Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the period from Christmas to the end of February — MMT 's accounting period for the first six months of its fiscal year ends then — was very quiet because a lot of orders were completed around that time , Haines says trading has now picked up again . |
| 2 | The other two stubs were filled in each with amounts of two pounds . |
| 3 | When we came to a final stop we were carried up many flights of stairs , taken into an apartment and dumped on the floor . |
| 4 | The interviews were carried out some ten months after the initiation of the courses , and included students who had taken part in some twenty courses . |
| 5 | The interviews were carried out some time after the abuse had been established , so that while all had been on the child abuse register only half were still on the register when interviewed . |
| 6 | The tests were carried out some years previously under Soviet rule . |
| 7 | Many hearts were torn out that day , among them the Prince 's . |
| 8 | As the corporations were wound up some of the houses passed into private ownership . |
| 9 | How did the patients react when they were moved out this week ? |
| 10 | The bones released from the scats as they decayed were washed down this gully , and this resulted in the separation of two distinct bone assemblages : the one remaining at the top of the hill consisted of about 60 per cent dental and jaw fragments while the one washing down the hill consisted of more than 70 per cent vertebrae . |
| 11 | Windows in the adjoining Natwest Tower were blasted out all the way to the top of the 600ft building . |
| 12 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 13 | In the unlikely event that a prosecution were brought in these circumstances , and it was clear that a sado-masochistic pact existed between the parties , the judge could take this into account in sentencing . |
| 14 | There were several chests and one great press , and on the tables were laid out some unfinished drawings and a litter of instruments . |
| 15 | It was only as these were run down that recourse was made to mining . |
| 16 | The crevices where the spurs were cut back each year were particularly attractive hiding places for mealy bugs . |
| 17 | The children were followed up some four years later at secondary schools so that the possibility could be considered that such differences were attributable to initial differences in their ability and adjustment rather than being caused by the schools ( Rutter et al. , 1979 ) . |
| 18 | He would , however , be my choice if Chatam were taken out this week . |
| 19 | If this layer of new material were put down each summer free from mechanical stresses the beam or branch would droop until the new material took up the strain and we should have a tree like a weeping willow . |
| 20 | Ten special telephone lines installed to deal with enquiries about the Nottingham based Trust have been jammed since they were switched on this morning . |
| 21 | Special telephone lines installed to deal with enquiries about the Nottingham based Trust , have been jammed since they were switched on this morning . |
| 22 | erm Fields were ploughed up that really never should be ploughed up . |
| 23 | It is not just the six weeks we were shut down this summer and the loss of trade since , we are worried about the future . |
| 24 | A modern drainage system means that the village rarely floods these days , but the village green , known locally as ‘ The Pond ’ though it was filled in many years ago , shows signs of its former glory whenever there is a heavy rainstorm , and a decent fall of snow , combined with the winds so common to the Wolds , can still cut the village off from the outside world . |
| 25 | The bridge was filled in some twenty or thirty years ago when houses spread along this part of Swithland Lane . |
| 26 | It was pointed out that SSC grades jobs , not SMT . |
| 27 | Erm but anyway you s you started off with er with some greeting and er and er appropriate sociability erm one thing I noticed that Martin seemed to take control of the handshake and that 's something that was pointed out this morning and , and looked at and from where I was it looked as though he was keeping hold of your hand some time , you had your buyer 's guide and whatever in your other hand and you could n't , you know , bring it over and , and put yourself back into control erm and an interesting one and a , an e an example to all of us I think . |
| 28 | Saints ' Allan Hunte went past him with ease and Hanley was caught out several times in midfield in the Halifax match . |
| 29 | He read the game appallingly , was caught out several times , and chuffed his way around the back right like a horse that was due for the knackers yard . |
| 30 | Mr Clarke said his office tried ‘ several times ’ to arrange a meeting , four months before the bombshell announcement that 31 pits were to close with the loss of 30,000 jobs , but was turned down each time . |