Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Eastern Europe Yugoslavia had long since broken free of Soviet domination and by the mid-1960s other countries , most notably Romania , were successfully showing independence in their foreign policy . |
| 2 | He trained at the Central School of Art and Design , but never graduated , joining instead a group of frustrated designers , which included such budding innovationists as Mary Quant and Laura Ashley , who , like Conran himself , were eventually to become household names . |
| 3 | Even so , some residents had started to venture out to local pubs and shops and were slowly becoming part of the community . |
| 4 | It was easy , when we were predominantly discussing philosophy , to link farm animal welfare and protection of the environment , in so far as they are both concerned with what qualifies us to consider ourselves to be good people . |
| 5 | Russian weapons were rarely found south of the border and the guerrillas used mainly Japanese and American weapons . |
| 6 | White settlers often objected to the reserves because they were thereby denied access to farming land , and in some areas the size of the reserves was scaled down to meet their demands . |
| 7 | Even then the provisions under the Act were fairly limited : the penal laws were not repealed , but Protestant Dissenters were merely given immunity from prosecution if they held their own religious services , provided their meeting-houses were licensed and the doors were left open when they met . |
| 8 | So then I decided , reluctantly , that the letters were merely to gain introduction to the family . ’ |
| 9 | The students in this respect were merely showing support for the official position and expressing their patriotism , but they went too far in their protest action . |
| 10 | At the time we were alongside Vigilant when our port engine mysteriously started while we were all having lunch . |
| 11 | Er says er it would that diamond tool were only sending dust copper dust . |
| 12 | We were only playing leapfrog |
| 13 | We were only playing leapfrog |
| 14 | We were only playing leapfrog |
| 15 | Another concern of employees expressed at the meeting was that younger women were only offered ultrasound examinations while older women were receiving mammograms . |
| 16 | ‘ This was a golden opportunity for us and we 've been kicked out because we were so powder puff up front . |
| 17 | He found that they were suddenly eating pizza and jokingly said oh they might have got him one , so one of them used a police car to take him to the nearest all night pizza place and then he walked back to the airport and waited , having done a deal with the one taxi driver who was there , and he and shared a taxi , arriving home c. 0215 and then proceeded to have a meal of a MASS of pasta and sauce previously made by me , and of a type which both boys always ask day in day out when here or there ! |
| 18 | These kids were obviously pursuing success and they were sinking inordinate amounts of energy , week in , week out , into their efforts . |
| 19 | When I came out on top I immediately looked to starboard for the Pole Star and was rather shocked to find that it was oil the portside and we were obviously heading east , but by careful use of the engines was able to turn through 180° and the navigator gave me a heading after taking a sight from the astro compass . |
| 20 | But supposing X-rays were normally displayed back to front or the way one looked at the person ? |
| 21 | Doctors were encouraged through financial incentives to practise in designated areas and they were normally refused permission to start practices in restricted areas . |
| 22 | The earlier ammonoids had gently wavy sutures , and many of the Mesozoic ones had sutures almost incredibly folded and contorted , so it looks as if natural selection were generally favouring increase in the elaboration of the folds . |
| 23 | Time you were away playing toy soldiers , who do you think looked after this house and the estate ? |
| 24 | in the meantime Brocklesby was approaching and this one horrendous photograph of me looking very harassed you can well imagine and my father ever pompous when he saw this photograph said huh where were your directors , was n't one of them in charge , and I said no they were away having lunch , they were just going to arrive when they you know , anyway ? |
| 25 | It seemed as if the instruments they held — long pipes and hand drums — were somehow becoming part of their bodies . |
| 26 | A lot of activity on the ceiling , too … as Ninereeds hovered , thumping the air with his wings , Twoflower peered up at the shapes of roosting beasts and tiny men-shaped dots that were somehow walking upside down . |
| 27 | Sure enough , we were soon catching bonito , a fish in the tunny family which resembles a huge mackerel . |
| 28 | The Times of April 18 reported that two more student activists , Wang Zhixin and Li Minqi , were soon to stand trial for " counter-revolutionary crimes " . |
| 29 | To see a familiar , friendly face in a room full of strangers was very pleasant and we were soon exchanging news . |
| 30 | As in Australia , they were soon working flat out with people coming to them from all walks of life . |