Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They were replenished each evening with barrels of muddy water brought from the lake on donkey carts . |
| 2 | Trips to Vienna were arranged this year to reward sales successes . |
| 3 | Three of them were sacked last month , leaving Mark Franklin and Tony Dorie as hosts . |
| 4 | Yet , when one looks back , it all seems dim and forgotten already , except for the silly little incidents which stick in one 's mind , such as when we were dive-bombed one morning and the sergeant-major fell into his porridge ! … |
| 5 | Seventeen were completed that year , all without rudder pedals . |
| 6 | Mel Hawley , chief executive , said the Nissan and Honda contracts in Britain were completed last year , and the Toyota paint shop would be finished by end 1992 . |
| 7 | To pursue the question put by the hon. and learned Member for Fife , North-East ( Mr. Campbell ) , the Secretary of State will be aware that the long lead orders for the four Trident submarines were placed some time ago and that construction is quite well advanced . |
| 8 | All these were metal aircraft , built of aluminium sheet to which were riveted L-shaped aluminium stringers . |
| 9 | The Mites did a great deal of touring and were given outdoor clothing , often a hooded cloak , socks and shoes , even a suitcase each . |
| 10 | A GROUP of American breast-cancer patients who were given supportive therapy and taught self-hypnosis to deal with pain survived for twice as long as women who received routine cancer care . |
| 11 | Advocates of the view that primary education should be placed in the hands of the clergy failed to win their case , but priests were given entire control of religious instruction and assigned a major role in the new provincial schools councils . |
| 12 | All patients were advised to achieve a daily intake of at least 700 mg of calcium ; five patients were unable to take sufficient dairy products to sustain this and were given oral calcium supplements . |
| 13 | Patients with diarrhoea were given oral rehydration therapy for 24 hours and then returned to their normal feeds . |
| 14 | Social workers were given specific help in identifying their function to find ways to keep old people at home who might otherwise have gone into a residential home . |
| 15 | Under the leadership of Lord Denning and Lord Reid , old common law principles of natural justice were given new content and value . |
| 16 | They were given joint custody of Emma and Lucy , with Gabrielle having care and control . |
| 17 | From his mother , and her more easy-going and less consciously nonconformist relations , he found sanctions for that profound exploration of sensations that were given early expression in his gift for ‘ composition ’ . |
| 18 | Some of the early prints were given additional colour by the artist and his friends . |
| 19 | Crevasses were walked around or jumped over , and those of any size were given respectful avoidance . |
| 20 | After the First World War some Kerries were exported to France to help repopulate areas which had been decimated by war and the small black cattle were given prime grazing in orchard meadows near the River Somme ; within nine months they looked like beef animals ! |
| 21 | Campbell pointed out that London policemen worked only eight hours each day and were given one day off each week . |
| 22 | They were given one day to decide . |
| 23 | Ultimately we were given that assurance and er we were quite proud of the fact that , you know , the members had gone along with us on the proviso that we had got that principle you know , to establish . |
| 24 | I have always thought that league results are what matter most to Motherwell and I expect a harder game than were given that day . ’ |
| 25 | You 'll not be surprised to find that in terms of national policy , I would have thought that was very clear if you were given that choice , what the policy should be . |
| 26 | When boys were given legitimate authority to exercise at last , so eagerly was it anticipated that they were prone to feel it intensely deserved . |
| 27 | The Leicestershire and Rutland Trust for Nature Conservation were given overall responsibility for creating the reserve — and did not shirk the task . |
| 28 | Because all countries were given equal weighting , regardless of population size , the importance of small , high-income nations ( for example the oil-producing Gulf states ) was accentuated . |
| 29 | From the mid-1970s , the Docklands were given equal priority with the new towns ; after 1977 they were given a higher status . |
| 30 | In the rest of Britain , men and women were given equal voting rights in 1928 . |