Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mr Ayre said a national report earlier in the week showed grant maintained schools were faring better than their counterparts which had not yet opted out . |
| 3 | Beyond the breakwater the waves were getting bigger as the Pirate effed and cee-ed , bent over the uncovered inboard engine . |
| 4 | ‘ We tried to get back but the waves were getting bigger . |
| 5 | Daak 's shouted curses were becoming weaker , and it was obvious that he was unable to aim his blaster . |
| 6 | Other life insurers were forging closer links with building societies , who were choosing , under the new regulatory regime , to market the products of only one life insurance company , in accordance with new regulatory requirements . |
| 7 | CARS WERE GETTING SAFER , heavier , slower and , to quote Nissan with the Micra , friendlier . |
| 8 | CARS WERE GETTING SMALLER , and two of the best were the Fiat Cinquecento and the Renault Twingo . |
| 9 | Manufacturers were producing bigger and more powerful cars , and the rules , although crude , divided the cars into two categories — heavyweight and lightweight — those over 400 kg ( 882lb ) being classed as heavyweight . |
| 10 | He took a deep breath and looked fixedly at Maggie whose grey eyes were getting bigger and more icy with every word he said . |
| 11 | Guillamon stepped out of the Manse ; he was grey and brittle in the cold but his eyes were flashing brighter than the hard sky . |
| 12 | The contractions were getting stronger all the time . |
| 13 | This appeal to the idea of analysing complex mental thoughts into constituent simples was made earlier by Gassendi , and also carried on by philosophers in later centuries . |
| 14 | The long history of contempt for the Poles fostered by the Prussians was given greater depth when , as a result of German defeat in 1918 , Poland — against all the odds — was revived . |
| 15 | From inside , the noise of the voices was getting louder . |
| 16 | While admitting that forested areas were becoming smaller as a result of " rapid development " , it claimed that both Indonesia and Malaysia had taken steps " to sustain forest resources " . |
| 17 | In particular , teacher-librarians could describe how some subject areas were making greater use of the library for project-based or topic-based work , and could describe how the library was booked , sometimes on a regular basis , by departments using it in this way . |
| 18 | The omens were looking better . |
| 19 | His sips were getting bigger . |
| 20 | At length , in 1987 , the small companies were given greater access to the network and the number of network hours was reduced by about a quarter . |
| 21 | In a survey carried out at the end of October of a sample of 100 of The Times top 1000 companies , it found that 61 per cent of companies were experiencing worse bad debt problems . |
| 22 | There were already American tourists visiting Europe whose lives were made easier by the newly-patented American Express ‘ Travelers Cheque ’ . |
| 23 | Matters were made worse by the defection of the Harwell scientist Bruno Pontecorvo in September 1950 ; and later by the escape to Moscow of the British diplomatic defectors Burgess and Maclean in June 1951 . |
| 24 | Then matters were made worse by Uncle 's attitude . |
| 25 | Matters were made worse by financial policies which kept Japanese export prices high and the declining rate of rural productivity improvement meant that the rural sector was severely affected . |
| 26 | Matters were made worse by the fact that Ruiz-Giménez was himself a practising Catholic and had , on appointment , sworn allegiance to the principles of the Francoist Movement , while Laín and Tovar were both erstwhile Falangists . |
| 27 | The days were getting shorter and colder , and with Christmas approaching there was so much to do in the kitchen Sarah rarely had a spare minute . |
| 28 | Palls were getting larger : no more the short-hemmed highly embroidered creature ; a huge sheet of black velvet twelve by fifteen feet , sometimes lined with white silk or a lesser-quality material of the same colour , and thrown right over the coffin and its bearers . |
| 29 | Her cheeks were growing hotter . |
| 30 | The sparkling alternatives were getting better and better , thanks largely to the overseas investment of champagne houses , and the basic quality of champagne was decidedly dodgy . |