Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Torches were stacked in a niche at the head of the tunnel . |
| 2 | KOMIKs were developed as a result of the work of SIDT 's SEI ! theatre group , which performs theme-based dramatisations of issues being discussed in workshops . |
| 3 | In the west and Wales , large numbers of churches were developed as a result of late/post-Roman Christianity by so-called ‘ Celtic Saints ’ . |
| 4 | In the course of the project , assessment materials were developed in a variety of modes . |
| 5 | The handsome wrought-iron gates of the Palace were erected as a memorial to Edward VII . |
| 6 | Groups of questions on similar tasks were prefaced by a statement of their nature ( e.g. " The next two questions are about change from 50p " ) . |
| 7 | Effects of cimetidine and histamine of the cells were calculated as a percentage of the untreated controls . |
| 8 | The Mantel-Haenszel estimate of the overall odds ratio and its variance were calculated from a set of studies by the Robins-Breslow-Greenland method . |
| 9 | THE advantages of two Royal Bank services — Electronic Data Interchange and Royline — were explained to a group of solicitors and accountants during an evening presentation at Walsall Branch . |
| 10 | As far as the primary phase of schooling was concerned , the plan of development favoured the same activities as were listed in A Framework for the School Curriculum , except that more attention was devoted to history and geography , to expressive arts , and to science , and to the need for clearly structured and progressively demanding work in these areas of the curriculum . |
| 11 | Children were recognized as a cause for long-lasting happiness , so they are included in the vision of the happy family . |
| 12 | The book also records the 1972 National Federation of Fish Friers conference at the Park Hotel , Tynemouth , where the president 's banquet and ball cost £2.50 and delegates were entrailed in a debate about what to do with chicken giblets . |
| 13 | Nearly 300 litres of diesel oil were spilled into a tributary of the River Tamar in Plymouth yesterday after vandals released the fuel from a tank in a timber yard . |
| 14 | They were halted by a hail of arrows from the English , they failed to break the English positions and each advancing wave of cavalry bore down on those who had gone before , leading to utter confusion and heavy losses . |
| 15 | " We 'll have a regular Simla evening , " declared the Colonel , and for this nostalgic excursion he chose to dine in a private room at Kettner 's , which still exists to-day , in Romilly Street , Soho ; after dinner they were to proceed to a box at the Palace Theatre , return to Kettner 's , where they arranged to leave their dominos , and thence to a masked ball at Covent Garden . |
| 16 | All-party talks on the future of Northern Ireland , initiated by Peter Brooke , the UK Northern Ireland Secretary [ see p. 38156 ] , which were due to start on May 7 , were delayed as a result of procedural disputes mainly concerning the venue and chairing of the second strand of discussions . |
| 17 | They found that when women spent time out of paid work bringing up their children they were placed at a disadvantage on the labour market . |
| 18 | The Commission regarded this difference of treatment as deterring companies registered in other member states from setting up agencies and branches , since they were placed at a disadvantage vis-à-vis French companies . |
| 19 | The computer , keyboard and monitor were placed on a table outside the growth room and measurements were recorded regularly . |
| 20 | When they played cricket and other games in Calcutta their arms were placed on a table under a guard on the edge of the playing field , ready for instant action . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , the relics — fragments of lumbar bones — were placed in a vault at the Midland Bank , Woking , until a High Court judge ruled in April , 1988 , that they should be moved to the Russian Orthodox Church in exile at nearby Brookwood , Surrey , pending a final trial of the ownership action . |
| 22 | In Wycliffe 's temporary office there was only one small , dirty window high up in the wall , but the sun happened to be shining through it and so his desk and chair were placed in a pool of sunlight . |
| 23 | Staggered vertical timbers were erected in the trench , probably with horizontal members between the verticals ; stakes were placed in a line down the centre between the verticals to hold the intervening panels of daubed wattles . |
| 24 | The fingers en route and for the purpose of being chilled were placed in a packet of ice lollies ! |
| 25 | He says of the liberals that they were placed in a predicament by the fall : ‘ A democracy can not be imposed by force , the majority must favour it , yet the majority wanted what Khomeini wanted — an Islamic republic . ’ |
| 26 | The flowers were placed alongside a cross of daffodils growing at the scene . |
| 27 | Petitions were fastened to a statue of Julius Caesar set up in the Roman Forum , and appeals for justice were made to statues of emperors in later antiquity . |
| 28 | The Police are waiting to interview a teenage car driver following the death of two sisters who were crushed against a wall in Middlesbrough . |
| 29 | The prizes were guarded by a man with an automatic rifle . ’ |
| 30 | In Somerset , public roads were usually forty feet wide , of which — in 1795 — twelve feet were stoned to a depth of a foot in the middle and nine inches at the sides . |