Example sentences of "and were [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The almost innumerable Goblins ravaged a large tract of Yvresse and were barely turned back at Tor Yvresse by the heroic efforts of Eltharion . |
| 2 | In the corporation of London , for example , the fact that local elections were spread across the year ( with those for the sheriffs being in midsummer , for the lord mayor in September , and for the common councilmen in December ) , and were invariably fought out along party lines , meant that political passions seldom had a chance to cool down . |
| 3 | Smith , managed to scramble out and were soon picked up by the destroyer ‘ Foresight ’ . |
| 4 | The main spar booms and other main structural members were sizable pieces of laminated wood , several inches square , and were generally boxed in on three sides by the plywood skin and shear webs . |
| 5 | Many appeared to be visibly drunk at matches and were often thrown out by the police for this reason . |
| 6 | The remainder , with the exception of the woman with the dislocated jaw and the man with the angina attack , were mainly suffering from severe shock and were quickly taken out to the ambulances . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , some of the patients could not return for frequent follow up visits to our clinic because of distance and also health care costs and were therefore referred back with our treatment plan to their own physicians . |
| 8 | Five ( 6% ) prompted patients changed their minds about accepting prompting and were subsequently transferred back to hospital outpatients . |
| 9 | Whatever the mitigating circumstances — the heat , effects of jetlag and an injury to Mark Appleson — Scotland did not make a very good fist of it on Saturday when they lost their pool match to Western Samoa and were then tumbled out of the plate 38-5 by New Zealand . |
| 10 | Charity opened her mouth to say that a Mercedes was really not on her list of aspirations , but at that moment they approached a sharp twist in the path and were almost knocked over by an electric golf cart careening around it . |
| 11 | ‘ We were really young , and were almost burnt out at 21 years old , ’ explained Setzer . |
| 12 | Heavy-eyed , yawning and bewildered men appeared in doorways , and were promptly cut down by the attackers . |