Example sentences of "[verb] [that] were [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | She left him to prowl restlessly through the family photographs that were prominently displayed as she first took a shower then dithered over what to wear . |
2 | Commenting on the rather storm-damaged third quarter figures , Sun Microsystems Inc chief financial officer Kevin Melia said ‘ profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in operating expenses . |
3 | Commenting on some rather storm-damaged third quarter figures ( see opposite ) , Sun Microsystems Inc chief financial officer Kevin Melia said ‘ Profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in operating expenses . |
4 | Almost 100 new companies had been formed , and Schach had been able to secure over a million pounds in bank guarantees to finance not only such expensive disasters as Dreaming Lips , Love from a Stranger and The Marriage of Gorbal , but even films that were never made . |
5 | The double header was rather more expensive and had seats to spare that were partly filled by a late special offer . |
6 | To remain near the screens , he and Elaine had to stand close to the strange woman called Lacuna , but even Lacuna seemed less threatening than the jungle of lines and forms that were still proliferating everywhere else in the room . |
7 | During its 25 years with the RAF , the Hercules has fulfilled all the transport demands that were ever placed on it . |
8 | Most finds that were simply lost ( small and easily mislaid , such as coins and brooches ) or objects that fell into places from which they could not be retrieved , such as wells , are often complete and may be in very good condition , depending on the materials from which they are made and the conditions in which they have been buried . |
9 | ‘ No man ’ , he adds , ‘ is created baron excepte he maye dispend of yearly reuenue one thousand poundes , or one thousand markes at the least ’ , figures that were normally exceeded by the estates of earls . |
10 | ‘ The Midlands tried back moves that were never going to work against international opposition . ’ |
11 | It was here that attitudes and issues began emerging that were later to assume national significance and where parties were being transformed into empty shells , the eventual fate of parties at both the national and state levels . |
12 | The museum man placed his fingertips together and nodded at Davide as he took trouble to explain , and the colour flowed back from Davide 's cheeks and he slipped the coin into his pocket , with its two faces that were neither mirror images of one another , nor replicas , but a false double , an inexact repeat . |
13 | how many people do you think , if we looked across the country now , would we find that were actually claiming sickness , or gon na be off erm , for sick , for up a month , for up to one month . |
14 | Immigration to Britain from India and Pakistan has followed a slightly different pattern , with the real increase coming in the early 1960s , and later in response to the threat of the immigration controls that were eventually enshrined in a series of Immigration Acts , beginning with the 1962 Act ( Robinson , 1986 ) . |