Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidence that oathing was going on in the reserve was at first dismissed with the claim that the Masai involved were ‘ half-and-halfs ’ , that is , the offspring of a Masai father and a Kikuyu mother : the loyalty of the ‘ pure Masai ’ was thought to be beyond question . |
| 2 | The hardships that Ceauşescu imposed were not only necessary to provide the funds and material for everything from the House of the People ( to which they would be denied access ) to canals without traffic and power-stations without fuel , but also formed part of the folk-wisdom of tyrants going back much further in history than Ceauşescu 's own model , Stalin . |
| 3 | The forces of Theuderic which Gregory thought were present at Vézeronce may have been those of Theodoric , angered by the murder of his grandson . |
| 4 | Before the tin victory brooch , these bottles of liquid strength were the only goods that Dot knew were hers alone , belonging to no grown-up . |
| 5 | She wondered if this might be anything like the bananas that Mrs Parvis said were so exceptional . |
| 6 | Ken enjoyed his visits to Orton 's flat , with its crucifix on one wall surrounded by pictures that Ken said were ‘ almost porno ’ . |
| 7 | CORNARD United were desperately close to pulling off a famous victory , with cup holders Sudbury being saved by a late goal to force a replay , writes ALAN COCKSEDGE . |
| 8 | There are other omissions , too , which Purcell did not make good , quite apart from the dances which Shedlock noted were missing — the overture , for one . |
| 9 | The Lucullan excesses which Hefner promised were all in the mind , at any rate as long as the Fifties lasted . |
| 10 | But in the aftermath of the war , Robertson and Alan Sked were responsible for a political blunder which put them in the news again . |
| 11 | The main cultures which Spengler analysed were the Apollinian ( Classical ) , Magian ( Eastern ) and Faustian ( Western ) . |
| 12 | The new ideas to which Tyndall referred were also effective within the churches . |
| 13 | Firstly he asked that " immediate steps " be taken to deal with the " large numbers of surrendered personnel " of Army Group E , whom McCreery assumed were about to enter 5 Corps area . |
| 14 | The lattice windows which Hazlitt remembered were replaced by sashes when the Coleridges finally gave up the cottage at the end of 1799 |
| 15 | TRYING to assess the impact of what even Norman Lamont admitted were fairly ‘ arcane ’ tax reforms proved a difficult job for the City yesterday . |
| 16 | ? What Arthur gnashed were his teeth . |
| 17 | The Roman politicians of the post-Gracchan period Posidonius admired were those who had shown moderation and had not yielded to the rapacity of the equestrian class , men like Rutilius Rufus or Lucius Sempronius Asellio , a benefactor of Sicily ( Diod. 37.5 ; 8 ) . |
| 18 | Then her mother would graciously conduct half an hour of polite conversation with all these people , who Jo knew were otherwise pretty cool and mostly also pretty sane , and they would all pretend to be interested in whatever dumb thing she said , and laugh if she made any of her awful little jokes and store away any personal information she disclosed so that they could tell it to their friends the next day and make it absolutely clear that they were on intimate terms with a really big star . |
| 19 | All the drawings Cizek liked were amongst those I had done on my own and not under supervision ; which I was glad of . |
| 20 | The only great successes Victor had were spoken records , including training courses for advertising and sales people , and innumerable Health Talks by a Dr Copeland . |
| 21 | If the modernity and concentration of labour which St Petersburg epitomized were the pattern of the future , the prospects for urban stability were poor . |
| 22 | His association with these Hammersmith artists was a little resented by Elinor Moynihan who felt that , in comparison with the Soho painters , the Hammersmith set were artists with their claws pulled out . |
| 23 | The cool halls and rooms , separated from the outside by removable screens rather than walls , were silent and empty , since the few servants Mait employed were busy in the kitchens and the garden outside . |
| 24 | The effects that Shaw and Edwards produced were indeed baffling . |
| 25 | Drivers from the taxi firm WTN used were arriving all the time with equipment , food and people . |
| 26 | Likewise , as we shall see , what the engineers ( leavened by economists ( of the CNET , DGT or France-Télécom decided were priorities became in effect French government telecoms policy — from the minitel to ISDN . |
| 27 | He showed a setof perfect white teeth which no one there but Jack knew were false . |
| 28 | Mind you , that 's what our Brian did were n't it ? |
| 29 | Oh , er , I do n't know so much about knowing when and how so much , cos it I mean who 'd thought prices of houses would then go up as they did , you know , and there 's er , I knew er a young women that was buying a house and these people said oh , oh it 's , we 're not just ready to move yet , we 're not , and during this time Daisy said were rocketing up in price and she could n't afford one after |
| 30 | Carved ceilings and beams , stained-glass and rich drapes adorn the public rooms and the fifth floor terrace restaurant has quite breathtaking views — views Hemingway said were the best in Europe . |