Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three old men who had worked in the mines were found " … being all there alive in this County " , and based upon their evidence — " An account of the names of the severall Copper Workes or Mynes in Coniston fells that wer wrought in , when the smelt houses were up at Keswick . |
| 2 | He 'll need a bit of physio to sort that out when the cast comes off , but the chest drain was out after a couple of days , and his lung 's working well . ’ |
| 3 | English hearts sank even further than they already were , for it would not have needed a weather forecaster to predict that Hurricane Viv was about to strike . |
| 4 | NEC Corp expects personal computer shipments in 1993-94 to increase by 10% to 1.37m units as a result of the government 's increased spending on computers for schools and public institutions : according to Reuter , NEC sees its personal computer sales rising in the second half of the fiscal when public institutions start to introduce the machines ; in the year to March , NEC 's personal computer shipments were down by 5% . |
| 5 | When the 1976 election returns were in , Jimmy Carter was found to have won a narrow victory over Gerald Ford . |
| 6 | The cabin light was on and Fen was bending over her , disturbingly close , close enough for her to be able to see the individual pores in his swarthy skin . |
| 7 | The Second Division side were down 7-3 at half-time — a Brian Laidlaw try for Melrose , converted by Gary Parker , to a penalty for Peebles by Graham Mutch . |
| 8 | He also asserted that the day of the cottage industry was over . |
| 9 | A few yards away , the food dispenser 's sensor light was on as it scanned the crowd for likely clients . |
| 10 | They did not seem to have any idea of what a sandwich course was about ; they seemed to pretend that their students were all mature men with industrial experience . |
| 11 | Constable McLennan conveyed through the secretary the fact that a Neighbourhood Watch was about to be established covering Foulis Crescent and Woodhall Avenue and a preliminary meeting would be held in the Village Hall on Monday 25th January . |
| 12 | Constable McLennan conveyed through the secretary the fact that a Neighbourhood Watch was about to be established covering Foulis Crescent and Woodhall Avenue and a preliminary meeting would be held in the Village Hall on Monday 25th January . |
| 13 | Premium income fell by 1 per cent to £3,423 million and investment income was down 4 per cent to £486 million , mainly as a result of falling interest rates , but underwriting claims reduced . |
| 14 | Punk rock was over by then anyway ( real punks claimed it finished in 1976 , but who were the ‘ real ’ punks ? ) and in its place there was an orgy of cross-cultural pollination , based entirely upon received ideas . |
| 15 | By 1940 , unemployment was nearly 50% less than in 1932 ; but even in the best pre-war year ( 1937 ) one in eight of the labour force was out of work . |
| 16 | By four o'clock car sidelights were on , small-eyed in the gathering gloom . |
| 17 | Chapman 's apprenticeship in football management was over . |
| 18 | After around twelve years of what had been almost continuous debate , the recommendations of the Wolfenden Committee were about to reach their legislative conclusion . |
| 19 | THE threat of industrial action at Ford car plants was over last night after 2,000 workers volunteered for redundancy . |
| 20 | His early academic record was unimpressive , and his private life had been a disaster ; while he worked late hours in the animal house or grudgingly fulfilled occasional lecture commitments , two senior geography students and half the fencing team were back home screwing his wife . |
| 21 | As well as launching the series , he had launched himself ; he had moved from the ranks of a contributor to the little poetry magazines into the mainstream ; his apprenticeship days were over . |
| 22 | After the research period was over they did indeed change solicitor , and lawyer A withdrew from the case altogether . |
| 23 | He had thought , after the battle of Toulouse , that his fighting days were over , that an emperor exiled to Elba spelt a Europe at peace , but now , Fourteen months later , the old enemy was in sight again . |
| 24 | JULY car sales were down 8 per cent . |
| 25 | The card game was on . |
| 26 | It was n't only steam locos on parade because all the internal combustion collection was out in the loop and sidings , most of them adorned with enthusiast cameras and tape measures on . |
| 27 | But the days of aimlessly wandering on enemy beaches were over and specific targets could be raided despite their defences : targets the scientists and planners calculated as most likely to influence the war . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , a spokesman for Stena Sealink , which carries twice as much as its competitors , P&O and SeaCat , admitted its car traffic was down by about 9pc for the first four months of 1993 , with the total number of passengers also slightly down . |
| 29 | CUP hero Deion Vernon feared his football career was over last month when he was released by Bristol City . |
| 30 | By 1955 export prices were down to world levels , a development which must have accelerated the scrapping of old plant . |