Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On their heads were checked winter head scarves twisted into turbans that showed by the particular shape the area from which they came . |
| 2 | All the difficulties with ‘ wet white ’ were eliminated in Birmingham where there was an obscure ruling that bare legs were banned ( this remained in force as late as the 1950s ) , so when playing there they were given cotton tights but had to put a penny at the side , wrap a piece of string round it and the tights in order to hold them up . |
| 3 | Of the 17 other clerks of works , several were close to retirement age and took the opportunity to retire early ; others were given severance terms . |
| 4 | Some 1,100 of BCCI 's 1,260 staff in the UK were given redundancy notices ; 80 per cent of the bank 's 480 employees in the UAE had been made redundant on Oct. 2 . |
| 5 | Patients allocated to normal care were given outpatient appointments to see a psychiatrist or social worker , but non-attenders were not pursued . |
| 6 | This was ultimately conceded in 1964 when teachers were given majority representation on the Schools Council for the curriculum and examinations . |
| 7 | Ten per cent received life imprisonment , 15 per cent were given determinate prison sentences of between four and ten years , 10 per cent were given prison sentences below four years , and 15 per cent were given probation orders ( with or without a condition of psychiatric treatment ) . |
| 8 | Abu Mohammed Talb , a suspect in the Lockerbie bombing , and Marten Imandi were given life sentences in Sweden . |
| 9 | The girls in question are Michelle and Lisa Taylor , two sisters who were given life sentences for murder earlier this year . |
| 10 | A number of blacks were given government appointments and a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity was set up under Vice-President Johnson . |
| 11 | The doctors conclude in the British Medical Journal that there would be little benefit if all women in the UK were given zinc supplements during pregnancy . |
| 12 | Sally Line donated a crossing to another team who reached Paris , others were given coach tickets at Victoria Coach Station , teams reached Bristol , Lindisfarne and Gretna Green whilst the Elephant Washing Company went to Windsor Safari Park and washed an elephant . |
| 13 | He said many people who were given council houses subsequently lost them because they did not know how to pay the rent and cope with bills . |
| 14 | A further eight patients with villous adenomas but no evidence of malignant change were deemed unsuitable for the study and were given laser treatment only . |
| 15 | ( One of the uplifting consequences of the riots was the overshadowing of the visit of Mr and Mrs Michael Gorbachev , who arrived on the Forbes jet ‘ The Spirit of Free Enterprise ’ aka ‘ Capitalist Tool ’ , and who repaired to the ranch of the man in ample measure responsible for the riots , where the Russian couple were given cowboy hats . ) |
| 16 | If there was no improvement they were given treatment B : 30 mg daily for week three and 20 mg daily for week four . |
| 17 | After last season 's floppy-hatted waifs , this time around models were given hair styles which looked like a punk reworking of a clipped poodle ; make-up featured a spatter of sequin shapes glued on around the eyes . |
| 18 | We were given crêpe paper to make hats , lanterns and crackers , and Mrs Archer would provide us with a sweet or a nut to put in the cracker . |
| 19 | During the elimination period the patients consumed a tolerated formula ( soy or protein hydrolysate ) or were given calcium supplementation . |
| 20 | The second group ( n=47 ) received dimethylhydrazine , and 24 randomly chosen animals were given calcium supplementation . |
| 21 | CHARITY workers serving a Christmas lunch were given chocolate eclairs laced with mind-bending LSD . |
| 22 | If it were given planning permission the store would create 200 jobs . |
| 23 | Is he aware that , under British Shipbuilders , Laird 's was classified as a naval yard , and other yards not so classified were given intervention funding ? |
| 24 | After we were given room numbers we unpacked , well we tried to unpack , ten minutes to be outside were our precise orders . |
| 25 | The crews were given caffeine tablets to keep them awake during the long flights and sometimes we managed to get hold of a few . |
| 26 | At the very successful Potential Teachers ' Day in July , 29 students were introduced to Medau at training level and were given background information about the syllabus and course structure . |
| 27 | Rootham and McCabe were given community service orders for 180 hours . |
| 28 | The Higgs brothers , of Roman Road , Middlesbrough , were given community service orders . |
| 29 | Mrs Mandela and Mrs Falati were given jail sentences last year but were released on bail pending an appeal . |
| 30 | Then from the back of the platform , where they had been seated , there stepped forward some twenty or perhaps thirty men , to whom were given silver plates containing little cubes of bread , and with these they moved down among the congregation … |