Example sentences of "[pron] were [vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reported success with Yellow-root ( i.e. Hydrastis canadensis ) as it had ‘ flowered and ripened seeds in our garden , two years past , from some roots which were sent me from the inland parts of your country . |
| 2 | And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds . |
| 3 | Subject presumes perceived er speaker as pr prestigious and authoritative and they perceived that there might be future interaction with him perceived his speech is more similar to their own than subjects who were told nothing about the speaker . |
| 4 | ‘ Naturally , but you 'd still have to say what the story was before you were offered anything for it . ’ |
| 5 | What we had was basically method things where we were given lots of experimental things we would do in the laboratory , but no real philosophy behind it , no sod of follow through . |
| 6 | Erm , last year , we were given it for free , erm |
| 7 | Here we were sorted our into groups according to the types of honours and quite a long wait ensued . |
| 8 | The Department for National Savings , for example , contains enough papers that if they were piled one on top of the other they would reach the height of nine and a half Mount Everests ! |
| 9 | They will recollect the guidelines they were given themselves as children . |
| 10 | Several London children who had been allocated to secondary education in a grammar or central school found , after they were evacuated , that they were denied it by the absence of such provision in their reception area . |
| 11 | London Transport held very strong views in favour of standardization , so when in 1936 , the ex-Croydon cars were due for an annual overhaul and relicensing , they were withdrawn one at a time and replaced by E/1 Class cars between October 1936 and January 1937 . |