Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were aroused late that night by the most terrible screams and a pounding on the door . |
| 2 | The flaws were pointed out last year in a report by W.S. Atkins consultants , commissioned by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) . |
| 3 | Although the period from Christmas to the end of February — MMT 's accounting period for the first six months of its fiscal year ends then — was very quiet because a lot of orders were completed around that time , Haines says trading has now picked up again . |
| 4 | ‘ But we were producing so much effluent it flooded and we had to rent a small piece of land specifically for effluent disposal , ’ explained Dai . |
| 5 | The effect on a school would be devastating erm the school has already lost one teacher , the s the actual demand is increasing erm if we were to lose yet another teacher then what would we would be denying is education to the children , the best possible education . |
| 6 | These findings of fact were given remarkably short shrift by Lord Parker C.J. who held that the conduct could not amount to insulting behaviour . |
| 7 | The arguments about just quarrels with our ancient enemy , the French , were given yet another outing ; commissioners were appointed in May 1546 and armed with instructions similar to the previous set . |
| 8 | On 24 May they were given yet another destination — Hazenbrouck , in the S-W corner of the semi-circle round Dunkirk where the 1st Bucks were to make their last stand . |
| 9 | Significant passages of the speech , particularly on interest rates , were received in silence and other keynote statements were given only polite applause . |
| 10 | In 1978 the Primary Survey compiled by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate criticised teachers because children were given too little autonomy . |
| 11 | Doubtless these were given too little weight because it was reasonable to expect that tidal forces of the Sun had given Mercury synchronous rotation . |
| 12 | Torquay were given too much space and too much time and striker Adrian Foster made the most of it . |
| 13 | Children nowadays were given too much pocket money . |
| 14 | er we were given very little opportunity to raise anything with Mr |
| 15 | The refusal did include policy reasons , but the fundamental aspect was those other problems which were given very considerable investigation . |
| 16 | A number of other areas of the curriculum — art and craft , PE , music , CDT , computers , dance and so on — were given comparatively little time , amounting to the same number of teacher-days between them as were spent on science alone . |
| 17 | In addition , three island authorities were given virtually all-purpose status . |
| 18 | Then you were given so much time to get back home again . |
| 19 | She feels angry that the public were given so little information and were exposed to such large amounts of radiation , unable to take any precautions to protect themselves . |
| 20 | So both men were given almost equal prominence and Le Barre virtually killed off any audience interest with a heavy speech . |
| 21 | A helpful northerly breeze was filling the sails , so that they were building up gentle speed across the waters of the bay . |
| 22 | Mr Maggs said he saw a friend of his being ill-treated in the back of the van , The police were using too much force . |
| 23 | Even whilst the plague was raging , the King and parliament , who had fled to Oxford to escape , were drawing up new legislation to persecute the Nonconformists . |
| 24 | Kendall 's team — 12th last season — were dismissed as 33-1 title outsiders before a ball was kicked . |
| 25 | The Chancellor 's admission that the PSBR will reach £50 billion in 1993 is no more than City economists were bandying around last autumn . |
| 26 | Then they were driving over rough ground , loose stones popping under the tyres . |
| 27 | It has been suggested ( White , 1978 , p. 101 ) that if we look at the delivery of key speeches in the Supreme Soviet , for example , there was no evidence that prominent groups were gaining proportionately more influence vis-a-vis the party , which may demonstrate that there is no good reason to assume that industrialized societies necessarily develop similar political characteristics . |
| 28 | What do you think would happen if the Duke of Sutherland 's paintings , which include four great Titians and the Poussin ‘ Seven Sacraments ’ among other masterpieces , were to come up next month ? |
| 29 | Over the next twenty years its hosiery products and other goods were utilising around twenty wagon services to Bristol , Birmingham , Northampton , Stamford and Cambridge as well as more than 200 serving surrounding districts . |
| 30 | The interviews were carried out some time after the abuse had been established , so that while all had been on the child abuse register only half were still on the register when interviewed . |