Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect that the people who made them were influenced by the Labour party 's ’ Standard No. 17 ’ , which was circulated among people in the area . |
| 2 | Initially we had to start from scratch to find out about drug use and drug users , for we were not even one-eyed kings in this land of the blind ; and we quickly found we were delving into a new and complex social world . |
| 3 | When first built they were driven by a water-balance system . |
| 4 | As baby Odessa 's condition deteriorated they were forced by the war to leave her in a hospital in Belgrade . |
| 5 | Agents for Hafodunos Estates , who own the site of a mineral water spring , yesterday confirmed they were negotiating with a view to getting a project off the ground next year . |
| 6 | Some of the girls later claimed they were victimised by the police . |
| 7 | Two of Lucy 's school-mates , dressed in palest apricot , were bridesmaids , and when the bridal car arrived they were waiting in the entrance porch to make sure her veil cascaded over the gown of pearl-trimmed white lace . |
| 8 | From the stack of suitcases strapped on the overhead rack and the fact that they were driving away from the coast I guessed they were returning from a holiday . |
| 9 | ‘ I wanted you , and I think you wanted me , until you realised we were getting near the point of no return , and you chickened out . ’ |
| 10 | The cave itself was surprisingly warm and we realised we were walking through a gallery which led us into a lofty underground cavern . |
| 11 | When we came to move on from our camp we realised we were trapped by the river and the only way out was via a small rock face and a narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice . |
| 12 | ‘ We realised we were cutting through a bit of red tape but everything seemed to be in the baby 's best interests . ’ |
| 13 | I heard you were living with a cabinet member 's daughter and fighting for Gay Rights in Fast Cheam ? ’ |
| 14 | Cleveland coroner , Michael Sheffield , said notes found in Mr Bourne 's room indicated they were written in a depressed state of mind but there were also some poems in a light vein . |
| 15 | Some years ago , when my husband and he discovered they were flying on the same Concorde , they exchanged autographed dinner menus . |
| 16 | When the movement began they were attracted by a desire to attain certain goals . |
| 17 | There the court heard they were forced into a car which was set alight and pushed over the edge . |
| 18 | Miss Tylee 's courtesy was unfailing — she was a neatly dressed lady who wore a velvet neckband and her ‘ pince-nez ’ or pinchers as we called them were attached to a thin gold necklet , ready to be placed at the end of her nose when she was searching for something required by her customers . |
| 19 | After a few moments he realized they were flying on an interception course . |
| 20 | The rapid installation of a large number of systems around the country and , in some cases , overseas created a large number of novel problems and as these arose they were fed into the diagnostic expert system in their central facility and were available for consultation when other units phoned in with a problem . |
| 21 | They soon realised they were dealing with a brilliant , but disturbed mind . |
| 22 | You felt you were locked into a particular stratum of society , that that was your place and that was where you stayed . |
| 23 | In The Towering Inferno you always felt you were standing outside the fire , in Backdraft you 're right in the middle of it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Then how do you explain the fact that the kidnappers phoned urgently , demanding to see Ubaldo in person , at a time when you were still in Rome and no one supposedly knew you were coming except the authorities ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Capron said he knew you were working on the Mills case and that we must have discussed it together . ’ |
| 26 | If I thought you were sent by the Creator I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me . |
| 27 | No , thought you were going through the erm , plans , this is all the background history to the er , house . |
| 28 | I thought you were going through the fucking the bollard ! |
| 29 | And I mean you yourself , you know , during the Westland you you you left a cabinet meeting , apparently Mrs Thatcher thought you were going to the loo and you went on television to say , I 'm resigning because I think she 's got it wrong over Westland . |
| 30 | I thought you were talking about a bird , though how you 'd spot one of those little things … |