Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 2 | The more popular meetings of the NL were attended by between 200 and 400 , although attendances fell rapidly in the summer of 1939 . |
| 3 | The General and Jinkwa were lowered down and out . |
| 4 | Fellow aviculturalists ‘ do n't call them twitchers , it 's the ultimate insult , ’ said Yvonne , Harry 's daughter Robin Pickering and Peter Banks from Stanhope were called in , and after much research and consultation they came to the extraordinary conclusion that this was a Glaucous Macaw . |
| 5 | In Leicestershire , the communities at Wigston and Ulston were largely free , whereas Foston , only 2 or 3 miles from Wigston , and Galby were occupied largely by servile tenants ( 83 , pp.53–4 ) . |
| 6 | Bruce was in the hammock and Mr and Mrs van Meer were sitting side-by-side on the steps . |
| 7 | After their big score on Wednesday , world champions Pakistan were skittled out for just ninety-three at New Road . |
| 8 | Squig Hunters were dispatched into the deep tunnels to fetch more Cave Squigs , while Netters were sent off to hunt down Stone Trolls amongst the mountains . |
| 9 | The British staff at Culham were pointing out to the eminent scientists that they are paid less than their colleagues from fourteen other European countries working alongside them . |
| 10 | Michael Gibson and his younger brother David were walking along High Row , Darlington , at 10.15pm on Friday when they were approached by three youths . |
| 11 | William and Debbie Balthis , now both nine , and their six-year-old brother David were burned over a third of their bodies in the accident four years ago . |
| 12 | Heighington Slide show : Villagers in Heighington were entertained recently with a slide show given by John Bennington . |
| 13 | His instructions to Blamey were to do even better for his eldest daughter . |
| 14 | Perhaps they thought Anne and Emily and Branwell were coming home too — I do n't know . |
| 15 | LEAs were given carefully defined responsibilities , to identify the needs of children with a learning difficulty which , in the view of an LEA , calls for it to determine the provision required for the child . |
| 16 | It 's all going to come out , Josh , every bit , when he tells the police what he and Saul were fighting over . |
| 17 | In addition , whilst Falangists Arrese and Girón de Velasco were ousted respectively from the Party Secretariat and the Ministry of Labour , they were replaced by two men who were also Falangists but who , by contrast , were known to be more moderate and flexible in their views than their predecessors . |
| 18 | Leicestershire were celebrating again when Speak , having toiled 29 overs for 27 runs , skied Wells to long-on where Tim Boon judged the catch superbly . |
| 19 | Leicestershire were celebrating again when Speak , having toiled 29 overs for 27 runs , skied Wells to Tim Boon at long-on . |
| 20 | What would they think if Johnny were to sit casually on a chair which , to their eyes , simply was n't there ? |
| 21 | But over-confidence took a hold after the leadership was attained , points were dropped , and when Arsenal were drawn away to Walsall , of the Third Division North , in the Cup , Chapman himself fell victim . |
| 22 | On the set , the legendary feuds between Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau were hotting up . |
| 23 | Leith 's mouth fell open in surprise as she realised that this awful man thought she and Travis were sleeping together . |
| 24 | The problem was when Newsome and Wetherall were playing together ( e.g against Chelsea , backend of last season ) they were both unexperienced . |
| 25 | She refused to collect any welfare benefits , saying that she was n't going to have DHSS snoopers visiting the caravan to see if she and Neil were sleeping together . |
| 26 | In the event ad hoc committees for Wallonia , Flanders and bilingual Brussels were set up to decide on arms exports , the renewal was approved , and replacements were appointed for the two Volksunie ministers . |
| 27 | BODIES of 23 peacekeepers shot in weekend battles with Somali gunmen in Mogadishu were flown home to Pakistan as the UN honed plans to hit back at the killers ‘ within days . ’ |
| 28 | Steaua 's Ionel Fulga and Antwerp 's Rudy Taeymans were sent off in the second half , Fulga for dangerous play and Taeymans for a second bookable offence . |
| 29 | One of the greatest centres of renaissance art , Raphael and Brumante were born here and it is surrounded by massive ramparts , set amid rolling hills and dominated by the superb 15th century Palazzo Ducale . |
| 30 | He stared wide-eyed , then turned aside and looked disdainful while the grizzled , worn features of Duran were screwed up to hide his frustration . |