Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike Tamar , her horizons were limited and in her opinion her daughter 's remarks were almost blasphemous . |
| 2 | The UK 's Nuclear Electric company has abandoned attempts to reopen the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in North Wales , two and a half years after its operations were suspended because of safety fears . |
| 3 | Her wrists were reset and to this day , two years later , she is still seeking compensation . |
| 4 | She rode light in the water despite the extra armour-plate around her bridge and forming fences amidships to protect her commando landing parties where they would crouch on her final run but she was carrying a minimum of fuel and water and her guns were gone except for a 12-pounder forward and oerlikons on the bridge wings . |
| 5 | But its arguments were ignored and on 5 July BCCI was put into liquidation . |
| 6 | Their wings were chained and across their grim faces fell metal bars and from behind them rose the howling of wolves and the terrible roaring of caged beasts . |
| 7 | As princes saw it , it was a just war in the fullest sense of the term ; those who were slaughtered in its battles were regarded as among the martyrs of the church . |