Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her words were lost in a fit of coughing , and at once he dragged her to her feet , supporting her across Water Gypsy 's gangplank . |
| 2 | His words were lost in the frightened screams of the women , the crying of terrified children , the loud cursing and swearing — and sometimes praying — of the men . |
| 3 | Her words were lost in the sound of grinding gears , and the car leaped away from the sidewalk , knocking Mrs Frizzell 's hat askew and leaving her mouthing furiously at nobody . |
| 4 | ’ But then he opened the door , and his words were lost in the wind . |
| 5 | His words were lost in the violent pounding from the east . |
| 6 | His words were lost in the sudden explosion which took the front off Police Headquarters . |
| 7 | Stok crossed his arms across his face and began to pull his shirt off , and his words were lost beneath the white cotton . |
| 8 | The words were written by the tubercular vicar of All Saints , Lower Brixham , the Rev H F Lyte ( 1793–1847 ) , during his last months of illness . |
| 9 | … and ribber These two little words were cut off a sentence at the bottom of the page in Liz 's October article , thereby changing its meaning . |
| 10 | The brief period of time in which the words were presented to the subject in our experiment , however , limited the kinds of words that could be used as stimuli . |
| 11 | The words were whispered in a soft western English accent , a gentle hint of Ireland making an enchanting spell for the eager listener . |
| 12 | Precisely because the composition of phonolexical sets can not be specified on phonological grounds , it is difficult to find a principled way of specifying the lexical input to the variable ( u ) ; eventually eighteen words were assigned to the set simply on the basis of observation . |
| 13 | His words were followed by a silence as the women turned with one accord to stare at Doreen . |
| 14 | However , it should be noted that Scrutton LJ 's words were said in a case involving a contract between commercial parties and it now seems that the insistence that public policy is primarily concerned with holding people to their agreements is now out of favour . |
| 15 | The fewest words were recalled with the random word order and the greatest number with correct word order . |
| 16 | The words were scrawled on the frontal of the marble high altar . |
| 17 | But since on this occasion the words were dictated to the child it is more likely to be the child 's efforts to repeat the sound to herself and to write down her idea of a phonic equivalent . |
| 18 | So the question , where a wording which was not accepted by tradition was used , was always whether it was intended by the testator to give rise to a relationship at law ; and the words were examined for an intention to set up a trust . |
| 19 | The tape was then continued , and after the first few words were uttered by the second voice Lucy almost froze in horror . |
| 20 | Words were exchanged between the comic and Holiday , said Mr McCartney . |
| 21 | Strong words were exchanged with the latter band by the organisers , who demanded a quick piece of historical rewriting to expunge this accidental slur on the workers ' state . |
| 22 | Robyn saw for the first time that Melissa was a little drunk ; her eyes had that bright , fixed look , and her words were pronounced with the extra care of someone who had consumed rather too much alcohol . |
| 23 | In dealing with the allegation of infringement of a trade mark , Lord Justice Dillon said that there could only be such an infringement if the words were used by an offender in the trade mark sense . |
| 24 | In section 265 , for example , terms such as ‘ domiciled , ’ ‘ personally present , ’ ‘ ordinarily resident , ’ have had attributed to them , both in the context of bankruptcy and in that of civil procedure generally , a wealth of refined construction which it is difficult to suppose Parliament did not intend equally to apply when those words were used in the Act of 1986 . |
| 25 | Yanto 's honeyed words were accompanied by a silly grin . |
| 26 | The last words were accompanied by a baleful glare at Lucy . |
| 27 | If on my time you prepare that waste wood into bundles such as any man could store at home , and if in your own time you will carry those bundles around the town and distribute them free , to rich and poor alike — but not to any man who was landlord to any among us — we may together teach them — ’ The rest of his words were drowned in a universal roar of delight . |
| 28 | Ernest 's words were drowned in the call which went up from the ship , and the outburst of cheering from the Flamingo 's passengers . |
| 29 | He opened his mouth to speak but his words were drowned by a volley of musket fire nearby and the crash of a round shot which brought down a shower of plaster on the heads of his audience . |
| 30 | The rest of the queen-dowager 's words were drowned by the prince 's whoops of joy — and the cardinal , kept waiting for over an hour , hearing the hullabaloo , exchanged relieved glances with his fellows . |