Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Solid silver is extremely heavy , so these were carried on ceremonial occasions by huge men from a special clan on the Indian side of the border . |
| 2 | Between 1984 and 1990 in-depth studies of paraprofessional social service personnel were carried out on-site in Britain , India , Israel , Spain and the USA , in order to examine in more detail the trends and issues revealed by our international survey . |
| 3 | Both of the safari buses were booked up solid for the month after that . |
| 4 | Ryan Giggs and Lee Sharpe were subdued out wide , Brian McClair and Paul Ince having to battle for midfield domination . |
| 5 | Lights from gaslamps which were positioned round the walls of the theatre were dimmed — lamps placed at the edge of the stage were turned up full and Albert DeNero was drenched with light . |
| 6 | Production was up around ten coaches , and eighty wagons were being manufactured , while an average of sixty carriage repairs were turned out weekly . |
| 7 | Three of the rafters were washed up unconscious on the river bank . |
| 8 | ‘ Partial compensation ’ will delight some : the majority of items were bought up wholesale for between a hundred and a thousand roubles , and inflation makes the clearance sale easier at any rate , it would make life easier for privileged auction attendees from the State Chamber of Cultural and Natural Heritage . |
| 9 | Her shoulders were hunched up high and her lips were pressed together tight and she sat there gripping her mug of tea in both hands and staring down into it as though searching for a way to answer these not-quite-so-innocent questions . |
| 10 | Both Martin ( jolly hockey sticks ) Hunter and John ( large centre parting ) Richard were brought in due to the absence of Neil Wise , our area sales manager who was away on holiday . |
| 11 | Only three miners were brought out alive . |
| 12 | During those final weeks , cameraman Gunnar Fischer and Patrick McGoohan were struck down ill . |
| 13 | They were escorted down long corridors — cooled by fans , for the weather was still very warm-by a senior aide , who was French , and by his aide , who was Algerian . |
| 14 | We were led down black-and-white-tiled corridors , through a series of presence chambers , all huge and hung with tapestries which Wolsey had brought from abroad . |
| 15 | Kate said they 'd gone to the army display and mentioned the rations that were taken on Antarctic expeditions . |
| 16 | They were taken on full-time , they left college , and they want to do whatever they want to do . |
| 17 | Then we were taken up steep narrow logging roads into the mountains of Boras . |
| 18 | The other thing is , you 're probably getting L A P R , that 's life assurance premium relief , on any contracts that were taken out prior to nineteen eighty four . |
| 19 | As the minutes of silence and confusion unfolded , the crush eased and a visibly shaken band were allowed back onstage . |
| 20 | Company cars were charged a double rate and — a master stroke — cars with four or more occupants were allowed in free . |
| 21 | You were knocked out cold , and a head wound coupled with alcohol can be serious . ’ |
| 22 | The first puppy was lifted out dead , and as she handed it over Robert said , ‘ What a size . |
| 23 | He was torn up real bad from all my gunfire . |
| 24 | Certain work that was carried out involved noisy operations and the programme was carefully coordinated with the hotel administration to minimise disruption and inconvenience . |
| 25 | Ship interiors were specially insulated to combat the problem and an operation similar to degaussing was carried out prior to docking with other vessels . |
| 26 | In addition to the normal diversion of public utility services in Lasswade Road and Gilmerton Road involving the Water and Drainage Department , SSEB and British Telecom , a major diversion of overhead power lines was carried out prior to the start of the roadworks contract . |
| 27 | A bibliographical search was carried out previous to the award being granted in the period Jan/March 1989 . |
| 28 | This was carried out on-line , although a similar method has been employed in an off-line study ( Bozinovic and Srihari , 1989 ) . |
| 29 | When the ball was let out Northern 's backs looked the sharper and after a scoreless first half , centre Paul Collins burst on to a short pass from Johnson and sent the speedy Casado racing over . |
| 30 | Scathach was curled up asleep . |