Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [conj] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of fires were reported to be burning , and in many cases firefighters were attacked while attempting to bring them under control . |
| 2 | The pie committee saw all their stipulations were met but attempts to stop it were made until almost the last minute . |
| 3 | Edwards denies this is the case , but in the September issue of Climber and Hill Walker , Mark Edwards was reported as having said he would not report any of his new routes ( or indeed whole areas of development ) until they received a second ascent . |
| 4 | One master complained that when five of his employees refused to join , he was visited and told to discharge them , otherwise his workforce would be called out . |
| 5 | One of the drillers was told if drilling started he would be bored through the ground . |