Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You couldn ’ even prophesy your own death , when it wuz standin' right in front of you . |
| 2 | This is a large village with earthworks on the periphery which were excavated initially by David Hall in advance of redevelopment for houses . |
| 3 | A lot of psychological theories were developed initially from studies of wholly male samples : theories of achievement motivation , moral development , and social categorization , for instance ( McClelland et al . |
| 4 | Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome were calculated separately for Maori and non-Maori children . |
| 5 | On other days of the week he had fixed luncheon dates which , because of his crowded schedule and not infrequent trips abroad , were arranged well in advance . |
| 6 | Recipes , for example , were arranged alphabetically in sections , with ingredients , prices , weights , and cooking times all precisely stated , on the basis of tests carried out by the author in her own kitchen . |
| 7 | Those changes that were noticed were explained away as disturbances in the upper atmosphere . |
| 8 | The winning ways of the Yorkshire pair , Deric and Ian Baxter , were explained laconically by son Ian : ‘ I belt them and he prods them . ’ |
| 9 | Altogether some 2,500 animal species and 35,000 plants were listed either in Appendix I or Appendix II ; the Kyoto meeting added a further 45 and approved the upgrading of protection for some 35 species transferred to the Appendix 1 list . |
| 10 | He introduced him to Whitlock as Masala , his personal bodyguard , then told Masala that he and the other three Zimbalan bodyguards were to liaise directly with Whitlock . |
| 11 | They were plucked out of Bosnia in one of the mercy missions undertaken by Formby businessman Fred Willis , who has now enlisted the help of the Red Cross in an attempt to trace Jasim . |
| 12 | Several aspects of French Country Cooking were roughed out in pencil by Bobby and then worked over in ink by Minton and imprinted with his own personal style . |
| 13 | Some difficulties with this suggestion were pointed out by P A Lund in a reply published in October 1985 . |
| 14 | Even though substantial orders were placed well in advance with the trade for some of these items the general pressure of demand was such that deliveries to RAFAMACS were delayed . |
| 15 | A month later , it was resolved that a proper place should be provided for the Professor 's dissections and lectures , and advertisements were placed accordingly in publications including the Morning Post and the Daily Advertiser . |
| 16 | Accordingly , all the species on earth had changed only superficially , if at all , since they were placed there by God in the beginning . |
| 17 | The wheels were placed inside in order to protect them from the elements as well as from the deliberate damage that sometimes occurred during water disputes . |
| 18 | It has still to be proved conclusively that these children were reared exclusively by animals , but it is clear that they all had minimal human contact . |
| 19 | Bessie 's opinions on how babies should be cared for were given freely to Carrie and duly ignored by the young mother , who was aware that Bessie had never had children of her own . |
| 20 | A milk depot was opened in 1912 , home visits increased and health lectures were given regularly at women 's meetings . |
| 21 | In the late fifth-century Babylonian satrapy ‘ bow land ’ and ‘ chariot land ’ were given away on condition that the owners for the time being paid for soldiers or cavalry . |
| 22 | All too popular with passing children at the show , the balloons were given away in return for a small donation to the Sports Council . |
| 23 | Dinner parties were given over to discussion of the choices before customers . |
| 24 | And as more and more of these areas were given over to cultivation , crop-raiding increased and so did the toll of human lives . |
| 25 | Afternoons were given over to village leave , organised games , set walks , leisure periods and detention . |
| 26 | It is also true , of course , that these doctors ' free services were given partly for research and clinical experience , partly from strictly charitable motives and partly to establish marketable reputations in the private sector of pre-NHS British medicine . |
| 27 | Six two and three-day training courses in areas of sociological methodology were given primarily to UK doctoral students |
| 28 | Normally , the ‘ vocational ’ jobs , which carried slightly higher wages , were given only to men serving over two years , and the Superintendent stated that little attempt was made to ‘ rehabilitate ’ those sentenced to less . |
| 29 | They visited WGPT 's Forties Road premises where presentations were given by on Production Services and on the Company 's Permanent Downhole readout instrumentation [ PDR ] . |
| 30 | Details of China 's plans for onshore exploration were given yesterday by Wang Tao , the president of the country 's state oil company , who said the 12 areas being opened would include part of the Tarim Basin in the north-west Xinjiang region which is though to hold some of the world 's largest untapped oil reserves . |