Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] were [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even some members of the Party and its affiliates were said to be included . |
| 2 | Martin Richmond and a friend were jailed after their visas were founds to be forged . |
| 3 | They were jailed after their visas were found to be forged . |
| 4 | It was years since she 'd played , of course , and her fingers were bound to be rusty , but she could n't resist trying out some of the pieces of music she used to play so long ago . |
| 5 | who thought that their houses were going to be demolished er preferably on Christmas Eve or |
| 6 | Its teeth were said to be venomous , its flesh poisonous , its hair lethal ( causing suffocation if a few were accidentally swallowed ) , and its breath infectious , destroying human lungs and causing consumption . |
| 7 | In an age when décolletage mattered , her shoulders were said to be superb . |
| 8 | On fundamental questions of doctrine or canon law their decisions were expected to be unanimous . |
| 9 | They were interested , but their fees were considered to be too high . |
| 10 | They should be subject to punishment if their complaints were found to be vexatious and without foundation . |
| 11 | In part this was due to the recent unification of the kingdom ; he and his successors were felt to be kings not of one but of a group of kingdoms . |
| 12 | THE owner of an Indian take-away was fined £840 after his kitchens were discovered to be infested with cockroaches . |
| 13 | Some of his patients were found to be drinking as many as 40 cups of tea a day ! |
| 14 | His prices were reputed to be the highest in London . |
| 15 | His landscapes were considered to be supreme examples of photographic technique , a number of them being published . |
| 16 | His landscapes were considered to be supreme examples of photographic technique , a number of them being published . |
| 17 | A TEACHER who was sacked because some of his lessons were said to be too sexually explicit has won £12,000 compensation for unfair dismissal . |
| 18 | His assets were estimated to be worth £1.96m , but he had £1.75m of loans . |
| 19 | He recruited from the ancient universities , and many of his agents were believed to be Russian sympathizers . |
| 20 | A Sierra Leonean dissident leader , Foday Sankoh and his followers were believed to be siding with the Liberian guerrillas loyal to Charles Taylor [ see also this page ] with the shared aim of seizing control of mineral-rich areas close to the Liberian border around the towns of Pujehun , Kenema , Segbwema and Bo . |
| 21 | It would help us to implement this if we knew our concerns were going to be addressed with research ’ . |