Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | He added that other vehicles were despatched when it was realised the press were in attendance and that other people in area might be there . |
| 2 | Those firms who did not have one strong business driver building the operation were often unable to establish a business base in the late 1970s . |
| 3 | Binns ' staff members who passed the course were Miss Paula Meale , Mrs Cathy May , Mrs Pauline Young , Mrs Joanne Harker , Mrs Eileen Thomas and Mrs Anne Matthewson . |
| 4 | Souness , who reported that the latest injuries to hit the club were not too serious , added : ‘ It was difficult to entertain in that wind , but I thought we played like a team at times tonight . ’ |
| 5 | An older hand , helping with the fixing , commented that the release clips for folding and unfolding the Workmate were set further back than on his old-style version , making them a little more difficult to operate , and that the metal frame had more angular , sharper corners — not quite as user-friendly , he reckoned ! |
| 6 | In view of the confessions made the jury were satisfied and formally pronounced John guilty . |
| 7 | With all this ‘ they ’ who made the Smoke were in some way concerned . |
| 8 | It is submitted that this is sensible : if the party seeking to enforce the restraint were required to match the restraint exactly to the interest very few restraints , if any at all , would be found to be reasonable . |
| 9 | But Mr Parkinson pointed out yesterday that , while such a scheme would fail if all those motorists currently using the capital were willing to pay , a charge . |
| 10 | More than 400 plants using the technology were licensed and again it was ICI-developed catalysts that made it all possible . |
| 11 | The last people to be given the distinction were Olympic and world champion ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in 1983 . |
| 12 | Those adjudged to be Kenyan citizens were issued with a special Kenyan-Somali identity card , while those who failed the screening were liable to summary detention and deportation . |
| 13 | Accepting the cheque were Sister Hazel O'Neill ( back left ) and midwifery manager Marie Crothers . |
| 14 | The dockers unloading the barge were looking over . |
| 15 | Among the first to see the manuscript were two of his colleagues , journalist Dontun Adebayo and editor Steve Pope . |
| 16 | Four of the five men manning the roadblock were similarly armed . |
| 17 | Members manning the stand were kept busy answering many questions from both adults and children . |
| 18 | Those who claimed to enjoy the life were not only new entrants ; those who had inherited the farm or the tenancy also enjoyed the work . |
| 19 | They beat Swansea City in the new-look Coca Cola cup by three goals to nil.There to enjoy the party were some of the early pioneers of local football . |
| 20 | In the second half Leeds got stronger and once they got the ball were passing it around well . |
| 21 | The 26-year-old admitted the trio were getting worried before Richard , 24 , of Stanhope Grove , Middlesbrough , managed to scramble out to raise the alarm . |
| 22 | Neighbours who had heard the noise were gathering round the door and chattering noisily . |
| 23 | Those opposing the Bill were : Alan Amos ( C Hexham ) , Robert Banks ( C Harrogate ) , Alan Beith ( Lib Dem Berwick-upon-Tweed ) , David Curry ( C Skipton and Ripon ) John Greenway ( C Ryedale ) , William Hague ( C Richmond ) . |
| 24 | Among those opposing the sale were the directors of leading museums and galleries , including the Tate and the Victoria and Albert in London . |
| 25 | As we have said , in an age when men alone filled the professions , it appeared only natural that those who led the church were likewise male . |
| 26 | The representatives of the UK Atomic Energy Authority who had been summoned to attend the session were zealously optimistic about the reactor 's prospects , but defending the future of the nuclear industry at the beginning of the 1990s was no easy task . |
| 27 | The men around Nixon who planned the escapade were not elected professional politicians , but mainly " west coast advertising types " concerned only to sell their " product " and not too worried over the means by which they achieved this end . |
| 28 | Waiting on the pier to greet the Queen were P&O Managing Director , Sir Bruce MacPhail and the President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors , Philomena Davidson Davis . |
| 29 | Overseas Mission was not so popular when we realized the heathen were nearer than we thought . |
| 30 | A series of hard fought campaigns brought Russian withdrawal , but the Japanese victories were costly and Japan 's resources to continue the war were fast being exhausted . |