Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] were [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blasts from weapons went astray or were turned back to their sources so that the warlock seemed to be using his/her assailants as puppets to fight themselves . |
| 2 | The estimates from each department became more detailed and were spelt out for each of the future years . |
| 3 | Men who had been asleep and were woken up by the noise did not appear to resent it but sat up on one elbow and stared . |
| 4 | They were frequently left out in the cold and were fobbed off with symbolic concessions — such as a tatty play space instead of a decent nursery . |
| 5 | As unemployment began to escalate it may also have been true that those who were the first to be made redundant or were turned down for work were those who were least efficient . |
| 6 | That Beveridge viewed the elderly with a notable lack of sympathy is evident in the few telling phrases which appeared in the final draft of August 1942 but were left out of the published Report : to give full subsistence pensions ‘ as a birthday present ’ to an individual attaining the age of 60 or 65 would be ‘ reprehensible extravagance ’ which was ‘ wholly unjustifiable ’ . |
| 7 | The US Secretary of State James Baker met subsequently with Shevardnadze and welcomed the proposed cuts at a joint press conference , although he had earlier expressed doubts as to whether the cuts were in fact new or were made up in part by other previously announced withdrawals . |
| 8 | Well there were two that were bandied about as a cost of national Of social chapter in this department . |
| 9 | The legs were too wide and were chopped off at least three inches above her boots . |