Example sentences of "[adv prt] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each boy had a inkwell and er a pen , blue-black ink and so on and some of the small books that we used for writing in were kept under the desk . |
| 2 | Mr Lawrence said : ‘ An awful lot of what we had felt all along was vindicated by the research . ’ |
| 3 | Franco 's hostility to intellectuals of any persuasion meant that intellectuals the world over were driven into the defence of the Spanish Republic . |
| 4 | In 1901 , almost 60 per cent of the male population of England and Wales aged 65 and over was recorded in the census as occupied ; the corresponding figure for women was 13.4 per cent . |
| 5 | Any time left over was spent on the heterosexism we were experiencing from heterosexual women at the conferences . |
| 6 | yeah , follow that , er in so far as it 's , it 's a counterclaim of course , erm , but then er er unlike a , a set off , with the set off was established as a matter of English law , that , as far as the counterclaim is concerned , the course as I understand the rules is a very large measure of discretion , as to whether or not it er , it stays the claim on , or , erm , erm simply say no they 'd be a judgment claim , immediate enforcement , and of , the counterclaim go off to trial |
| 7 | Clients once opened up were handed to the Senior Account Executives ( SAEs ) who would squeeze them like lemons out of their very last pennies . |
| 8 | In patients with persisting H pylori infection ( group 2 ) the mean extent of gastric metaplasia during the first 12 months of follow up was compared with the extent during the second year or later . |
| 9 | Yes what er happened , th there was erm erm er the radioactive cloud that came up was swept by the winds around the world and in fact as it went over the United Kingdom er it happened to rain on er Cumbria and North Wales so some of this radioactivity was brought down , it settled on the grass and got into the soil . |
| 10 | The boy 's run up was limited by the ditch behind , but this time he managed to plant a foot on the wall and grab the Corporal . |
| 11 | Ninety two patients were eligible for analysis ( 68% alocholic cirrhosis ; mean age 50.1 years ) and follow up was achieved for a mean of 52.5 months ( range 17–83 ) . |
| 12 | If the number of fire engines which turned up was correlated with the amount of damage done at those fires , a positive relationship would probably be discovered . |
| 13 | Only 48pc of the ballot papers sent out were returned to the Electoral Reform Society and , despite a 72pc vote against independence , the law requires at least half of all parents to take part before the result can stand . |
| 14 | I , I ca n't understand the secretariat allowing this to come out were told by the president that it was not possible to use this money unless it was grant related . |
| 15 | Even so , it was necessary that a recommendation to buy them out was written into the report as part of the financial arrangement for Club improvements , otherwise without this clause members would not support any ventures calling for capital . |
| 16 | For example , hay was stored in barns above the stock to make feeding easy ; there was ready access for side-emptying trailers for feeding ; mucking out was done by a machine . |
| 17 | Then out was sent on the night treat , |
| 18 | Genuine international concern over the possibility of all-out war breaking out was expressed on a number of occasions . |
| 19 | In both cases , opting out was perceived as a means of ensuring the survival of grammar school status . |
| 20 | A SPECIAL day out was marred for a toddler yesterday . |
| 21 | ‘ The poor doctor was n't to know that the great piece of bone sticking out was supplied by the local butcher . ’ |
| 22 | Circular discs with numbers on were pulled from a bag , the numbers shouted out and when your card was full you leaped to the top of the house . |
| 23 | Approximately 500 flysheets with Mrs Allen 's name on were plastered across a shop and garage showroom windows which are both empty . |
| 24 | A paper boy on his morning round was grabbed by a man who then tried to drag him into a waiting car . |
| 25 | The call to move on was given by the Lord Jesus himself when he ordered his friends to ‘ Go ! ’ |
| 26 | At the opening it hung in the main section as a Ribera but later on was moved into the ‘ study section ’ . |
| 27 | The dirt path she was on was flanked on the left by a steep bank . |