Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] were [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He said Muslim civilians could be evacuated or were free to stay in the enclave and Serb forces would allow the sick and wounded to leave the area . |
| 2 | Another group shouted and were negative when their children began to misbehave . |
| 3 | In addition to this , all members of the permanent staff were comfortably installed and were certain of receiving Red Cross food supplies , while the others were passing through to the unknown . |
| 4 | The views of residents were also taken into account , following informal conversations in the course of the study with those who were able to understand what was happening and were willing to voice an opinion . |
| 5 | He accidentally persuaded millions of Americans that Martians had come and were devastating New Jersey with their heat ray . |
| 6 | The Girls knew that their reputation for dancing as one was at stake , but because they were so well drilled and were accustomed to Finck 's ways , it worked brilliantly . |
| 7 | John Cole returns from the seaside with answers to the questions you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask . |
| 8 | The homes of known Duvalierists were attacked as were several Roman Catholic properties , the Church establishment having long expressed its opposition to Aristide . |
| 9 | Most of the fossils recovered are of wholly or partly aquatic amphibians , the sort that were easily preserved in the coal swamps that were characteristic of the Carboniferous non-marine environment . |
| 10 | ( She also took away supplies that were vital for all the fleet — a third of the Armada 's biscuit supply , a third of its meat , and sixty per cent of its currants , chickpeas and figs . ) |
| 11 | Four of the six patients with idiopathic DU had gastrin responses to eating that were similar to those of the H pylori positive patients with DU and H pylori positive volunteers . |
| 12 | He continued : [ T ] he ultimate question for the court was this : if the section 146 notice had required the lessee to remedy the breach and the lessors had then allowed a reasonable time to elapse to enable the lessee fully to comply with the relevant covenant , would such compliance , coupled with the payment of any appropriate monetary compensation , have effectively remedied the harm which the lessors had suffered or were likely to suffer from the breach ? |
| 13 | These services were taking much-needed capital away from industrial investment and they were , some claimed , creating attitudes and styles of living that were inimical to hard work and increased productivity — a claim discussed in the following chapter . |
| 14 | Though I 've been to some Wakes that were nice |
| 15 | In the build-up to the ground offensive , preparations were made that were consistent with an amphibious assault on the Kuwait coast to draw the Iraqis ' attention away from their right flank , the direction from which the main Allied thrust was eventually to come . |
| 16 | Eight clubs from the North-Western Federation attended and were busy putting up their stalls by 8.00am . |
| 17 | Then confronted with the enormity of the defeat which the Party had suffered , many members were completely i incapable of understanding er what had gone on , were disoriented by the defeat they had suffered and were open to the argument the strategy was right all along , the revolution is still going forward , there are going to be new uprisings by the masses and so on and so forth . |
| 18 | It was the most impressive catapult they had ever seen and were proud of it . |
| 19 | The mystery remains and perhaps will never be solved , but one thing is for sure , those two signalmen were absolutely certain of what they had seen and were unshakeable in their beliefs . |
| 20 | Also , many 6-inch sheets of the coalfields had been prepared and were available for public consultation . |
| 21 | Or , as Nehemiah vividly expressed it , ‘ They ate and were satisfied and grew fat and found delight in thy great goodness . |
| 22 | The weather was beautiful and those who were fortunate to know that his special was operating and were able to be somewhere along the route were fortunate to share a most attractive experience . |
| 23 | Robert Warshow was to argue quite rightly that there must have been much vicarious pleasure in the enjoyment of these films for audiences could watch gangsters break the law , use violence , take risks , and die but were free themselves to leave the theatre safely . |
| 24 | The trees high above the cages whispered and were silent . |
| 25 | Intending eventually to travel on to America , the Freedmans had nowhere to go and were unable to take work . |
| 26 | Even the known and tried types of temporary bridge took too long to erect and were difficult to construct . |
| 27 | The first night passed quietly enough as the newcomers were thoroughly examined and were glad to get a roof over their heads . |
| 28 | Krabbe 's manager Jos Hermens and panel president Wolfgang Schoeppe have refused to comment on the findings of the reports which have only just been completed and were supposed to be kept secret until the final ruling was announced . |
| 29 | The old beginning ‘ Hello songs ’ had been reinstated and were well-received and the second half seemed to take wings . |
| 30 | As the article in the Summer edition of The gusher explained , six improvement project teams were formed and were hard at work studying systems , identifying the cause of problems and formulating solutions . |