Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His trousers were ripped and the blood seeped down his leg from the gash inches above his knee . |
| 2 | He claims they were painted when some temporary traffic lights were erected and the council never bothered to remove them when the lights were taken down . |
| 3 | During the early years of the organization 's existence , these problems were foreseen and a discussion paper which proposed a simple computer based manpower information system was written in 1971 . |
| 4 | On 24 May police stations were sacked and the stock exchange was set alight . |
| 5 | The new buildings on the Convent site were brought gradually into use over the next five years as the planned refurbishments were completed and the School slowly expanded with each new mixed intake . |
| 6 | Repairs to the Cages affected by the falling branch were completed and the Zoo 's formal admission of defeat came when they moved a Chilean eagle into the golden eagle 's old cage . |
| 7 | No figures were given and no equity is involved , but MTI clearly sees the investment as a payment for partnership . |
| 8 | As many teachers were unable to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society when formal thanks were given and a presentation made to Hilary Weedon on the completion of her four year term of office as Chairman of the Executive Committee special thanks were given to her by Betty Syrett on behalf of the teachers . |
| 9 | From September 1987 , the traditional ‘ block grants ’ to a cartel of National Education Centres were withdrawn and the market was thrown open to any supplier to compete for contracts . |
| 10 | One of the three members had been unable to attend the meeting at which these appeals were heard and a decision made on all the appeals . |
| 11 | The morning sky was blue as yet but storm clouds were gathering and the wind seemed on the change . |
| 12 | Despite the commercial success of this unit and the facility which it offered of training in a range of skills , places were limited and the site was inaccessible from the south of the district . |
| 13 | A number of peripheral sites for large-scale house building were designated but the policy commitment to the inner area was explicit : |
| 14 | The complaint that there is never a moment 's peace is countered by some nurses who say that such a system allows for a ‘ snooze hour ’ after lunch when no routine tasks were undertaken and the ward was as quiet as possible . |
| 15 | He was patted down and given a cup of tea and a sausage roll to bolster him up while the children were gathered and the room darkened in anticipation . |
| 16 | If the goods were examined and the defect was negligently not identified , this makes the examiner a cause of the damage . |
| 17 | The ears were examined and the presence or absence of fluid was noted before inspection of the case notes or pharynx . |
| 18 | The shoes were examined and the discrepancy between them noted . |
| 19 | By January , plans were formulated and the action began . |
| 20 | Unfortunately the way in which the issues were formulated and the phrasing of the questions were such that no credence can be given to the findings of the survey or to the general conclusion of the Royal Commission that ‘ there was no evidence from this enquiry of productive effort being inhibited by the income tax structure within its present limits . ’ |
| 21 | Also on the floor were three or four framed pictures which had been trampled stamped upon , so that the frames were broken and the glass shattered to fragments . |
| 22 | It was a summer morning , the birds were singing and the sun shining . |
| 23 | The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped and the rain of heaven was forbidden . |
| 24 | The Ministers of Rural Development , Yao Pali Tchalla , and of Equipment , Posts and Telecommunications , Nassirou Ayeva , were dismissed and the number of portfolios increased from 16 to 19 . |
| 25 | Flags were flown and a band turned out to celebrate his return . |
| 26 | All the seats were filled and a number of people were standing by the door . |
| 27 | The jails were filled and the press muzzled : between April and December 1930 no less than ten ordinances were issued to meet the emergency — the greatest such number that any viceroy had ever promulgated . |
| 28 | It would be less burdensome to the poor and more profitable to the King if Parliament were prorogued and a benevolence demanded . |
| 29 | Six arrests were made as the vehicles were attacked and a cordon of 50 police struggled to keep the crowd of about 250 at bay . |
| 30 | On Nov. 14 a camp used by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Rashidiyeh was bombed , two Hezbollah bases in the Jabal Safi area and in Mlita were attacked and a bridge , previously bombed on Nov. 1 and under repair , was destroyed . |