Example sentences of "[pron] were [verb] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tenders were sought for a prototype body , 50 feet long and 8 feet wide , clearances for which were tested with the remaining Coronations . |
| 2 | Hercules acquired through Athena an enormous bronze rattle made by Hephaistos , and with this he scared them from their coverts , then shot them down with arrows , the tips of which were poisoned with the blood of the Hydra . |
| 3 | Strathclyde has a substantial history of take-up campaigns , some of which were undertaken with the full co-operation of the DSS . |
| 4 | This belief was fostered by the churches , the floors and walls of which were incised with the records of those who had gone before , but it was expressed positively in the family . |
| 5 | Hrun the Barbarian crept soundlessly along the corridors , which were lit with a light so violet that it was almost black . |
| 6 | It was a soft-looking , plump little hand with pretty , tapering fingers the nails of which were tinted with a faint , pearly lacquer . |
| 7 | Soviet writers raised the idea that the guarantor countries , which should include the USSR , the United States , and other states acceptable to both Afghanistan and its neighbours which were negotiating with the former , could adopt an obligation to observe the sovereignty , independence , territorial integrity and non-aligned status of Afghanistan . |
| 8 | For instance the relatively frequent clauses stipulating rest periods from VDU operation , which were signed with the overt aim of minimising eyestrain and exposure to VDU physical hazards , will have the effect of enforcing at least some degree of job rotation between work at and away from terminals . |
| 9 | These are comments about young people which were spoken with a tenor of near hatred at a meeting of a council committee when young people were n't even on the agenda . |
| 10 | There were four basic objectives which were agreed with the Eighth Army . |
| 11 | He was wearing an open-necked shirt , and his blond hair flopped over his eyes , which were smiling with a lazy insolence . |
| 12 | And she felt , though comfortable in bed , as if she were standing with the rain sluicing all over her , streaming soothing over her breasts and down her thighs , warm and comforting and she hoped that he was not in difficulties on the road and that he was thinking about the rain . |
| 13 | Following the battle of Naseby in 1645 , Richard Baxter was concerned about the safety of some friends of his who were serving with the parliamentarian army . |
| 14 | By the time they reached the Mearns Road near Eaglesham and trudged to the wreckage of the Messerschmitt , it had acquired a small crowd of sightseers , who were bantering with the Home Guards trying to keep it safe from looting . |
| 15 | She liaised with the RSSPCC social workers on the mainland who were dealing with the children , and conducted meetings in Orkney about the case . |
| 16 | When I was very young , and indeed Malcolm Rifkind , who was even younger , was my counsel , we represented two individuals who were charged with a serious assault . |
| 17 | ‘ Many of the suspects who were charged with an offence engaged in plea bargaining with prosecutors . |
| 18 | These were the men who formed the main links between the papal curia and the Church at large and who were charged with the maintenance of orthodoxy in their dioceses . |
| 19 | For instance , in a group of patients with rheumatoid and osteoarthritis who were treated with an elimination diet followed by a wheat-free diet , cervical reintegration and the green-lipped mussel preparation , Seatone , significant and often dramatic improvements were obtained in a fortnight of an order similar to , or better than , those obtained by either homoeopathy or Seatone alone over a period of three to six months . |
| 20 | People who were infused with a fervour which drove them on . |
| 21 | He was in charge of a group of MSC workers who were helping with the work . |
| 22 | It was halted following an incident at the Ballysally roundabout with Fogarty well clear of Robert Dunlop and Philip McCallen , who were credited with a second and third place respectively . |
| 23 | Throughout his career with Rangers , Sunderland , Nottingham Forest and Scotland , Baxter befriended players cast in a similar mould , that army of renegades who were born with a natural gift for football but were easily disenchanted with the disciplinary structures of the professional game . |
| 24 | Children who were presented with a nonsense syllable alongside more and less in a variety of contexts made it contrast with more and less by adding or subtracting much smaller amounts ; by adding or subtracting everything ; by introducing some quite different manipulation ( stirring , flicking , rolling , tossing up and down , mixing both piles together ) , and so on . |
| 25 | Those politicians who were connected with the Administration found that the year 1716 produced a bumper crop of solicitations for the pardon of those implicated in the Rising of the previous year . |
| 26 | As a universal god , Re became linked to the cults of other gods , particularly those who were connected with the creative process . |
| 27 | Although it seemed trivial to high minded folk , like Deputy Matron and Sister Tutor who were burdened with the difficulties of their office , these concerts were so important . |
| 28 | A change related to the smaller number of candidates is perhaps the increase over 1973 in the number of candidates who were elected with a quota at Stage I , 25 against 17 . |
| 29 | He was the only child of an Asian couple who were living with the father 's parents . |
| 30 | Mr Foster said she was last seen alive at 10.30am on Friday by five people who were registered with the centre . |