Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fox and Stephen Brown L.JJ. noted , at pp. 1080 and 1089 , that the relevant statements were not taken on the basis that they were merely ‘ to be used for a private investigation to see if the police had acted improperly in any way ’ — one of the two main reasons for Lord Denning M.R. 's decision in Neilson v. Laugharne , the other being that the plaintiff there was merely ‘ fishing . ’ |
| 2 | A written request for a brief photocall from the media , who were not allowed up the 100-yard driveway to the hotel , was conveyed by a garda to Mr Keenan . |
| 3 | Its arms clutched these objects as they were individually passed up the ladder to its niche : followed by its disembodied head , with a physiognomy very close to that of the photographs of the deceased . |
| 4 | After a few weeks most boys bought their own pens and they were usually carried down the top of the right sock . |
| 5 | Telephone lines were also fed down the mine . |
| 6 | Loose canvas seat covers were also carried on the upper decks . |
| 7 | And er you see you were n't allowed down the pit till you were fourteen . |
| 8 | Early visitors to Madeira and Porto Santo were rowed to the beach when the sea was calm and were then carried on the backs of boatmen who rolled up their trousers and waded ashore . |