Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [noun sg] were [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various offerings of Sake , branches and salt were made to the shrine that had been established on the site . |
| 2 | By contrast , Mr Major was a novice Foreign Secretary whose skills and stamina were tested to breaking point when — alone — he tried to modify the draft South African statement in Kuala Lumpur . |
| 3 | By contrast , Mr Major was a novice Foreign Secretary whose skills and stamina were tested to breaking point when — alone — he tried to modify the draft South African statement in Kuala Lumpur . |
| 4 | Teachers and students perceived themselves to be a low-status group , looked upon with increasing scorn by other sections of society , whatever the absolute figures for incomes and position were measured to be . |
| 5 | In addition to the 35,000 UK personnel already in the Gulf area by the outbreak of hostilities — comprising the main 1st Armoured Division and support , naval and air units — extra servicemen and servicewomen and equipment were deployed to the area during the latter half of January ( including three battalions to guard Iraqi prisoners of war who might be taken ) , bringing the total , when all such forces were in place , to about 42,000 ; there were also another 7,500 in the Mediterranean and in the near east . |
| 6 | His legs were impaled with a thousand needles of pine and hemlock ; hemlock cones and crabapple were strapped to his waist . |
| 7 | In other words , it would appear that the wings and fringe were sent to regiments to be fitted by regimental tailors , thus giving scope for some unofficial embellishments — hardly unheard of in the British Army , in all periods . |