Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When at last he spoke , the words were spat out in sharp interrogation . |
| 2 | Her words were written down by recorders , whom she sometimes exhorted to write faster to keep pace with her . |
| 3 | But her words were cut off , his mouth capturing hers , denying its freedom of speech . |
| 4 | . ’ Her words were cut off when his mouth covered hers , but when she clawed at him , one of his hands caught her wrists and held them and in a voice such as he had never used before , a deep moaning voice , he said , ‘ It 'll be all right . |
| 5 | It was found that words were named faster ( i.e. , the task was easier ) when they had high spatial redundancy , and the same was true for nonsense nonwords created specifically for the experiment ( e.g. , " cird " and " bosket " , in contrast with " ilso " and " abtion " ) . |
| 6 | Words were recognised almost twice as quickly by the fast readers and , given the number of words in each sentence , this leads to a large efficiency difference between individuals . |
| 7 | Angry words were bandied back and forward . |
| 8 | The words were brushed gently aside . |
| 9 | The words were gathered somewhere else , |
| 10 | The words were said tightly and with reluctance . |
| 11 | Words were stored sequentially as their equivalent ASCII code . |
| 12 | ‘ And then he 'll ask why I 'm not there … ’ he began , but the words were choked off . |
| 13 | The way she spoke , all words were broken down into distinct syllables . |
| 14 | The words were broken off abruptly when the man saw Isabel sharing the saddle with fitzAlan . |
| 15 | Ingratiating smiles and words were threaded in and out of the whole whirl of busyness . |
| 16 | These words were used specifically of Whitman 's writing about lilacs or the mocking-bird , and revealing that at such moments his theories and beliefs dropped away like needless pretexts . |
| 17 | I can only assume that the words were left out because an assurance ’ vigorously ’ to continue ’ fighting crime ’ would have raised only a horse laugh when offered by a Government with a record of this Government on this subject . |
| 18 | The last words were drowned out as four or five people produced as much sound as several shifts of riveters on a super-liner . |
| 19 | His words were drowned out by the roar of automatic fire , as another hail of slugs hammered against the metal sheeting of the door and screamed into the far wall . |
| 20 | Byelorussian Premier Vyacheslav Kebich addressed the crowd and declared his government 's willingness to negotiate , but his words were drowned out by jeers and whistling . |
| 21 | ’ The words were forced out between choking sobs . ’ … |
| 22 | The whispered words were forced back down her throat as he moved up to bury his hard mouth on hers , the devouring urgency annihilating her sequence of thought . |
| 23 | His words were taken up by many who would not have dreamed of opening any of his more technical works , and he came to be in great demand as a speaker at rallies and at the numerous conferences and seminars on the death of images organized by the Universities , the Churches and the innumerable Humanist organizations which had mushroomed in the immediately preceding decades . |
| 24 | They have no right to jury trial , and they have to prove that the words were false ( in libel , the burden of proving that the words are true is on the defendant ) , that the words were published maliciously and that they were likely to cause financial loss . |
| 25 | Similar words were considered in In re D. ( A Minor ) [ 1987 ] A.C. 317 . |
| 26 | The words were laid out in a strange manner . |
| 27 | The words were rasped crossly . |
| 28 | The words were enunciated slowly and forcefully , underlining the bitterness and envy which had always tinged Jonna 's feelings towards his brother . |
| 29 | Her words were carried away on the breeze , to join the tumult of sounds . |
| 30 | The optional words in brackets in subclause 8.1.2 should be included for obvious reasons , and it is suggested that if those words were included then so should the words at the end of subclause 8.1.4 so as to avoid a conflict . |