when his mouth covered hers , but when she clawed at him , one of his hands caught her wrists and held them and in a voice such as he had never used before , a deep moaning voice , he said , ‘ It 'll be all right . |
| 5 | Angry words were bandied back and forward . |
| 6 | " Your father did n't die for Ireland , " Katherine snapped , silencing him , and even as the words were tumbling out , she was regretting them . |
| 7 | Before she knew what she was going to say , the words were tumbling out , tripping over each other in her nervousness . |
| 8 | ‘ And then he 'll ask why I 'm not there … ’ he began , but the words were choked off . |
| 9 | The way she spoke , all words were broken down into distinct syllables . |
| 10 | The words were broken off abruptly when the man saw Isabel sharing the saddle with fitzAlan . |
| 11 | Ingratiating smiles and words were threaded in and out of the whole whirl of busyness . |
| 12 | But he did not finish the all-but-spoken thought , for the words were sending back an echo from his own pages , the ones now in the hands of his agent . |
| 13 | I can only assume that the words were left out because an assurance ’ vigorously ’ to continue ’ fighting crime ’ would have raised only a horse laugh when offered by a Government with a record of this Government on this subject . |
| 14 | The last words were drowned out as four or five people produced as much sound as several shifts of riveters on a super-liner . |
| 15 | His words were drowned out by the roar of automatic fire , as another hail of slugs hammered against the metal sheeting of the door and screamed into the far wall . |
| 16 | Byelorussian Premier Vyacheslav Kebich addressed the crowd and declared his government 's willingness to negotiate , but his words were drowned out by jeers and whistling . |
| 17 | ’ The words were forced out between choking sobs . ’ … |
| 18 | The whispered words were forced back down her throat as he moved up to bury his hard mouth on hers , the devouring urgency annihilating her sequence of thought . |
| 19 | His words were taken up by many who would not have dreamed of opening any of his more technical works , and he came to be in great demand as a speaker at rallies and at the numerous conferences and seminars on the death of images organized by the Universities , the Churches and the innumerable Humanist organizations which had mushroomed in the immediately preceding decades . |
| 20 | Similar words were considered in In re D. ( A Minor ) [ 1987 ] A.C. 317 . |
| 21 | The words were laid out in a strange manner . |
| 22 | The words were wrenched out like rotten teeth . |
| 23 | The words were rushing out and Emily realized with surprise that she was actually nervous of this composed young woman standing before her . |
| 24 | His successors were weighed down by the sense of duty . |
| 25 | He thought it fortunate that improvements in male characteristics were passed on in some measure to women , otherwise the man would have become as superior in mental endowment to women as the peacock is in plumage to the peahen . |
| 26 | It is inevitable that in such a wide and varied subject as corrosion some aspects were left out . |
| 27 | Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 28 | National guidelines were drawn up after the Cairngorms tragedy . |
| 29 | The employer 's action failed , but the following guidelines were laid down : 1 . |
| 30 | All the Victorian fry were grown on in tanks with a pH of only 7.4 . |