Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After they died , many kung fu systems were developed by their students , and over the next few hundred years more branches of these styles , barely recognizable from the original forms , came into being . |
| 2 | If any memorials were erected at their burials , as at Crosthwaite , none remain today . |
| 3 | We were continually answering questions and giving away pre-decimal coins , badges and keyrings to young children , who were fascinated by our finds . |
| 4 | The two women had barely crossed the threshold before they were halted in their tracks . |
| 5 | An hour later they were halted in their tracks by a cataract not marked on the map . |
| 6 | The trees on every side of the magazine bent away from it and were stripped of their leaves . |
| 7 | Once the cement had set , both filters were placed on their bases and 2″ domestic plastic plumbing line was used to connect them together and also to connect the large filter to the new pond . |
| 8 | Her arms were placed by her sides , and the back of her head lay flat on the table . |
| 9 | The miniature boats were placed in their tombs like promises . |
| 10 | As it turned out , the plan of Bailie Hooks was too optimistic and Lord Galloway retained control of the council of his town , but the incident affords a clear illustration of the close links between parliamentary and municipal politics and the holding of official appointments in the period , and indeed the officers in question were placed in their situations through the political influence of the Galloway family . |
| 11 | Enormous chains were fastened to our ankles . |
| 12 | Shopping vouchers of £50 were given to their mothers . |
| 13 | Some pupils , especially girls in rural areas , were withdrawn by their parents who considered it a Waste of money' to send girls to school . |
| 14 | These were compounded by my recollections of a series of visits to Moorfields Eye Hospital and at least one incarceration there when I was about four . |
| 15 | It is possible that the selectors only had the E-K telephone directory to hand , and thus were limited in their options , but there is no evidence that this policy is a winning one . |
| 16 | Whether or not these jobs were available only for a short period of time , they were regarded by their holders as temporary . |
| 17 | A fuller account of these debates will be given in chapter 6 , but the core of the dispute , as far as research methods were concerned , centred on whether sociological data was best collected by the use of surveys and questionnaires , which were regarded by their supporters as scientific and so more reliable , or by fieldwork involving participant observation . |
| 18 | From the Merovingians to the Habsburgs , European dynasties regarded themselves , and were regarded by their subjects , as enjoying a unique mandate from ‘ on high ’ . |
| 19 | By coincidence , all three of these works by great Russian masters were revised by their composers , years after they were first performed . |
| 20 | Nearly all dinosaur localities were situated in what scientists can now work out as being within 40 to 50 degrees of the paleo-equator , where the mean annual temperature was 15°C higher than today . |
| 21 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 22 | She was producing some 100,000 rifles a month ; many more were received from her allies ; and hundreds of thousands of recruits had been enlisted and partly trained . |
| 23 | The district had a peculiar geographical shape which meant that one-third of its residents were treated outside its boundaries . |
| 24 | If our tea and lunch breaks could be structured on the lines of the ancient Egyptians I am sure that by 10.30am each day there would be a smile on the face of each and every member of staff ; and if we could ensure that all our members were treated by their employers in the same way , our membership figures would double instantly . |
| 25 | Whilst not doubting that the slaves were treated by their conquerors and masters as akin to live-stock rather than like human beings , it strains credulity to say that , in the decades after emancipation in 1865 , the stock somehow remained ‘ pure ’ . |
| 26 | Sometimes the findings were examined for their implications for the effectiveness of prisons in preventing recidivism ( European Committee on Crime Problems , 1967 ) , but this was a side issue : the sociology of the prison was not about devising effective treatment programmes . |
| 27 | Paul Cézanne STILL LIFE WITH APPLIES ( 1877 ) Cézanne 's still lifes were revered by his contemporaries for their daring painting techniques . |
| 28 | When the bell stopped , we all went into lines according to our classes , outside our appropriate entrance , and were marched into our classrooms . |
| 29 | Widnes were stopped in their tracks by the ferocity of the Australian tackling , while Canberra gained yardage relentlessly , barging through the defensive line at will and utilising the width with effortless passes . |
| 30 | The musicians were knocked over like a row of skittles and all came to rest higgledy-piggledy as they were stopped in their tracks by a magnificent horse chestnut tree . |