Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Western-financed dams received all the attention ; the numerous jobs that needed to be done if the dams were going to be of any use had scant priority . |
| 2 | The royal martyr 's sufferings were compared with those of Christ , ‘ Blessed Lord ’ , ran the central prayer at Matins , |
| 3 | But Jesus ' sufferings were experienced on behalf of humankind , not because Jesus was unrealistic about himself . |
| 4 | However , none of the words were accessed by LA ( See Appendix 4 ) . |
| 5 | Despite herself , the words were dragged from her . |
| 6 | His words were lost in the frightened screams of the women , the crying of terrified children , the loud cursing and swearing — and sometimes praying — of the men . |
| 7 | Her words were lost in the sound of grinding gears , and the car leaped away from the sidewalk , knocking Mrs Frizzell 's hat askew and leaving her mouthing furiously at nobody . |
| 8 | ’ But then he opened the door , and his words were lost in the wind . |
| 9 | Her words were lost in a fit of coughing , and at once he dragged her to her feet , supporting her across Water Gypsy 's gangplank . |
| 10 | His words were lost in the violent pounding from the east . |
| 11 | His words were lost in the sudden explosion which took the front off Police Headquarters . |
| 12 | Stok crossed his arms across his face and began to pull his shirt off , and his words were lost beneath the white cotton . |
| 13 | Whilst millions of words were written on pricing policies and capital finance in nationalised industries , little serious thought was given to the economic relationships between the two sectors of the economy or to those between government and industry generally . |
| 14 | The words were written by the tubercular vicar of All Saints , Lower Brixham , the Rev H F Lyte ( 1793–1847 ) , during his last months of illness . |
| 15 | However , the words were written by Schikaneder ; Mozart partially orchestrated Schack 's score . |
| 16 | … and ribber These two little words were cut off a sentence at the bottom of the page in Liz 's October article , thereby changing its meaning . |
| 17 | The brief period of time in which the words were presented to the subject in our experiment , however , limited the kinds of words that could be used as stimuli . |
| 18 | In a third condition , words were presented in randomly ordered phrases , so that the sequence of words within a phrase ( marked by / above ) was maintained but the sequence of phrases within the passage was disrupted . |
| 19 | The words were flung at her like an accusation of felony . |
| 20 | He began to kiss her cheek , her ear , her throat , and his words were whispered against her tingling skin . |
| 21 | The words were whispered in a soft western English accent , a gentle hint of Ireland making an enchanting spell for the eager listener . |
| 22 | Precisely because the composition of phonolexical sets can not be specified on phonological grounds , it is difficult to find a principled way of specifying the lexical input to the variable ( u ) ; eventually eighteen words were assigned to the set simply on the basis of observation . |
| 23 | Her words were followed by applause to indicate that everyone agreed . |
| 24 | His words were followed by a silence as the women turned with one accord to stare at Doreen . |
| 25 | The words were invested with as much sarcasm as she could muster . |
| 26 | I can … ’ but the words were stopped in him and he seemed to suffocate and gasp with the sense of a power beyond the Cages that he had sensed briefly before . |
| 27 | This time the words were stopped by his mouth . |
| 28 | His words were ringing in her ears now although they had had little impact before . |
| 29 | Her words were ringing in her ears as she eventually made her way through Customs . |
| 30 | The last words were shrieked at him as Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage which caused her to tremble violently . |