Example sentences of "were [verb] were [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , its existence was completely at odds with the national trend for community care , since patients who were referred were brought to a location quite remote from the area in which they had lived . |
| 2 | The 400 or 500 councils of action which were formed were ridden with dispute and inefficiency . |
| 3 | Let's just sing shall we as we close , whilst were singing were gon na take up our morning offering , its number one ninety seven , one hundred and ninety seven an element of commitment in this song , one nine seven , well stand to sing . |
| 4 | Lords whose lands were included were bound by tenure to take part in the chase . |
| 5 | Second , coordinators as a group were acutely conscious of the way their own success depended in large part upon how they and the practices they were promoting were regarded by existing staff in the schools where they were placed . |
| 6 | All the other decisions that were taken were bound to be opposed by the local community , the local youth and community staff and so on . |
| 7 | Three pieces which were submitted were commended by the panel , although not purchased . |
| 8 | What parts of the church that were finished were damaged by the Hussites . |
| 9 | I knew nothing of the facts of life until I got to my preparatory school , when at the age of thirteen , all of the boys who were leaving were summoned to the headmaster 's study . |
| 10 | The four men who were killed were sent on a murder mission . |
| 11 | The small number of new Elizabethan and Jacobean churches that were constructed were built in the Perpendicular style , and , in order to assert the continuity of medieval and Reformed churches , they retained the compartmentalized lay-out of the Gothic buildings . |
| 12 | ‘ I saw babies flung out from windows and people who were burning were jumping for their lives . |
| 13 | The jails where the demonstrators were held were deluged with letters and Christmas food parcels . |