Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had as much right to be there as I , and I was in no position to judge what benefits they were deriving from their experiences , beyond a developed attraction towards pyromania . |
| 2 | As control families were traced through their general practitioner with the facilities offered by the central register , families who emigrated before the study began ( five ) and those whose current family health services authority was not recorded ( five ) or incorrectly recorded ( 11 ) were replaced by the next eligible control in the series . |
| 3 | A number of recent kidnappings were traced to its labyrinthine streets and alleys . |
| 4 | One of the young men had been hurt in a demonstration and his clothes were spattered with his blood . |
| 5 | If this notion of integration were developed within our total society , the mentally handicapped would cease to be regarded as a race apart . |
| 6 | After they died , many kung fu systems were developed by their students , and over the next few hundred years more branches of these styles , barely recognizable from the original forms , came into being . |
| 7 | If any memorials were erected at their burials , as at Crosthwaite , none remain today . |
| 8 | We were continually answering questions and giving away pre-decimal coins , badges and keyrings to young children , who were fascinated by our finds . |
| 9 | She felt almost naked , as if she were parading in her chemise . |
| 10 | On 9 December the long-haired devotee of the Beatles ' ‘ White Album ’ , Charles Manson , and five of his followers were indicted for their murder . |
| 11 | The side which lost were reprimanded for their weakness ; the side which won could have anything they wanted from new horses to new leaders . |
| 12 | I particularly enjoyed long evening discussions with Lance , whose meticulous methods and ambitions in broadcasting were explained in his book ‘ The Stuff of Radio ’ , which he sent me on his return to London , together with a copy of his novel , ‘ The Perfect Witch ’ . |
| 13 | As a complete neophyte in this area , I attempted to establish the criteria according to which some languages were listed under their language families while others had separate entries . |
| 14 | Such a pair belonged to Sir William Ingleby of Ripley , Yorkshire , in 1617 and were listed in his inventory as ‘ shipp sawceres ’ . |
| 15 | They were listed in your original list on fifteen . |
| 16 | Finally , two officers were mauled by their own subject . |
| 17 | The two huge spikes were rammed into his body . |
| 18 | The results of these labours over a period of fifty years were many papers and five influential books , the last two of which were completed by his son . |
| 19 | ( Indeed , the anti-vivisectionists were allowed a small but notable coup on this score : Sue Crowshaw , badly disabled by rheumatoid arthritis , made a moving speech denying scientists the right to claim they were experimenting on her behalf . ) |
| 20 | The two women had barely crossed the threshold before they were halted in their tracks . |
| 21 | An hour later they were halted in their tracks by a cataract not marked on the map . |
| 22 | One of the difficulties of proceeding with the single currency , particularly if a small number of member states within the Community were to proceed on their own , is that it would become increasingly difficult for others to join them at a later stage . |
| 23 | The cameraman and sound recordist were mugged on their last day in Pittsburgh . |
| 24 | Childeric must have been subjected to many of the influences which were to impinge on his son . |
| 25 | Whole supermarkets in the Valley were stripped of their provender in a decorous food riot by the affluent , loading up their Wagoneers with Porterhouse and T-bone as they headed for the hills . |
| 26 | The trees on every side of the magazine bent away from it and were stripped of their leaves . |
| 27 | The Headquarter was originally at Rugby Cement Works where disused offices were placed at our disposal , but later as the unit increased this was moved to the Church rooms , and the unit was commanded by Captain Sammy Wenham . |
| 28 | Checking everything was in order , lamps were placed on their correct brackets , the handbreak was unwound , and 4913 ‘ Baglan hall ’ of 84B shed clocked off shed at 12.20 pm and passed through the centre road to the far end of Chester . |
| 29 | Once the cement had set , both filters were placed on their bases and 2″ domestic plastic plumbing line was used to connect them together and also to connect the large filter to the new pond . |
| 30 | Her arms were placed by her sides , and the back of her head lay flat on the table . |