Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men , aged 21 and 25 , were each injured in both legs in what appears to have been another loyalist paramilitary attack . |
| 2 | But only the radical pro-Soviet regimes in the Non-Aligned Movement were prepared to engage in such attacks . |
| 3 | He has dismissed warnings from the Office of Fine Arts that it is forbidden to deal in State property , quoting the former assistant secretary of state L. de Graaff , who in 1984 stated that the artists were free to do with these works as they wished . |
| 4 | Members were free to engage in any activities , whether using the name of the group or autonomously , and to adopt any tactic ( violent or otherwise ) as they saw fit . |
| 5 | Hens and geese were picking around in two small haystacks and fleets of tiny yellow chickens were half hidden beneath some planking and under the foundations of some rickety sheds . |
| 6 | Commitment , there was no doubt that they were willing to sacrifice for each other |
| 7 | A considerable number of wives were willing to participate in this substitution role and ATB staff should keep this alternative in mind . |
| 8 | In the end , EGBT were willing to put in more money for a more environmentally-friendly mode of working , and we agreed that the planings would be off-loaded at the end of the path , and then ferried in on dumper trucks . |
| 9 | They are defined in s.12(c) as listed securities or securities in respect of which , not more than six months prior to the breach in question , information indicating the prices at which persons have dealt or were willing to deal in those securities has been published for the purpose of facilitating deals in those securities . |
| 10 | The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established . |
| 11 | Banks do n't like to admit that there employees let secrets escape from their computers , which is possibly why none of the individual banks were willing to appear in this programme . |
| 12 | Middlesbrough were fortunate to survive on this occasion . |
| 13 | Separated elements of electricity were supposed to act on each other instantaneously at a distance across empty space with a force depending on the separation and the motion of the elements . |
| 14 | sat back in her chair and brought out the list of words which you were supposed to know after each book . |
| 15 | Promotions in government service were likely to go to those officers who were able to make themselves useful politically , and if the connection between advancement and political activity was blatant in the case of Drummond , it was a link which long persisted , for even when revenue officers were deprived of the franchise , this did not materially alter the connection between holders of a revenue office and the politicians whose solicitations remained the usual route to advancement . |
| 16 | Cottages , however , were hard to find on that side . |
| 17 | We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction . |
| 18 | We were all staying with some friends of Steve 's — that 's the man who 's organising the exhibition ; Rick shares a studio with him in London . |
| 19 | They were all staying in this Florida hotel … where postman Keith Thompson was shot dead after he refused to hand over his money to muggers . |
| 20 | The most outstanding collection of faience from the Minoan period is the one that was found in the Temple Repositories in the West Wing at Knossos , where cult vases , plaques , and the famous Snake Goddess statuettes were all treated in this way . |
| 21 | Whatever was happening at this time , we were all isolated from each other . |
| 22 | But once pounds and deutschmarks and francs and lira were all competing against each other in every high street , their exchange rates would always reflect what each currency could actually buy . |
| 23 | Peter Mason , senior , Peter Mason junior and his brother David were all acquitted on all charges . |
| 24 | I think that 's what was great about the Scottish explosion , we were all taking from each other , we were all in each other 's studios and there was a real community . |
| 25 | I think that 's what was great about the Scottish explosion , we were all taking from each other , we were all in each other 's studios and there was a real community . |
| 26 | The forty women were all assessed on this dimension of their approach to housework . |
| 27 | Western societies were still in the throes of an idealistic phase during which radical change seemed possible and very real social progress on the cards — the major advances in social legislation ( the legalization of divorce , abortion , and homosexuality , for example ) were all born in this age of this spirit . |
| 28 | Black , No. 199 , cold grey 1 and 111 , sap green , No. 167 , geranium red light , No. 121 , light blue and rose carmine , were all used at this stage . |
| 29 | F-BMSH , F-BMSS , F-BOED , F-BOEF , F-BOLX , F-BNRE and F-BOOA were all used in this scheme . |
| 30 | The Nielsons were all drawn to this country . |