Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Myra always said Geminis were good with ideas , and if this one worked it could solve her immediate problems . |
| 2 | Tommy McDonald and Ken de Mange were unlucky with shots — the first being well saved by Keeley and the second sliding outside the post . |
| 3 | She and Muhammad were married in Louisville in 1986 , after she earned her MBA . |
| 4 | Reich thought that there was no need to posit basic death instincts to explain the anti-social , unconscious feelings that he agreed with Freud were present in people in modern societies in Europe and America . |
| 5 | This emphasis has tended to eclipse developments in analysis of the Middle Pleistocene record , which begins with the Mauer ( Heidelberg ) mandible ( estimated age about 500 kyr ) and ends at about 130 kry , after which time undoubted Neanderthals were present in Europe . |
| 6 | City of London police said that partial closures meant Leadenhall Street and Cornhill were open to vehicles for access only and not used as through routes . |
| 7 | It was argued that the pattern in other countries was that laws permitting divorce followed social trends in the numbers of marriage breakdowns rather than vice versa and that the fears of societal breakdown promoted by opponents in Ireland were unfounded in fact . |
| 8 | Wrexham were unlucky against Blackburn . |
| 9 | Mining operations for oil-shale and coal had been providing much new information which showed that the original maps of Central Scotland were inaccurate in places . |
| 10 | Yet again England were indebted to Platt , who celebrated his 27th birthday just two days ago and has been restricted to the bench by an ankle injury . |
| 11 | The Barons in England were furious at John and they presented him with the Great Charter — Magna Carta — prepared by Archbishop Langston , to which John authorised the attachment of his seal at Runnymede , beside the River Thames , in June 1215 . |
| 12 | Bede records that when Beorhtwald , abbot of Reculver , was elected archbishop of Canterbury on 1 July 692 , Wihtred and Swaefheard were ruling in Kent ( HE V , 8 ) . |
| 13 | The five-year-olds at Parkhurst were concerned about safety . |
| 14 | Giggs and Sharpe were full of running , skill and ideas and McClair rejoiced in it all , tripling his season 's output with a double , laying on a goal for Hughes and figuring in half-a-dozen close calls . |
| 15 | If Riven were responsible for Jinneth , then the land itself was responsible for Jenny 's other incarnation . |
| 16 | Llanelli were indebted to Tony Copsey , who won an abundance of ball in the middle of the line-out , while the young Scott Quinnell , son of Derek , had a storming game at No 8 and looks destined to play international rugby . |
| 17 | Table tennis : Simon Woods and Steve Kerns were unbeaten for Chelmsford in their victory over Brent Juniors in a British table tennis league match . |
| 18 | Millwall were unbeaten at home and only the Canaries ' ability to metamorphose into a giant yellow sponge kept Teddy Sheringham and Tony Cascarino soaked in sweat and starved of success . |
| 19 | I knew that the Falkland Islands were similar to Shetland in that both were a group of treeless islands in the middle of an ocean , and I wanted to see just how wild creatures — and birds in particular — had adapted as different species in what I imagined was a similar environment . |
| 20 | Annie and Lizzie were friendly with Moran . |
| 21 | Later that year he and his Popsie were married in Cambridge , and there was a big spread in the local newspaper , with photos of him and his bride and some of his crew — from the neck upwards . |
| 22 | Senior prison governors in Latvia were equivalent in rank to Red Army colonels . |
| 23 | I wondered if Lili and Robert were short of money since his government had impoverished Lili 's father . |
| 24 | Bristol were angry over Wilkinson 's first goal but there was no dispute with his matchwinning effort . |
| 25 | They offered opportunities for men of skill to acquire great position in the world — Arnoul of Ardres caught the eye of Countess Ida of Boulogne through his exploits ; and they also conferred lustre on the great — Geoffrey le Bel and Philip of Alsace were renowned throughout France for their distinguished performances in these show battles . |
| 26 | Alison Evans taught the music and provided piano accompaniment , Jean Brown and Liz Robinson were responsible for choreography and production , and Helena Carter was stage manager . |
| 27 | In August 1910 the Boro were short of cash . |
| 28 | It seems unlikely that , prior to the project , The Sugarcubes were familiar with Sailcat 's unforgettable ‘ Motorcycle Mama ’ … |
| 29 | It seems unlikely that , prior to the project , The Sugarcubes were familiar with Sailcat 's unforgettable ‘ Motorcycle Mama ’ … |
| 30 | Mr and Mrs John and Nancy Williams were married in Heighington Church on March 30 , 1942 , while he was on wartime leave from the Army . |