Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv prt] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah had told Anne that her grandmother 's lodger Josh Adamson had died of a heart attack at the start of the raid , but they said nothing of this to Julia nor of the casualty lists which were posted up containing many names of people they knew . |
| 2 | His sleeves were rolled back to reveal golden , muscular forearms , the first two buttons of his shirt were undone so that she could see the strong , tanned column of his throat , the hollow where his pulse beat , the start of the strong , hard planes of his chest . |
| 3 | The cuffs were rolled back to reveal tanned forearms . |
| 4 | Standard transfections were carried out using 10 µg of DNA per 2 10 6 cells on a 90 mm plate . |
| 5 | Hospital wards — and even hospitals — were closed down to cut public expenditure . |
| 6 | If it were closed down suppose 750 of the men would not expect to find another job and would have to live off social security payments . |
| 7 | Since then plans were drawn up to make one short-term unit and one longer-term unit accessible . |
| 8 | Yesterday officers were drafted in to make door-to-door calls in the area in the bid to trace the mother . |
| 9 | On Jan. 8 riot police were called in to control striking nurses and orderlies who were stoning the buildings at Maputo central hospital . |
| 10 | Ministry of Defence police were called in to interview 15 members of the Nine Squadron Royal Engineers and Brigadier Cedric Delves , commanding the Fifth Airborne Division , was summoned by the General Officer Commanding the Army 's South District . |
| 11 | After the remains of the crew were removed , bomb disposal experts from RAF Wittering were called in to make sure the wreckage and the surrounding earth did not contain unexploded bombs . |
| 12 | A small army of council workers and private companies were called in to change hundreds of locks after the keys disappeared last week . |
| 13 | A small army of council workers and private companies were called in to change hundreds of locks after the keys disappeared last week . |
| 14 | During the 1970s they were called out to clear hundreds of tons rubbish from the streets of Glasgow during the 1975 dustmen 's strike . |
| 15 | During the 1970s they were called out to clear hundreds of tons rubbish from the streets of Glasgow during the 1975 dustmen 's strike . |
| 16 | In some places army reserves were called out to protect public property , and in Manchester high-pressure water-hoses were used against demonstrators . |
| 17 | But we were brought up to read good literature , to be great readers and I hope we do n't lose our traditions . ’ |
| 18 | Communion in both kinds also rendered the existing small chalices inadequate , and many were melted down to make new cups large enough to hold sufficient wine for all the lay communicants . |
| 19 | National parties of various complexions were set up to represent many of the minorities — from Letts in the north to Armenians and Georgians in the south , and above all the Poles . |
| 20 | Both are based on the same belief : that ancient people throughout the world set out their mounds , standing stones and stone circles in a particular relationship to each other and to the natural features of the landscape such as hilltops and notches , so that lines were set up to mark significant dates of astronomical events In the annual and other cycles . |
| 21 | Reactions were set up using 8 to 40 µg of F9 extract prepared as described ( 17 ) . |
| 22 | On 1 January 1992 three multifunctional teams of 10 people were set up to handle all aspects of Life and Pensions contracts . |
| 23 | They were set up to provide young people with basic , well-ordered accommodation from which they could experience the countryside . |
| 24 | They were set up to provide local people with county council and community information , and have dealt with enquiries ranging from bus timetables to details of local doctors and dentists . |
| 25 | Schools affording hundreds of thousands of places were set up to bring some form of education to the children of the poor . |
| 26 | For example , commissions and study groups were set up to study organizational changes and changes in board functioning . |
| 27 | Community action agencies , run by boards elected from the residents of poor communities , were set up to administer many of the " war on poverty " schemes . |
| 28 | Whilst these local authorities were developing in form , other bodies were set up to administer special functions . |
| 29 | Elongated single-aspect plans with hall-corridors on the entrance front were introduced to ensure even greater privacy from callers and servants , private wings were stepped back to create private sheltered garden areas , and the kitchen and staple offices were skilfully deployed at right angles to the main block to create sheltered L-plan forecourts . |
| 30 | Newspaper titles such as the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror were started up to exploit these economic conditions and the ever present demand for ‘ reading and entertainment ’ . |