Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only after they were built did the Manager of Shawcraft ask me why I had n't made the base more cone-shaped . |
| 2 | The electorate was steadily expanding during the course of the Stuart century , so that by Anne 's reign perhaps as many as one in four adult males had the right to vote , whilst the passage of the Triennial Act in 1694 meant that those who were enfranchised had the opportunity to make their voice known in frequently contested elections . |
| 3 | The main methods subjects from which students were drawn crossed the spectrum , except that no Physical Education teachers were mentioned ( this reflects one return from a College , which wrote back politely refusing to answer the questionnaire on the grounds that as they only trained PE teachers the language issue did not arise ) . |
| 4 | But they were stalking thought the airlock , ignoring me , . |
| 5 | Newsam who wrote the piece before the National Curriculum and its assessment procedures were planned ended the piece by remarking with irony ‘ As with any good joke , a child can understand the fable . |
| 6 | Other contributory causes that were suggested included the inadequacy of pre-school provision and its particular unsuitability for West Indian families ; prejudice on the part of some teachers against West Indian children 's use of English ; inappropriate curricula and teaching materials ; and the discouraging effect of the relatively poor employment prospects of West Indian school leavers resulting from discrimination in the labour market . |
| 7 | The tower was crumbling said the Vicar , the Rev Michael Long . |
| 8 | As I approached it I reached out my talons to land and perhaps the prey I was holding obscured the view for I should have seen sooner what had been put on top of the post by Men . |
| 9 | Mary was spun round , but managed to keep her feet , although the parcel she was carrying hit the ground and burst . |
| 10 | The man who was standing left the room . |
| 11 | The old wooden case-clock at the foot of the stairs where Ellie was standing chimed the hour , as if to tell her she had two hours to herself before the ‘ broth ’ returned , and three and a quarter hours before her father did likewise . |
| 12 | Thus was Fiddling denied the opportunity to keep in the fixture against the touring Indians , made famous by the celebrated arrival on the scene of Frank Tyson . |
| 13 | Up till now , anyone who was away on holiday when an election was held lost the right to vote , and some people who were away because of their work lost their vote too . |
| 14 | Mountbatten now faced the precarious venture of a seaborne invasion of Malaya and Singapore , but just as this was launched came the news of the atomic bomb and the Japanese surrender . |