Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] were [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some fundholders did switch hospitals for some specialties where they were promised a better or a cheaper service . |
| 2 | The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose . |
| 3 | I would not want to change even if I were offered a British-sounding voice . |
| 4 | ‘ If we were given a clean opportunity , the job of turning Linford into a millionaire would be a breeze . |
| 5 | At a meeting with the consortium more than a week ago , Caledonian directors said they would help only if they were given a controlling interest in the pit . |
| 6 | things would not move much further until they were given a determined push , and MT Crosland was to do just that . |
| 7 | Since Iran refused to pay for the TOW missiles until they were delivered a Saudi Arabian middleman called Adnan Khashoggi , whose social lifestyle and divorce proceedings help fill the pages of the tabloid press , put up a bridging loan of $5 million . |
| 8 | Any manufacturing jeweller would honestly be able to take over a consignment of several hundred , especially if he were offered a 10 or 15 per cent discount on market price . |
| 9 | The military , hitherto reluctant to intervene in previous attempted coups , went on the offensive on this occasion after they were given a firm mandate from Menem for resolute action . |
| 10 | Naval officers received no help from the Treasury for their outfits , though they were given a small tax allowance . |
| 11 | There 's a man-track in fact , there are several — and they look as though they were used a good deal . |
| 12 | Erm , and to look at the stories which are of a different time but are still relevant to our time and place , they have a , have a message for us , even though they were set a hundred years ago , they 've still got something to say us , so I think that 's an area we need to explore . |