Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men cheered as Artai descended the steps in front of his palace , then walked along a corridor of his guards through the crowd of Khans and other notables who were gathered to witness his accession . |
| 2 | We were assigned to protect your friend , Mr Trimmler . |
| 3 | Holy Dying was written under the impact of the death of Lady Carbery as well as that of Taylor 's own wife — ‘ The bundles of cypress which were intended to dress her closet but now come to dress her hearse ’ . |
| 4 | Even in decay , Hitler 's edifices were intended to recall his past might . |
| 5 | They were primary sources of information , some became newspaper leader-writers but , perhaps more significantly , they also ‘ contracted an assortment of interlocking alliances with editors , leader-writers , and proprietors , all of whom were expected to do their bidding ’ . |
| 6 | In those days research workers were expected to earn their money by being practical , and in the case of materials they were expected to confine their experiments to proper engineering materials like wood and steel . |
| 7 | Young children went to lace-schools from the age of five upwards and after they had reached twelve they were expected to earn their keep . |
| 8 | From 1921 , for instance , French colonies were expected to pay their way and build up a reserve . |
| 9 | All members were expected to pull their weight . |
| 10 | You were expected to pull your weight in this direction and there was no question of anyone getting paid . ’ |
| 11 | In a speech to the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce , Mr Gulliver revealed that only three sectors in the city 's economy — health , tourism and business services — were expected to increase their workforce between now and the year 2000 . |
| 12 | The ministry said yesterday that an urgent review of the fungicides ’ safety was in progress and ministers were expected to announce their decision early in the new year . |
| 13 | When we asked how this had been allowed to happen , we discovered that the children were expected to work their way through a maths text book ‘ at their own pace ’ with no specific instruction from the teacher . |
| 14 | Going off the start at a blistering 51 strokes-a-minute , they sat in the field until the 1500m mark where they were expected to make their challenge . |
| 15 | Furthermore the deputy heads were expected to discuss their work with the head teacher , and a visit by two members of the LEA 's advisory service was intended to provide an opportunity for the head to ‘ account ’ to his peers . |
| 16 | At the same time , all townsmen were forbidden to leave their home cities , and in future only townsmen were entitled to practise urban trades and crafts . |
| 17 | I think blacks were designed to use our speed and agility . |
| 18 | The social pressures I put upon the kids were designed to make my maths teaching more effective . |
| 19 | To all intents and purposes , the body shells of the old units were rebuilt above the solebar at Swindon Works and new ( and considered by many less comfortable ) seats with removable cushion covers , fluorescent lighting , double-glazed windows and a public address system were installed to extend their working lives into the twentyfirst century ! |
| 20 | All seven families with a transient result were interviewed to gain their perspective of the programme and ensure they had no lingering doubts about their sons ' health . |
| 21 | They were destined to feed his cat . |
| 22 | The crew , with the exception of the apparently dead rear gunner , were seen inflating their dinghy and O'Nion took photographs of them and the sinking Cant as the Fulmar circled the scene . |
| 23 | Extra finance was forthcoming to meet the two-year waiting list target by April 1992 and Regional Health Authorities were instructed to give its achievement high priority . |
| 24 | Visitors were instructed to ask what time working class wives got up in the morning and to elicit a history of the way in which they organised their day 's work . |
| 25 | McAllister and his team-mates were made to squirm their way through a special screening of their 4-1 Saturday mauling by Middlesbrough . |
| 26 | The very corpses were thought to be contagious ; in some parishes attempts were made to prevent their burial in consecrated ground , and it became necessary for the parson to conduct the service under cover of darkness . |
| 27 | Working class women attempting to solve the problem of scarce resources by borrowing , pawning or taking paid employment , were condemned for either mismanaging or neglecting their home responsibilities , while under the guise of protection , efforts were made to limit their employment to ‘ suitable ’ occupations . |
| 28 | He also had business in east Kent , for in April 1345 arrangements were made to hear his plea against the abbot of St Augustine 's , Canterbury , and his retainers , said to have carried away Ramsey 's goods in Reculver and assaulted Ramsey 's servants . |
| 29 | Fertility rites were held for her , from which men were excluded , and phallic symbols such as piglets , snakes and pine cones were used to decorate her shrine and thus encourage the generation of seed in the earth . |
| 30 | Two operations were needed to save his foot , and playing rugby again seemed as unlikely as Newport beating the All Blacks . |