Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect that the people who made them were influenced by the Labour party 's ’ Standard No. 17 ’ , which was circulated among people in the area . |
| 2 | The sick who had no one to tend them were spread through the inner , inhabited core of the city , in the monasteries , in the hospice of the Knights of St John with their double chapels . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the models of chemistry remained rather imperfect , and substantial advances in understanding them were made in the third quarter of the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Choking back his disappointment after his own team 's splendid wins against Liverpool and Aston Villa , he said : ‘ I 've got to be humble and say we were beaten by a very good side . |
| 5 | When first built they were driven by a water-balance system . |
| 6 | The hunt saboteurs say they were threatened after the incident . |
| 7 | Both say they were convicted on the basis of fabricated confessions . |
| 8 | Only 1 man in 5 had planned the occasion , for 17% it was a one-night stand , for 13% it happened at a party , while 11% say they were drunk at the time . |
| 9 | The reasons I 'm gon na give you were supplied by a guy called Tony . |
| 10 | He says they were housed in an old infectious diseases ward . |
| 11 | That done they were directed to the ACR counter at the end of the reception desk where an efficient young woman issued the petrol coupons and the vouchers for the hotels where they were booked in . |
| 12 | ‘ I can only assume they were intoxicated by the flood of enthusiasm from central government , and thought they could do anything , even build power stations in the sand , ’ he says . |
| 13 | Perhaps when memories were made they were stored in the form of continuous reverberating circuits , endless electrical loops made by opening or closing synaptic connections ? |
| 14 | It is said they were led along the secret paths by a traitor , these paths almost certainly being what we know as the Pilgrims , Way to Aylesford . |
| 15 | Unsuccessful attempts to replace it were made in the fifties and sixties . |
| 16 | But do you think you were struck by the image itself ? |
| 17 | I suspect you were disguised as a personable young man , a merry companion for the Gascons , after what must have been a long and gruelling journey . |
| 18 | As baby Odessa 's condition deteriorated they were forced by the war to leave her in a hospital in Belgrade . |
| 19 | Some of the girls later claimed they were victimised by the police . |
| 20 | When we came to move on from our camp we realised we were trapped by the river and the only way out was via a small rock face and a narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice . |
| 21 | When was it were you born were you born You were born in the Republic of Ireland . |
| 22 | True to form we were disqualified at the first change-over between David and me . |
| 23 | You may think they were tainted , but we know they were tested at the priory and I doubt the Lady Eleanor would have taken them solely on the Prince 's word . ’ |
| 24 | Cleveland coroner , Michael Sheffield , said notes found in Mr Bourne 's room indicated they were written in a depressed state of mind but there were also some poems in a light vein . |
| 25 | When the movement began they were attracted by a desire to attain certain goals . |
| 26 | There the court heard they were forced into a car which was set alight and pushed over the edge . |
| 27 | He fears they were offended by a debate which described work methods introduced in their British factories as ‘ alien . ’ |
| 28 | Miss Tylee 's courtesy was unfailing — she was a neatly dressed lady who wore a velvet neckband and her ‘ pince-nez ’ or pinchers as we called them were attached to a thin gold necklet , ready to be placed at the end of her nose when she was searching for something required by her customers . |
| 29 | Do n't you wish you were joined by the umbilical cord again and nobody had the power to cut it ? |
| 30 | I suppose you were named for the Queen . ’ |