Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in that room at Fontainebleau so many years ago , I studied Francis but my eyes were drawn to that bloody ring which sparkled on the fourth finger of his left hand . |
| 2 | But I knew my days were numbered at that firm . ’ |
| 3 | Charles Laubscher recalls : ‘ My feelings were mixed at this news ( of the move to Malta ) . |
| 4 | My thoughts were interrupted by several loud bangs from very close by , then two flares lit the sky , hanging eerily just above the trees , then drifting out of sight a short distance away , followed by a long burst of machine gun fire . |
| 5 | This group needs a brief introduction at this stage , as its activities were interwoven with those of the SAS during its early period of operations in the Middle East . |
| 6 | The Third Republic had survived the Great War of 1914–18 but its institutions were blamed by many for the humiliation of 1940 . |
| 7 | Moving across country , they were attacked by Japanese planes and sometimes by infantry patrols , but although several horses and their loads were lost in these skirmishes , the native grooms and their Australian escorts usually escaped into the scrub . |
| 8 | The question of whether the proposed 400,000-volt overhead line and its pylons were needed at all would be considered first , he said , followed by the various options for the Lackenby to Picton and Picton to Shipton sections . |
| 9 | The discovery that otherwise enigmatic denarii struck in the name of a deified empress called Domitilla contain the higher level of silver has shown that her coins were struck in this period and not in the reign of the previous emperor , Titus . |
| 10 | Solutions ( 10 mM ) of 5ASA , 4ASA , and their metabolites were used in most experiments , as the effects of IFN γ induced HLA-DR expression were seen at this concentration . |
| 11 | At the time of the acquisition insurance analysts said that AMP had aspirations to expand , and since it controls one third of the Australian life insurance market its opportunities were limited in that country . |
| 12 | Their eyes were fixed on each other in cold fury , their hands placed on the table , palms down , and they seemed to be waiting — waiting for |
| 13 | It sounded childish , she knew , but she was unable to prevent the tiny gasps of pleasure as her eyes were assailed at each new turn by ever more glorious sights . |
| 14 | Her eyes were drawn to another old woman on the other pavement . |
| 15 | It proved impossible ; her senses were heightened to such a degree that she could hear every move he made . |
| 16 | Many new members of her classes were enrolled in these ways and if assessed only on numerical growth and continuous class activity , Miss Green 's success was impressive in comparison with other more conventional branch activities in the District in the mid-late twenties . |
| 17 | Their bodies were left for several hours to serve as an example of the fate awaiting people who oppose the regime . |
| 18 | If the doctrine was broken and officials could explain their views freely in public , then ministers would have the much more formidable task of making their case against men who were seized of the key counterpoints and who knew that their arguments were accepted by many in the ministry . |
| 19 | It was not as if Merchiston Lodge and its inhabitants were possessed of any intrinsic value . |
| 20 | Their interests were incorporated into that of the family and represented by its male head . |
| 21 | Blue whales are no longer hunted , but their numbers were depleted to such an extent in the past that present populations ( perhaps of only a few hundred individuals ) may be too small to recover . |
| 22 | The family came to be seen as a refuge from a harsh world in which men were pitted against each other in merciless competition . |
| 23 | However , its benefits were confined to those already holding land , and it did nothing to relieve the problem of landlessness . |
| 24 | Distracted relatives , not knowing whether their menfolk were interned in this country , interned in Canada or drowned , were directed by the Home Office to the War Office and from there to the Admiralty , who sent them back to the War Office . |
| 25 | By an application dated 26 February 1992 Philip Rodney Sykes and John Roger Hill of Binder Hamlyn , appointed receivers pursuant to a facility letter dated 15 May 1990 and a debenture dated 28 April 1989 made between the respondent , International Bulk Commodities Ltd. of 80 , Broad Street , Monrovia , Liberia , and the Swiss Bank Corporation , sought , inter alia , a declaration on the question whether they were administrative receivers within the meaning of section 29(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986 or receivers whose powers were limited to those conferred by the debenture . |
| 26 | The landscape of the valley was quickly reproduced in an unfinished prose tale , ‘ The Wanderings of Cain ’ , a story of murder and remorse whose details were discussed on this November tour . |
| 27 | We are thus ignoring two classes of externally programmed device , common in the early days of computing : ( a ) Computers whose programs were held on such external media as paper tape or punched cards . |
| 28 | His plans were thwarted for some time as no-one knew what had happened to the trophies . |
| 29 | Yet it was the poem that brought Wordsworth to the notice of clerics in need of sermon material ( his poems were used for this purpose throughout the last century , and I have heard them used in this ) . |
| 30 | His troops were left outside that city throughout the entire bitter winter of 1942–1943 , resulting in the loss of a quarter of a million German troops when they eventually surrendered to the Russians on 2nd , February 1943 . |