Example sentences of "[adj] were [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this were to inhibit credit expansion it could lead to lower interest rates . |
| 2 | These English were trained soldiers , and their reaction to the ambush was that of the cavalry equivalent of an infantry hedgehog or square . |
| 3 | The leisure and recreational movements generated from the grassroots or from the concerned philanthropist looking down from on high were to give way to a cultural and economic popularism which was to be progressively constructed by the new generation of market-orientated professionals . |
| 4 | Of the 11,923 people whose applications were processed in 1990 , 6,643 were given permission to remain in Switzerland and 883 were granted asylum status . |
| 5 | He said that it was strange that so few were facing charges after the widespread upheaval of 1989 . |
| 6 | Most of them had been in from the start , born survivors , born leaders : amongst these lucky few were numbered Rosie Lane , an athletic , pretty , small-faced girl whose father owned a large grocer 's , and whose primal popularity h ) d been cheaply purchased by the judicious distribution of dried apricots and jelly cubes , which the girls devoured whole . |
| 7 | These found that populations of sea otters , harbour seals , bald eagles , sea ducks , murres , clams and snails had all plummeted , and few were showing signs of recovery . |
| 8 | Although historic links between the two countries go back long before the days when the French were sending troops to help the Jacobite rebellions , the French presence in Scotland remains relatively small . |
| 9 | Three days after the French were released Joelle Kauffman arranged for me to see Normandin and I flew to Paris , with Mary , to see him . |
| 10 | '68 — jeans either simply rolled up or cut off at required above-boot height — though some were worn instep length by some . |
| 11 | Some were taking boxes and drums off the lorries . |
| 12 | The local bands have not been altogether ousted ; some were taking part in the contests after playing and walking in a procession in the morning and playing at the sports in the afternoon . |
| 13 | Beds varied in their design and some were raised platforms made out of wood or stone . |
| 14 | As a favour to the Presbyterians and other religious leaders who had helped bring about the restoration , some were made king 's chaplains , including Dr. Calamy , Dr. Manton , Richard Baxter and nine others . |
| 15 | Some were waiting for spare parts from Cairo , some were waiting on instructions from their owners , some were going downriver . |
| 16 | Some were carrying children , as though the tiny shapes were molten lead running out of their grasp and heavy past holding . |
| 17 | Some were thrown 75ft through the air by the force of the impact . |
| 18 | Some were rinsing brooms ; some were scrubbing clean the pans they 'd used for plastering , scouring them with river silt and grass . |
| 19 | Of these , 43 were using eyedrops . |
| 20 | A further 2 were finalising preparations for publishing their policies . |
| 21 | Half were given plasters impregnated with nicotine which is slowly absorbed into the body . |
| 22 | For example , the deployment of explosive rats where they would do the most good , or harm ( in wartime the two may be synonymous ) was aided by accompanying them by leaflets saying that the British were delivering rats infected with bubonic plague and the best thing to do with them , if found , was to throw them into a furnace . |
| 23 | Convoy protection and aircraft had to take priority over raiding forces ' equipment , but , as the name ‘ invasion corps ’ suggests the British were considering ways of getting a more permanent foothold in Europe . |
| 24 | Debates on Europe in the Assemblée Nationale are attended by a mere handful of deputés and after the dramatic debate in Westminster in June 1991 , Jacques Delors remarked that only the British were discussing Europe properly , adding that he wished the other countries would do the same . |
| 25 | they say the British were shagging penguins |
| 26 | None was taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs : 26 were taking ranitidine 150 mg twice daily . |
| 27 | The video war in Europe began when Philips , the Dutch firm , complained to the EEC that the Japanese were dumping video recorders in Europe at below the cost of manufacture . |
| 28 | 157 Patients referred at median age 2.8 months ( range 1 week to 96 months ) , 111 ( 71% ) had recurrent events , 44 were born preterm , 19 were siblings of infants who had died suddenly and unexpectedly , and 18 were over 12 months old . |
| 29 | Less than an hour after the six were freed Kenneth Baker , the Home Secretary , announced the establishment of a Royal Commission on the criminal justice system . |
| 30 | The six were taken prison in Beirut at the end of 1987 by the Lebanese Forces militia . |