Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As control families were traced through their general practitioner with the facilities offered by the central register , families who emigrated before the study began ( five ) and those whose current family health services authority was not recorded ( five ) or incorrectly recorded ( 11 ) were replaced by the next eligible control in the series . |
| 2 | A number of recent kidnappings were traced to its labyrinthine streets and alleys . |
| 3 | If this notion of integration were developed within our total society , the mentally handicapped would cease to be regarded as a race apart . |
| 4 | They were listed in your original list on fifteen . |
| 5 | Finally , two officers were mauled by their own subject . |
| 6 | One of the difficulties of proceeding with the single currency , particularly if a small number of member states within the Community were to proceed on their own , is that it would become increasingly difficult for others to join them at a later stage . |
| 7 | The cameraman and sound recordist were mugged on their last day in Pittsburgh . |
| 8 | Checking everything was in order , lamps were placed on their correct brackets , the handbreak was unwound , and 4913 ‘ Baglan hall ’ of 84B shed clocked off shed at 12.20 pm and passed through the centre road to the far end of Chester . |
| 9 | Her lips were swollen against her pale face and the sight of her distress seemed to infuriate him more . |
| 10 | Did this affect the image Tanzanians were given of their own country ? |
| 11 | Judgements were given with their collective approval . |
| 12 | All 22 pupils , aged between 6 and 13 , were withdrawn by their social workers and are now being questioned by specially trained police . |
| 13 | Efficiently the boys were sped on their various errands . |
| 14 | The three newspapers I took were sticking through my front door , which was at the side of the house . |
| 15 | The IMF 's own financial problems were highlighted by its Interim Committee which , after a meeting on Sept. 20-21 , expressed concern over delays in US contributions worth US$12,000 million . |
| 16 | But the London and North-Western and the Great Western Railway companies were criticized for their poor provision of workmen 's trains in 1892 and a parliamentary select committee was still pressing for the provision of cheap trains for workers in 1905 . |
| 17 | The opportunities they offered to die engravers were limited by their small format and two-dimensionality , which caused difficulties and led to the adoption of some of the conventions that , as we have seen , can sometimes make their interpretation difficult . |
| 18 | His legs , which straddled the powerful motorcycle , were clad in his best grey slacks and his tartan shirt was open to the waist |
| 19 | And dotted through the year were the increasing number of Days dedicated to Saints who were honoured with his particular attentions . |
| 20 | ‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’ |
| 21 | Fifteen patients were referred to our endoscopic unit for the investigation of epigastric pain , sometimes associated with acute bleeding or anaemia . |
| 22 | Jimmy Marks had become the Commander of No 35 Squadron and so arrived on the day that the Pathfinders were formed with his hind-picked aircrews from No 1 Group . |
| 23 | As the 1980s were drawing to their close , The West Highlander — not to be confused with the BR-promoted summer steam service of the same name running between Fort William and Mallaig — emerged as the Charter Unit 's most successful train , achieving an average load factor of 87 per cent . |
| 24 | DAMON HILL 'S hopes of a place in the top two of the Canadian Grand Prix were wrecked by his own Canon Williams team when they bungled a crucial pit stop . |
| 25 | Forty two patients from this group were diagnosed in their seventh decade and beyond and form the basis of this study . |
| 26 | They were joined by their former Troop commander , Captain G.C.S. Montanaro ( Royal Engineers ) . |
| 27 | Last week they were joined by their respective husbands both called Jackie . |
| 28 | To celebrate their Diamond Jubilee the 5th Bangor Brownies were joined by their original Tawny Owl for a service at Wesley Centenary methodist Church in Northern Ireland . |
| 29 | Before our presentation we were joined by our regional marketing officials . |
| 30 | To her horror , she saw that they were exposed to his avid gaze . |