Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otis engineer William Mulholland said that the lifts were checked regularly and claimed that vandalism or abuse was responsible for a large number of reported breakdowns . |
| 2 | Course one of the problems was you were checked in and checked out and if er you had n't come out there was a bit of a panic , Where is the person ? |
| 3 | As racial distinctions were ironed out and replaced by class in the Third World , a certain amount of the reverse process was taking place in the old imperial metropoles . |
| 4 | Gumboots and oilskins were given out and ordered for volunteers . |
| 5 | The chair with the wobbly leg , the dented saucepans , the knives with loose handles , all were gathered up and restored if possible , mainly by Nigel , who , when I produced new casualties almost weekly as the season wore on , would sigh and say patiently , ‘ Put it on my bench , darling . ’ |
| 6 | The remains of the bird were gathered up and removed . |
| 7 | Patients aged between 18 and 75 years presenting to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital , Sheffield with duodenal ulceration were treated medically and had an endoscopy to confirm ulcer healing . |
| 8 | The older castles were patched up and redefended but the raids continued , increasing in severity ; it took almost twenty years before the authorities finally awoke to the extent of the problem . |
| 9 | The houses next to the river had no owners ; they were broken down and ruined , but could be defended against attack . |
| 10 | She even objected to ‘ new lamps for old ’ — electrification , but eventually , in 1895 , the two saloons were joined together and mounted on one steel under-frame , with six wheel bogies at each end , and electric lights were installed . |
| 11 | The street was narrow , cobbled , full of old buildings which were joined together and went back to medieval times . |
| 12 | Loopholes had already been made in the stone walls of Gemioncourt 's huge barns which , like the buildings of so many of the isolated farms in the low countries , were joined together and protected by a high stone wall , making the whole farm into a massively strong fortress . |
| 13 | Forty four ( 93.6% ) of the remaining 47 patients were dilated successfully and had complete relief of dysphagia . |
| 14 | After the 1906 printing the plates were inked up and varnished over but not cancelled in any way : theoretically , therefore , it would be possible for a new purchaser to print from them . |
| 15 | Cesspits were filled in and nightsoil collection ended . |
| 16 | It had been written for an age when wind was still the motive power for most of the world 's shipping , so that , though technically out of date , it was invaluable for some of the work I was doing , particularly wire splicing , and if we were rolled over and had to jury-rig the ship it would be a life saver . |
| 17 | In some of the more remote parishes , sculptures and carvings escaped the attentions of the iconoclasts , and elsewhere ornamental features such as carved fonts were boarded over and plastered to protect them from the commissioners . |
| 18 | By the time of the riots a quarter of all houses on the estate were boarded up and burned out by infant petrol bombers . |
| 19 | Over last winter all the stud holes were drilled out and re-tapped and recently volunteers were busily repositioning support timbers to work on an area of rust on the front ring . |
| 20 | Well it would be I suppose it would be possible that that they could start their time together and work right through for years together , but invariably er that did n't happen because people were picked up and laid off as the boat progressed , er and if er Y you may get a a run for the one yard would need , say , six squads of of riveters , in a hurry . |
| 21 | When the sweetness was all sucked out they murmured that their legs were tired , and cried until they were picked up and carried home . |
| 22 | Er now we , the pensioners , had no choice , we were picked up and put into the new scheme having paid our contributions appropriately to the old scheme rules which were the higher contributions , but only to pick up the new scheme rules that were against our interest . |
| 23 | In December 1987 two stray Rough Collies , a bitch of about 15 months old and a dog of about 18 months , were picked up and taken to a police station near Oxford . |
| 24 | Such tactics were carried out and sanctioned in a ‘ political atmosphere of panic ’ . |
| 25 | To assess Mr Reynolds ' fitness , various observations ( temperature , pulse , respirations , weight , urine tests ) and routine blood tests were carried out and checked to ensure that the results were within normal limits . |
| 26 | On its successful completion and publication ( Archaeological Journal , 1849 ) , the duke commissioned MacLauchlan to undertake further field surveys of Watling Street , Hadrian 's Wall , the eastern branch of Watling Street , and other remains in Northumberland , all of which were carried out and published between 1850 and 1867 . |
| 27 | Afterwards the gods ' puris were torn up and shared out as prasād . |
| 28 | All the medieval buildings were torn down and replaced by stone built ones , with red pantiled roofs . |
| 29 | The broken fringes of grass were lifted off and stacked well out of the way , the spades began to clear the ground downwards from the arc of russet brickwork , warily because of sinister little trickles of loose earth that drifted down the slope at every movement . |
| 30 | Soon the summer revels of BB at the then uncrowded , unchic little port of St Tropez , with a succession of young actors and guitar players ( Trintignant soon withdrew to the peace of Army service ) , were spied on and peeped at by the photographers and published in countless magazines and newspapers . |