Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [be] [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two dozen or so airframes which were completed were simply test- flown and put into storage , awaiting buyers who never came . |
| 2 | This suggests that patients might be discouraged from taking overdoses if their general practitioners were seen is more willing to discuss psychological and social difficulties , or if other mental health professionals were available in health centres . |
| 3 | One study of women whose pregnancies had run to 41 weeks or more showed that those who were induced were less likely to have a Caesarian . |
| 4 | The physics and cosmology that provided the framework in which this astronomy was set was basically that developed by Aristotle in the fourth century B.C. In the second century A.D. , Ptolemy devised a detailed astronomical system that specified the orbits of the moon , the sun and all the planets . |
| 5 | Their generosity was appreciated being so willing to give some time explaining to a fellow enthusiast the intricacies of steaming a locomotive for the first time and the difficulties which had been experienced in the rebuilding process . |