Example sentences of "and were [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar diagrams to show the periods of flourishing of various natural groups were used by Richard Owen , Darwin 's chief adversary in England ; illustrations which look Darwinian may not be so in fact , but merely indicate that contemporaries were all wrestling with similar problems , and were sharing a good many assumptions . |
| 2 | When his sons returned to Tahiti and were asked the fate of their father they said : |
| 3 | 42% said they were actively doing something to ‘ avoid getting TB ’ and were asked the open-ended question ‘ what are you doing to avoid getting TB ? ’ . |
| 4 | Mr Major was told by Tory Ann Winterton that the 300 MPs and peers who viewed the material had been ‘ deeply shocked by what they saw ’ and were demanding an urgent review of the Obscene Publications Act . |
| 5 | The more detailed proposals were forthcoming in 1972 , and were to initiate the consultation process over ‘ partnership in validation ’ . |
| 6 | I traced the problem to the fixing rivets inside the wheel rims which had rusted badly and were puncturing the inner tubes of the 7,50 x 16 Avon Rangers . |
| 7 | After about two hours flying over the sea , they swung in over the coast and were given a welcoming burst of anti-aircraft fire . |
| 8 | Swindon swept forward after the break and were given a 50th-minute penalty when Martin Ling was brought down in the area . |
| 9 | These were designated as metropolitan areas and were given a two-tier structure of metropolitan counties and districts . |
| 10 | They joined the German retreat in early 1943 , and were given a place of settlement in the Novogrodek area of Belorussia . |
| 11 | I mean , the only way you could do that would be if you had a till at one end and people bought whatever they wanted and were given a voucher and you walked down the other end and exchanged |
| 12 | Both Willibrord , English apostle to the Frisians , and Wynfrith , were consecrated bishop by the pope in Rome and were given the names of Roman martyrs whose feasts fell around the time of their consecration : Willibrord Clement and Wynfrith Boniface . |
| 13 | His parents then called from the USA and were given the false impression that British Consul staff were co-ordinating the search , when they actually had no regular contact with the Spanish authorities involved . |
| 14 | In Australia a group of academics acted as consultants to the federal Department of Health , Housing , and Community Services and were given the freedom to consult and encourage participation by as wide a range of people as possible . |
| 15 | LEAs could provide nursery schools and classes ; they could provide or finance holiday classes , camps , play schemes , swimming baths , community centres and recreation facilities ; and were given the responsibility ( never implemented ) to ensure that all young people up to age 18 , and not otherwise in education , received part-time further education by attending a ‘ county college ’ for the equivalent of one day a week . |
| 16 | Could she give us just a handful of examples of people who were moved from geriatric beds into the private sector in the early stages of the development of the policy and were given the assurance that she says was publicly given that the Government had no intention of meeting fees , however high ? |
| 17 | I remind that we put in a housing investment bid for a hundred and twelve million pounds and were given the right to buy thirteen million . |
| 18 | Well , we got to the commune ( in two buses hired for the participants in our course ) at 9 o'clock , and were given the sort of welcome-for-foreigners which we have got used to elsewhere . |
| 19 | QPR hardly made a chance and were given an even bigger mauling by boss Gerry Francis afterwards , who fumed : ‘ This is the first time we have conceded four since we were last here 15 months ago . |
| 20 | Before starting treatment patients were talked to and were given an information sheet on the basic concepts of the pathophysiology of H pylori infection . |
| 21 | Trouble was , by the time I came on , they 'd finished their chickens and were eating the baskets . ’ |
| 22 | They had left the restaurant and were taking a few steps on the front . |
| 23 | ‘ By then I reckon you had your back to the stage and were facing the barrel of the gun . |
| 24 | In 1901 , encouraged by the resurgence of peasant unrest , several local groups combined to form the Socialist Revolutionary ( SR ) Party , and were joined the following year by the émigré Agrarian Socialist League . |
| 25 | Several local groups came together in 1901 to form the SR party , and were joined the following year by the émigré Agrarian Socialist League . |
| 26 | The means was to restrict the legal provision of credit to those who applied for it and were granted a licence . |
| 27 | They took along a box of wine they bought between them , and were drinking the red vin de table from plastic half-pint glasses . |
| 28 | They had contacted selected publishers to seek support for the platform and were forecasting a launch in the autumn with a consumer market focus at a player price of about £250 . |
| 29 | A four-month amnesty came into force on Oct. 13 allowing illegal non-EC immigrants to regularize their position , provided that they had been in the country for six months and were earning a living . |
| 30 | 3 men in balaclavas entered the garage shop by smashing a glass door panel , and were loading a dustbin with cigarettes when they were disturbed by a man in his thirties . |