Example sentences of "were [verb] [art] [det] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 2 | These concerns were forgotten a few days later when Diana rose at dawn and travelled to the Lambourn home of Nick Gaselee , Charles 's trainer , to watch him ride his horse , Allibar . |
| 3 | The only group claiming responsibility was the hitherto unknown " Mohammed El Boukhima " , and about 15 people detained for questioning in the Albi area on May 23 were freed the same day . |
| 4 | Two other methods , which did not involve a return to the original pasture , were strip grazing , in which sheep were confined to a narrow strip across the field by fences which were moved every few days , and creep grazing , in which a single fence confined the ewes , but since it possessed a " creep " or hole , allowed the lambs to graze forward . |
| 5 | Broadly parallel announcements were made the same day in respect of Wales and Scotland . |
| 6 | Highlights were shown a few days later on Eurosport but there is no doubt that the tremendous effort from Jeremy Bates and Mark Petchey in the two opening singles matches against Henri Leconte and Guy Forget respectively , and the Bates–Neil Broad battles with the Frenchmen , ( unbeaten in Davis Cup doubles ) , deserved a wider audience . |
| 7 | I always felt an affinity with Donna , I thought it was because we were born the same day — ’ |
| 8 | He said groups of 10 to 15 intellectuals were executed every few days . |
| 9 | On Oct. 26 a further search was made and Wolfgang Pöhl , the party treasurer , and another party official were arrested the same day under suspicion of embezzling party funds . |
| 10 | We were to stay a few days longer here , for Flora 's sake . |
| 11 | The dogs who attacked Becky were destroyed the same day . |
| 12 | The two agents were arrested in May 1990 , but were released a few days later on grounds of insufficient evidence . |