Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If grammar schools were introduced then the existing comprehensives would suffer . ’ |
| 2 | The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public . |
| 3 | In the kinds of society in which most of my readers were brought up the coding of behaviour presupposes a sharp division between what goes on within the household and transactions which link the household to the rest of society . |
| 4 | German flares were lighting up the sky behind me as I hurried along the road , keeping close to the houses and in their shadows as much as possible . |
| 5 | The other Frenchmen were retreating up the slope , unwilling to give battle to the greater number of black-uniformed Hussars . |
| 6 | For the managers , if the case for absolution from competitive tendering were lost then the strategy for Banstead was rendered non-viable . |
| 7 | But even as her low , husky voice rang out with the first notes of the song , her eyes were seeking out the stranger , unable to resist his strangely magnetic pull . |
| 8 | All eyes were directed down the garden towards the pool . |
| 9 | The dragons were released whereon the red dragon killed the white and eventually took up residence on the Welsh flag . |
| 10 | With little more than a few snorts and grunts , the lumbering animals were coaxed down the ramp . |
| 11 | And last night the Prime Minister 's despairing supporters were trotting out the ‘ back him or sack him ’ line that Mrs Thatcher used to fall back on when she was in trouble . |
| 12 | Millie 's lids were blinking , and her lips were licking up the salt tears as she brought out , ‘ I … |
| 13 | The two songs were played back the next day by the tired twosome . |
| 14 | Other old shipmates like Phil Andrews , Eddie Clarke and Ron Giles were still crewing but others like Des Ferret , Vic Roberts and Bob Wellock were disappearing up the promotion ladder . |
| 15 | The last straw was located about 10 or 15ft from safety , at which handholds seemed to disappear altogether and aching feet were scrunched up the tiniest of ripples . |
| 16 | She also cites evidence from school inspectors which says that in almost 40 per cent of primary schools parents were topping up the capitation allowance for books and equipment by more than 30 per cent . |
| 17 | Just as linotype operators at the Sun were breaking out the champagne to celebrate the arrival of £1,000 pay packets for a three-day week , the realization was beginning to dawn that sooner or later the power of the print unions would be broken by the introduction of new technology . |
| 18 | Around about the period when Monsieur Henri Mignet and his incredible Pou du Ciel , or ‘ Flying Flea ’ , was captivating the Great British Public 's imagination with his aeronautical exploits in a home-made aeroplane , several American inventors were offering much the same aerial excitement to their own countrymen , but with rather more ‘ conventional ’ designs . |
| 19 | He recorded verdicts of accidental death and urged anyone who dumps a fridge or freezer to make sure the door hinges were smashed so the tragedy could n't be repeated . |
| 20 | This was despite the fact that patients maintained on mesalazine were receiving twice the equivalent dose of 5-ASA as those maintained on sulphasalazine . |
| 21 | These cogitations are worth quoting in full , as they so accurately reflect , albeit in a more lucid form than that usually encountered , the thinking of those who in the next few decades were to give away the empire in the belief that they were acting to preserve it . |
| 22 | The pilots were revving up the aircraft engines ; there would be no stand-down . |
| 23 | However , in the presence of NCp7 and RT , much higher levels of cDNA were produced ( lanes 7–12 ) and 3–5 additional bands were seen when the products were exposed to UV . |
| 24 | Those gunners who had no riding place on the guns or limbers were running down the verges in an undisciplined retreat . |
| 25 | Four 15 minute collections were taken over the hour . |
| 26 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 27 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 28 | Small stones , sticking to the rim , became dislodged and at one point were tumbling down the curve as quickly as the wheel was rising , giving the appearance of effervescence . |
| 29 | As quality feature films were produced so the anxieties and introspection could give way to congratulation and to a new hyperbole . |
| 30 | THOSE who insisted that the Queen pay income tax were barking up the wrong tree . |