Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Gibson and his younger brother David were walking along High Row , Darlington , at 10.15pm on Friday when they were approached by three youths . |
| 2 | Pay-per-view channels were buying up exclusive rights to the really big bouts and this left the regular channels desperate to find some way of increasing the number of championship fights . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Under the steam vents and the aluminium air shafts and the painted-over windows , kitchen porters were hosing out galvanised bins . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Her mind was floating over turquoise waves and she narrowed her eyes against an ocean that sparkled silver all the way to the horizon . |
| 7 | By now my mind was working along similar lines . |
| 8 | A bibliographical search was carried out previous to the award being granted in the period Jan/March 1989 . |
| 9 | Hector was lying back exhausted , the weak tears creeping shamefully from his ruined eyes , when he suddenly realised there was someone else in the room . |
| 10 | The Rolls was to come in useful when Gabrielle had an idea to get them both working . |
| 11 | On the fist occasion , the effect was to build up worrying inflationary pressures ; on the second , it was to create more bankruptcies , higher unemployment , lower investment ( thus higher unit costs ) and , arguably — with a persistent tendency for wage costs to continue to rise — higher , not lower , inflation . |
| 12 | Observers suggested that Azerbaijan 's military action was taking on renewed force following the victory of nationalist leader Abulfez Elchibey in presidential elections [ see p. 38976 ] . |
| 13 | In his opening remarks US President George Bush called for further research before any action was taken on global warming . |
| 14 | Nona stared at the grey river where the wind was picking up little waves and throwing them against the walls of the river walk . |
| 15 | It 's thought the ritual burial was to ward off evil spirits . |
| 16 | It was raining , his cowl was drawn up close . |
| 17 | Nationalist and feminist women in Northern Ireland were organizing around basic issues of survival . |
| 18 | During those final weeks , cameraman Gunnar Fischer and Patrick McGoohan were struck down ill . |
| 19 | Ryan Giggs and Lee Sharpe were subdued out wide , Brian McClair and Paul Ince having to battle for midfield domination . |
| 20 | Only three miners were brought out alive . |
| 21 | Wagons were going out empty , heading for the forest . |
| 22 | Many other companies were thinking along similar lines . |
| 23 | Topaz was brought up short . |
| 24 | She watched her throat move as if swallowing , and realised that Estelle was gulping down great mouthfuls of the liquid . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It was almost as though Joanna and Helen were thinking along similar lines , and she longed to know what was in their minds . |
| 27 | As the minutes of silence and confusion unfolded , the crush eased and a visibly shaken band were allowed back onstage . |
| 28 | He discovered , for example , that laboratory technicians at Fawley were carrying out chemical tests without really understanding what it was they were doing . |
| 29 | Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled . |
| 30 | SOUTHWELL fell victim to the weather for the second time in a week when tonight 's Flat turf meeting was called off due to waterlogging . |