Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 2 | His words were cut short at the sight of Willie 's dull , sandy hair on the other side of the counter . |
| 3 | Yer part of the world and one of the best bitters — ’ His words were cut short by a clap of thunder very close . |
| 4 | His words were cut short by a blinding flash in his head . |
| 5 | His words were echoed last night by PC Hall 's boss , Chief Insp Peyer Harrison , of Redcar Police . |
| 6 | Very few witnesses had been found who were prepared to come to court to repeat their statements in the flesh , but some did and their words were translated first into English and then into German , causing some confusion as to the precise meaning of what they had actually said . |
| 7 | In 1930 , though , Eliot wrote to Dobrée that he thought order and authority dangerous catchwords and was horrified at the modern scorning of democracy ; he worried about the way national and racial characteristics were becoming contested issues . |
| 8 | While the passing of the law ended weeks of debate , some aspects were left unclear and its implementation remained to be decided by the government . |
| 9 | Tough marking by the Argentinian defenders Batista , Monzon and Simon meant that the Soviet referee A Spirin , and the Italian magic sponge were kept busy . |
| 10 | It seemed a shame to cancel the celebrations : children in the Borough were allowed free riding on Coronation Day , which they used to full advantage ! |
| 11 | Waites envisages a new , government-funded , independent organisation which would be responsible for raising standards of food hygiene by publicity and by the training of food-handlers. 60,000 cases of food poisoning were reported last year , representing a threefold rise since 1980 . |
| 12 | Well my typewriter my typewriter were going funny it really was . |
| 13 | A few fry were managing short glides over the substrate , so I started feeding with Liquifry 1 . |
| 14 | Because of the speed increases that these induce , together with lengthened journeys that they cause , these are now seen as being quite at variance with traffic calming principles.Thus former one-way carriageways were made two-way and all were narrowed , typically from over 6m to 4–5m . |
| 15 | The telephone threats against three Sunrise DJs were made last Monday night . |
| 16 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 17 | The previous defeat by the United States came in 1950 when a powerful England side were beaten 1–0 in Bela Horizonte , Brazil . |
| 18 | Prompted by a return to international competition , drug tests on two players from each Currie Cup side were introduced this season , just as they were during the World Cup . |
| 19 | They also broke Gloucester 's hearts , because with rather less than five minutes of extra time to go , the home side were leading 18–15 . |
| 20 | The Belfast club were facing an estimated loss of £15,000 on their preliminary round ties with conquerors Dinamo Tbilisi — before the Georgian side were found guilty of trying to bribe match officials . |
| 21 | ‘ He was a new name taking over a side whose fans were expecting big things . |
| 22 | When United fans were kicking more than just sand castles down in Bournemouth , they wore T-shirts bearing the sinister motto ‘ Nobody Likes Us And We Do n't Care ’ . |
| 23 | By the time of the 1988 tour of England , there were signs that the fans were realizing this , for Test attendances were well down on those of the 1984 tour . |
| 24 | HUNDREDS of young fans were left disappointed after they turned up at a video store to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger and found a lookalike instead . |
| 25 | HUNDREDS OF heavy metal fans were left stranded at Derby Station last Saturday when British Rail failed to run the usual special train to London after the massive Donington Monsters of Rock festival . |
| 26 | The first thing I noticed on getting into the ground was that the Leeds fans were making most , no , all of the noise in the ground . |
| 27 | Yet both collaboration and conflict usually worked to the detriment of the church , so that at the end of Edward 's reign clerical morale and independence were seriously impaired and dangerous fissures were becoming apparent between the clergy and laity , and between Englishmen and the papacy . |
| 28 | The cylinders were causing minor explosions and we had to tackle it from the outside , using the protection of adjoining buildings and cars . |
| 29 | He felt queasy as his hand touched the cadaver 's bloated stomach and noted that the dead man 's legs were soaking wet . |
| 30 | Sarah 's arms and legs were getting thinner every day , and the rag mat she 'd started making for the hearth became too heavy to have on her lap . |