Example sentences of "were [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | When the mare basins were excavated the fragmentary material beneath them must have been compressed to a higher density than before . |
| 2 | And only two — Joshua and Caleb — were to enjoy the promised land . |
| 3 | Erm it 's , it 's , negative numbers are n't a natural thing , fractions are actually easier and that was what happened in the history of mathematics , fractions were developed a long long time before negative numbers , the old Greeks used to play about with fractions quite a lot . |
| 4 | More specifically , they were to support the Conservative party as being the most likely to tum back the revolutionary tide . |
| 5 | Diocletian ( reigned 284–305 ) was one of five sons of Illyrian peasants who were to wear the imperial purple . |
| 6 | We were to mount a dummy attack on the R.A.F. airfield at Heliopolis , just outside Cairo , a distance of about a hundred miles across open desert … . |
| 7 | Whilst Robert Legg Snr and his cronies were enjoying a short-lived grandeur within the ill-fated United Company of Undertakers , the Upholders ’ Company continued to support those members who furnished funerals as part of their everyday trade , though their list of admissions does not identify persons trading as coffin-makers or undertakers though they did admit upholders and mercers , who included funeral furnishing as a sideline to their main trade . |
| 8 | By the latter half of the century , the majority of books on child care — which were enjoying a tremendous popularity — strongly recommended breast-feeding and described it as the normal practice ( Fildes 1980 ) . |
| 9 | I wandered along the sandy beach and saw just how mums and dads with kiddies and gran and grandad too , were enjoying a REAL family holiday in the sun . |
| 10 | On 30 June 1989 , Captain Knowles and Warrant Officer Fowles were visiting the Army 's transit training camp at Scarborough to ensure that 35 Signal Regiment ( V ) from London on their annual summer training camp were enjoying a satisfactory standard of catering . |
| 11 | Attention would only be conditionally offered to Ollie if Stan was in the room , and if the family were enjoying a quiet cuddle with Stan , he would have to be rejected in favour of Ollie if he appeared . |
| 12 | ‘ The chances are a thousand to one that you might stay here for ten seasons and never see a boatman in a hurry , ’ quoted Sir Thomas loudly to his brood , waving a lordly hand towards William and Joe who were enjoying a quiet chew of tobacco at the end of the pier . |
| 13 | At the same time both the Constituency Labour Parties and the Labour League of Youth were enjoying a rapid increase in membership and many of their new recruits were more interested in what was happening in Europe than in the traditional problems of unemployment and labour conditions . |
| 14 | After the business of the day and the more important business of the evening meal , the inhabitants of Roziac were enjoying a few hours of leisure in the open air . |
| 15 | The bar room was warm and inviting as always , and just enough people to be comfortable were enjoying the cosy environment . |
| 16 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
| 17 | In the schools , French became a compulsory language at the very moment when Arab nationalists were enjoying the linguistic triumph of Arabic over the Turkish of the now broken Ottoman Empire , a victory which had important political implications for the concept of Arab unity . |
| 18 | Ed and Johnny were enjoying an unimaginative platter of boiled sprouts . |
| 19 | Potatoes were enjoying an unprecedented popularity amongst all classes of society ; in the houses of the aristocracy they were being marinaded in champagne , poached in wine and decorated with truffles . |
| 20 | Today my brother and I were catching the 7.00 am aeroplane from Newcastle to Corfu . |
| 21 | When the marshes were drained the new farmers chose to live on the embankments beside the canals and rivers . |
| 22 | We were seeing a steady growth in fee income of around 15% in the Newport office , and when we made the decision to move , there was n't a single indicator that we might see a downturn . |
| 23 | The planetary governor , Lord Voronov-Vaux , and his entourage were seeing the victorious Harq Obispal off with a fanfare . |
| 24 | But the demands of a growing membership were outstripping the voluntary nature of the Campaign . |
| 25 | The objectives were to hit the main source of supplies to the Vietcong and to undermine the morale of the North Vietnamese people . |
| 26 | The end-of-year panic on discovering that other teachers had covered more had led to a general feeling that the quicker topics were completed the better . |
| 27 | But by the time that they were completed the largest space of all was the nave , which might serve various purposes — as a shelter for great processions , as a substantial public hall and meeting place ; but above all provided space for visitors and lay worshippers . |
| 28 | The elder Pinney , owner of the largest sugar plantations in Nevis , would certainly have been less pliable had he realized that his sons were allowing the new tenants to have Racedown rent-free ; but in the event he quickly warmed to the young poet , and welcomed him as a guest to the family 's town house in Bristol during the autumn of 1795 , the period which first brought Wordsworth into contact with both Coleridge and Southey.7sup18 ; |
| 29 | Glycated haemoglobin and plasma electrolyte concentrations were checked every two months . |
| 30 | Made of strong willow cane , the cone-shaped traps were about five feet in diameter at the mouth tapering to a point Once the unfortunate salmon had entered the trap , it was doomed Yanto hoped the recent tide had yielded a fish which he would grab before the traps were checked the following morning . |