Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the days when Lewis Carroll wrote these stories , people who made hats were considered to be mad , because of the fibrous fumes they inhaled . |
| 2 | In all cases , focus preferences were taken to be strong , so that a binary plausibility check , rather than ‘ special mode ’ inference , was assumed . |
| 3 | Various grown men were seen to be weeping and Columbia Records have since been inundated with complaining telephone calls . |
| 4 | Lowuse sites were found to be depleted only in nitrogen though the heavily used ones were depleted of potassium and magnesium and possibly of calcium and phosphorus as well . |
| 5 | But the Pilkington dispute could not have been anticipated ( although there were issues that precipitated it — pay levels were perceived to be low and the initial walkout occurred over a wages error ) . |
| 6 | A Captain Beechey , sent by the newly established Marine Department of the Board of Trade to discuss their grievances and explain the Act had some difficulty in convincing his audience that Shipping Officers were intended to be the seamen 's friends , and that the Register Ticket , far from being a " badge of slavery " , gave them advantages . |
| 7 | With a brief nod and a smile that again dazzled and at the same time almost lulled her into thinking things were going to be normal between them from now on , he left . |
| 8 | Adduct levels were found to be higher in smokers than non-smokers and adduct levels were significantly higher after truncal vagotomy and drainage than after highly selective vagotomy . |
| 9 | Until recently , UVB rays were thought to be the only ones which caused serious sun damage . |