Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been presented to him by the City of Paris and on it were traced the lines of the new streets and boulevards which Napoleon III had worked out in conjunction with Baron Haussmann . |
| 2 | In the time of Augustus also were erected the Temples of Concord , of Castor and Pollux , and the Basilica Julia . |
| 3 | The Minister said in Committee that he believed that if abuses were proven the Secretary of State would be able to act . |
| 4 | Amongst Alf achievements were listed the Crucifixion and ‘ not buying any of Vincent Van Gogh 's paintings during his lifetime ’ . |
| 5 | When the skulls in the crypt of St Bride 's Church were disinterred the wisps of hair remaining on them were found to have turned bright orange . |
| 6 | When the marshes were drained the peat slowly shrank . |
| 7 | He recalled that it was on tour in South Africa that they were christened the Pumas . |
| 8 | The lead is now sent to the Minsterley terminus of the Shrewsbury and Welshpool branch line , but if the Bishop 's Castle Railway were completed the ore destined for South Wales would be conveyed from Churchstoke Station via Craven Arms and the Central Wales Railway , thus effecting a saving of twenty miles in transit as compared with the present route . |
| 9 | The vital signs of the patients were checked every hour for the first 12 hours , every two hours for the second 12 hours , and every four hours for the following 24 hours until they became stable , and then four times daily . |
| 10 | One of the duties occasionally assumed by the guilds was the maintenance of a charnel , a subterranean chamber into which were placed the bones of the dead disturbed when interments took place in the churchyard . |
| 11 | When the first orders were placed the numbers of two-car units in the fleet were set by means of a number of calculations . |
| 12 | Twelve-week-old poodle pups , with hair and ear mites , sold directly to , or even worse , given as presents to frail OAPs who were given no idea of the amount of care the dogs ' ears will need every two or three weeks for the rest of their 16 year lives ? |
| 13 | The villagers seemed unimpressed , but were given no choice in the matter . |
| 14 | The children were given no explanations , no assurances ; only the oldest of the nine , a fifteen-year-old boy , was told they were to be questioned for a day . |
| 15 | The most important complaint is that we were given no information . |
| 16 | They were given no votes or erm opportunities and of course the same thing will happen if and when the Parcelforce is sold off from the Post Office er there 's twenty thousand people there . |
| 17 | The Wedding Present were given a budget of £30,000 to record the LP with the promise of up to £20,000 to promote it afterwards . |
| 18 | For example , in one scheme for 35 highly dependent elderly people introduced by Kent SSD , home care managers were given a budget of £66,000 a year to spend on buying appropriate services and/or particular equipment to aid independence . |
| 19 | The main panels on the body of the tank and some parts of the engine and wheels were given a base coat of Moody Blue highlighted up with Enchanted Blue and Skull White . |
| 20 | The gold areas were given a base coat of Dwarf Bronze and highlighted with Glistening Gold and Mithril Silver . |
| 21 | These discussions were given a sense of urgency by the bitter railway strike of October 1919 . |
| 22 | Wives were given a say for the first time , and what they wanted was romantic practicality . |
| 23 | Experienced social workers were given a case manager role for a small case load of such elderly people , with the task of keeping them in their own homes on a budget of two-thirds the cost of residential care in a local authority home . |
| 24 | Bishop Day , a vengeful man , was reinstated and the more conservative clergy and gentry were given a chance to reassert the old authority . |
| 25 | ‘ Quite a few of them were given a chance last season and although they have n't had much of an opportunity this time , I have n't forgotten them because of their importance to the squad . ’ |
| 26 | Here participants were given a chance to discuss sexuality , health , relationships , self-esteem and abuse . |
| 27 | ‘ Our dynamic legislative leaders drank coffee and occasionally took notes , but they rarely were given a chance to say anything . ’ |
| 28 | But in the doubles the youngsters were given a chance and grabbed their moment of glory . |
| 29 | Just imagine what your reaction would be if you were given a brand new washing machine and told that it had to last you for seventy years or more . |
| 30 | But going back to some of these places you mentioned , were there any rocks that were given a name or stones ? |