Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were portrayed as somebody above us — and once it was seen they are not , everyone could see they are like the rest of us . |
| 2 | With the spread of trolleybus conversions across West and North London all the older ex-L.C.C. and ex-Metropolitan types of car were scrapped and everything from the London UniteD Tramways was scrapped except the Feltham type modern cars . |
| 3 | ‘ The secretaries were determined that somebody at least should make use of them , and there was much pressure put on me to do so . |
| 4 | At Lockleys , Herts. , for example , six types of stone foreign to the locality were recorded but none of these was used in the pavement of room 2 . |
| 5 | Additionally , some octamer and decamer peptides were analysed but none of these bound . |
| 6 | In addition the DHSS would not agree to supply updates free of charge , so after much discussion three DHSS manuals were chosen but none of them was to be updated . |
| 7 | Ede was no innovator , and the Bill was regarded as something of a disappointment by some of his Party colleagues , in the Cabinet as well as on the backbenches . |
| 8 | The health authorities declared a fresh state of " red alert " on Dec. 28 when further cases of cholera were discovered in three northern provinces bordering Bolivia and Paraguay , although it was reported that none of the 44 people diagnosed in the space of five days had died [ for outbreak in early 1992 see p. 38761 ] . |
| 9 | During a debate , the party was reminded that one in 20 Labour members is under 25 years old while the average age of the party is 45 . |
| 10 | A quote has been received but it was felt that something on a less extensive scale would be sufficient . |
| 11 | A quote has been received but it was felt that something on a less extensive scale would be sufficient . |
| 12 | This was a deliberate policy : it was felt that anyone with sufficient education to understand or be interested in foreign news could be expected to listen to and understand English . |
| 13 | The Romantic enthusiasm for the wilderness co-existed with a more practical attitude in which Nature was seen as something to be explored and catalogued . |
| 14 | It was seen as something to be avoided at all costs . |
| 15 | It was shown that someone with normally sensitive skin would not have been affected but that the purchaser had abnormally sensitive skin . |
| 16 | I was told that everyone in the hamlet had electricity and a loudspeaker in their room — all , that is , except the ‘ bad elements ’ — children of the rich peasants or landlords who had apparently not become ( or had not been allowed to become ) good commune members . |
| 17 | Where the middle contract was overpriced , relative to the near contract , one middle contract was sold and one near contract purchased . |
| 18 | The smile on her sweet mouth quickly faded though the moment the door was opened and she at once took in the unusual pallor of Cara 's skin and the fact that , if she was n't mistaken , her dear sister had recently been crying . |
| 19 | In Newham the picture was more complex , though not dissimilar , with the project tending at one year to be supporting people living on their own whose dementia was advanced or who for other reasons could not manage their own care , or needed some safeguarding care . |
| 20 | It was found that one in 15 among 200 people with odour problems investigated had a condition called trimethylaminuria — or fish odour syndrome . |
| 21 | Overall , when the children on the course were compared to those in the control groups , it was found that none of them had taken up smoking and some who had been using snuff before the start of the programme had now given up . |
| 22 | Then a dreadful thing happened , or so I heard , for they had left the farm by then , ; the poor Rector — I expect it was his own doing , for they say he drank far too much — set fire to himself in bed one night , and the house was burnt and he with it . |
| 23 | For the study , a fast food outlet was defined as one with highly systemised operations , normally with counter service , and a high volume of customers . |
| 24 | They hope the £10,000 reward may now prompt an answer to the riddle of why he was killed and who by . |
| 25 | As in the Hopkins report , the crucial issue of deficit finance was fudged , and it was stated that none of what was proposed would involve ‘ deliberate planning for a deficit in the National Budget in years of subnormal trade activity ’ . |