Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 A number of recent kidnappings were traced to its labyrinthine streets and alleys .
3 One of the young men had been hurt in a demonstration and his clothes were spattered with his blood .
4 If this notion of integration were developed within our total society , the mentally handicapped would cease to be regarded as a race apart .
5 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 .
6 If any memorials were erected at their burials , as at Crosthwaite , none remain today .
7 We were continually answering questions and giving away pre-decimal coins , badges and keyrings to young children , who were fascinated by our finds .
8 On 9 December the long-haired devotee of the Beatles ' ‘ White Album ’ , Charles Manson , and five of his followers were indicted for their murder .
9 The side which lost were reprimanded for their weakness ; the side which won could have anything they wanted from new horses to new leaders .
10 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 ’ .
11 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 .
12 Such a pair belonged to Sir William Ingleby of Ripley , Yorkshire , in 1617 and were listed in his inventory as ‘ shipp sawceres ’ .
13 They were listed in your original list on fifteen .
14 Finally , two officers were mauled by their own subject .
15 The two huge spikes were rammed into his body .
16 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 .
17 The two women had barely crossed the threshold before they were halted in their tracks .
18 An hour later they were halted in their tracks by a cataract not marked on the map .
19 The cameraman and sound recordist were mugged on their last day in Pittsburgh .
20 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 .
21 The trees on every side of the magazine bent away from it and were stripped of their leaves .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 Her arms were placed by her sides , and the back of her head lay flat on the table .
26 But difficulties were placed in their way .
27 As it turned out , the plan of Bailie Hooks was too optimistic and Lord Galloway retained control of the council of his town , but the incident affords a clear illustration of the close links between parliamentary and municipal politics and the holding of official appointments in the period , and indeed the officers in question were placed in their situations through the political influence of the Galloway family .
28 The miniature boats were placed in their tombs like promises .
29 His ashes were placed in his wife Gail 's coffin which was buried with their three children in the rainswept Lake District .
30 But there is no evidence that he mounted a critique of the position in which women were placed in his society .
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