Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last straw was located about 10 or 15ft from safety , at which handholds seemed to disappear altogether and aching feet were scrunched up the tiniest of ripples . |
| 2 | ‘ The first week , they plodded up the stairs and when we took them out for the day they were wiped out the next . |
| 3 | Before the New World was discovered and Australian resources were opened up the only source of opals known was situated in the Libanka and Simonka mountains north of Kosice in eastern Slovakia . |
| 4 | The two songs were played back the next day by the tired twosome . |
| 5 | The rebels briefly took control of much of Dushanbe on Oct. 25 , including the parliament , the presidential palace , the main mosque and the broadcasting facilities , but were driven out the following day by government forces . |
| 6 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
| 7 | MAJOR-GENERAL Michael Skinner , who has died aged 60 , was Director General , Weapons , from 1986 to 1988 , when many important decisions were taken on the future equipment of the Army . |
| 8 | The Lincoln Red was at first known as the Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn : it originated when eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Durham and Yorkshire Shorthorn bulls were put on the large , rugged , pied Old Lincolnshire short-horned draught cows which could withstand all the weather thrown at this east coast county by the cold North Sea winds . |
| 9 | as if a finger were put on the naked soul ! |
| 10 | All the rest of the equipment , together with additional tools and a power generator , were sent out the following morning . |