Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 2 | I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue . |
| 3 | I was occupied several evenings a week . |
| 4 | ‘ The demonstrations were mostly started by first- and second-year students ’ , I was told several times , ‘ but the government are punishing the graduates . |
| 5 | ‘ He keeps hisself to hisself , ’ she was told several times , though Davyd , who always had superior knowledge , added ‘ cut him in half and you 'd find pure gold , all through . ’ |
| 6 | She was driven several miles to a secluded country spot and assaulted for an hour . |
| 7 | We were offered several locations at the Biennale and decided on a small space in the best location thirty-six square metres ( as opposed to fifty or ninety ) opposite Galerie Cailleux . |
| 8 | Later we were to have several talks , but when I first arrived sick and ill and my GP went through the diagnosis , his greatest concern was to get me into the hands of a good specialist which he did with the utmost speed . |
| 9 | The workers must have felt important when they were described several times as being , ‘ Caesar 's heirs forever . ’ |
| 10 | The ‘ New Style ’ Calendar was adopted in Britain in 1752 but not without some opposition from some who thought they were losing several days of their life . |
| 11 | It was situated several kilometres outside the city and sprawled across three hundred acres . |
| 12 | It was to take several years and unexpected pressures before general progress in this direction was achieved , but it is important to remember that there were views being canvassed in the CNAA and more widely that pointed towards a possible further ‘ collective resolution ’ . |
| 13 | An Act of 1485 had already made hunting in disguise or by night a felony ; it was re-enacted several times so that Forest offenders could be prosecuted at Quarter Sessions or at Assizes . |
| 14 | He was hit several times and died shortly afterwards . |
| 15 | The shooting took place in the Highfield Estate off the Shankill Road and local people said he was hit several times in the head by gunmen who sped from the scene in a car . |
| 16 | Graham Townsend was alone in his shop at three fifteen this afternoon … details of what happened are sketchy … but he was stabbed several times in the chest by one of three youths who were trying to steal jewellery … they ran off … and Mr Townsend called an ambulance … a neighbour came to his aid . |
| 17 | A man is being treated for a partially-collapsed lung after he was stabbed several times in the arms and body . |
| 18 | He had shouted that he was a reporter but he was struck several blows on the head and shoved into the police tender . |
| 19 | He was examined several times by Dr Crockett in his surgery , but was never told a kidney would be removed . |
| 20 | He was examined several times by Dr Crockett in his surgery , but was never told a kidney would be removed . |
| 21 | He suffered constantly from fever ; he was frequently threatened by bandits and once nearly murdered ; he was injured several times ; he endured hot summers and cold winters and periodical earthquakes . |
| 22 | He played that aspect of himself which could well have been in a war — after all he had trained long enough for it — and the result was the sort of performance he was to deliver several times in his film career and none the worse for that : professional , convincing . |
| 23 | Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John Finn set up a .50 calibre gun and fired on the attackers , he was wounded several times but continued to fight back , later he was awarded the Medal of Honour . |
| 24 | When he finally rejoined the others he was carrying several samples of rock , and there was very little light left . |