Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were broken off abruptly when the man saw Isabel sharing the saddle with fitzAlan . |
| 2 | Others were picked up opportunistically because a visitor or student arrived with just the right skills or interests to move ahead on a front I might otherwise have neglected . |
| 3 | at the start of the second half the Hereford defence were caught out again as Scott put Wycombe back into the lead … |
| 4 | at the start of the second half the Hereford defence were caught out again as Scott put Wycombe back into the lead … |
| 5 | Staff were mopping up today as Mr Alton held his usual surgery . |
| 6 | Richard Norton-Taylor adds : Contingency plans for the use of troops in ambulance disputes were drawn up shortly after the Government came to power in 1979 , Whitehall documents show . |
| 7 | Richard Norton-Taylor adds : Contingency plans for the use of troops in ambulance disputes were drawn up shortly after the Government came to power in 1979 , Whitehall documents show . |
| 8 | In 1929 the Northern Ireland parliamentary boundaries were drawn up so as to attach areas of the surrounding countryside to the city centre , creating the safe Unionist seat of City of Londonderry , while the mainly Catholic areas were put into the Nationalist seat of Foyle . |
| 9 | Owing to the limited budget , Barbara urged caution on decision on grants which were phased over more than one year , and thus had financial implications for the future . |
| 10 | The vines were tied back up when the new growth was 4–6in long . |
| 11 | And they were laid off I mean squads were laid off even before the boat was anywhere near finished . |
| 12 | The important point is that by Interpretation 2 we mean that , on the whole , the deltaic deposits shown in the centre of the diagram were laid down later than the fluviatile deposits but earlier than the offshore deposits . |
| 13 | And he could n't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they 'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them . |
| 14 | But then by the time they were fin he retired and they were finishing they were ta they were taking about less than half the time . |
| 15 | They were put up yesterday because of the problems with the Social Services Department , one of which of course was it 's previous overspend . |
| 16 | Nursing homes complained that residents were kept out late because of the kick-off time . |
| 17 | So perhaps more instrumental in influencing the spread of environmentalism in England than the writings of apocalyptic ‘ doom-watchers ’ were such factors as the widespread construction of motorways — which , because they were routed around rather than through cities , shattered the peace of so many middle-class localities — and the changes in agricultural technology which altered the ecology and the landscape of extensive areas of rural England . |
| 18 | As a result , a computer was installed in the EPH where the research was carried out shortly after the project was completed , which , being suitable for general administrative tasks such as wordprocessing , had the additional benefit of providing some immediate reward for the efforts of the staff who assisted with the analysis . |
| 19 | The outcome of this work , which was carried out just after candidates had enrolled for the Batch 1 courses , is still awaited . |
| 20 | The enzymatic digestion of gliadin was carried out essentially as described by Bronstein et al . |
| 21 | I get the impression from this friend , Samantha Jewson , that Louise was looked down on because of it . |
| 22 | Patrick was climbing up there when he heard his name called . |
| 23 | I said almost nothing in the letter ; only that I 'd thought about her once or twice , that I had discovered what ‘ the waiting-room ’ meant ; and that she was to write back only if she really wanted to , I 'd quite understand if she did n't . |
| 24 | A POLICEMAN whose hand was sewn back on after a sword attack yesterday picked up an object for the first time . |
| 25 | THE policeman whose hand was sewn back on after it was horrifically severed by a Samurai sword has spoken publicly for the first time of his ordeal . |
| 26 | ‘ When the goldsmithing business expanded in the thirteenth century , it was moved out here because of the danger of fire from the furnaces , ’ he explained . |
| 27 | The Park West ward councillor , Mrs Heather Scott ( Con ) , told the meeting the original application was turned down partly because of Ministry of Transport objections about traffic access . |
| 28 | Recently there have been a number of instances when our generation was turned down mainly because of restriction imposed by the National Grid Co. in England for construction and upgrading work . |
| 29 | The 78 , which appeared at the beginning of the 1977 season , was one of Chapman 's greatest and most revolutionary contributions to motor racing and the concept which it employed ( the so-called Venturi effect , by which the air was channelled under rather than over the car , thus giving it infinitely superior down-force and road-holding ability ) set the standard for many years to come . |
| 30 | He wrote out all the lyrics phonetically , so when he had to sing an Italian word , it was written down exactly as it should be pronounced . |