Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [pron] were [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the first people known to have used pearls for jewellery were the ancient Egyptians , who wore them as pendants to earrings and threaded onto necklaces alongside cowries , coral , scarabs and precious stones certainly as early as the middle of the second millennium B.C. Tomb paintings depict them wearing pearls on their clothing and chest-ornaments of mother-of-pearl suggest that they were already exploiting the Red Sea fisheries , later mentioned by Strabo and other Classical writers , by the twelfth dynasty . |
| 2 | Why this 1% of 17 year olds still had a non-retractile foreskin was not stated , but data from a subsequent study suggest that they were probably suffering from balanitis xerotica obliterans . |
| 3 | Studies of individual towns suggest that they were severely hit , that properties were deserted and that in some cases parishes had to be united , as the existing ones were too poor to maintain the services of the Church ( 77 , pp.286–8 ) . |
| 4 | God 's people are to be practical in their love , because we realise that we were once restrained and confined , unable to live as God intended us to live . |
| 5 | Six per cent of the men in our survey say that they were sexually abused as children . |
| 6 | What is denied by the defendant and what is the issue of trial is that they deny that they were ever instructed by Mr er to save such a measure or that it would have been appropriate to serve them or that at any stage Mr ever asked to be advised on any way open to him to get out of the contract er as alleged . |
| 7 | Surviving examples of his newsletters show that they were often produced in multiple copies , with additions or subtractions as appropriate . |
| 8 | Oh yes I appreciate but I were just wondering what branches they were in , you 've explained that , that . |
| 9 | Mozart probably played them himself , being a highly competent fiddler : we know that they were also played by the Italian konzertmeister at Salzburg , Antonio Brunetti . |
| 10 | It was lovely to hear from you and know that you were happily settled . |
| 11 | Areas such as the chalklands and the Jurassic limestones seem to show little evidence of soil degradation , while the field monuments indicate that they were densely settled . |
| 12 | Whatever their size , these armies were being more than a minor nuisance , and in any case the frequent defeats of local levies imply that they were often outnumbered or outclassed or both . |
| 13 | you know if you were just keeping your |
| 14 | Any absences that you 've had erm for sickness full or half pay actually count in full for in these calculations as do erm any maternity leave absence you know providing you were actually receiving pay that 's half pay or more then those absences count as if they have n't actually occurred . |
| 15 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 16 | The insecurities remain because they were so entrenched at a very important developmental time when as children they were dependent and let down . |
| 17 | I believe that they were also becoming concerned about the steady casualties they were taking . |
| 18 | I mean I suppose if we were just going for the day it would be alright . |
| 19 | I remember Ivy telling me that she and Margaret were ill for a fortnight when something of the sort threatened them — and I doubt if they were also blasted in the affections … . |
| 20 | The various fittings associated with the handle rarely survive as they were presumably made from organic materials . |
| 21 | I see that you were only doing your duty . ’ |