Example sentences of "[adj] were [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were even cultivated over and their long-time entrances completely disappeared . |
| 2 | These were swiftly put down and the Glasgow Volunteers , as fine a body of men as ever struggled from one ditch to another , were always ready to spring into action at the drop of a rifle . |
| 3 | And he took two boards and fitted them to the body , one to the breast and the other to the shoulders ; these were so hollowed out and fitted that they met at the sides and under the arms , and the hind one came up to the pole , and the other up to the beard ; and these boards were fastened into the saddle , so that the body could not move . |
| 4 | These were quickly taken up and written about in the British context ( e.g. Thomas et al. , |
| 5 | Vogel 's watercolours were taken by the occupying forces to Germany but in 1946 were successfully claimed back and returned . |