Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shouting grew fiercer , and the gates opposite were thrown open . |
| 2 | Some of their happiest hours together were spent driving , or looking at cars , or simply in the huge garages at St-Cloud , where Grégoire would contentedly remove wheels , and then replace them , and Edouard would contentedly watch him . |
| 3 | Talk turns to the night before when we were woken as the convoy hit a sandbank with such force that the steel cables holding it together were torn loose . |
| 4 | Sixty percent of the population of London alone were made homeless and during the war there were sixty million changes of address . |
| 5 | No station was allowed to take a prize in the same class for more than two successive years , but if a station which had done so was deemed worthy of being placed in the same class in a third year , it received a special first-class certificate but no money . |
| 6 | I did , however , find fascinating the figures produced by Lloyd 's showing that many of those syndicates that have performed badly had hardly any Lloyd 's insiders connected with them while the ones that performed best were stuffed full of professional working Names . |
| 7 | However , at this point , the proposal that a computer index could be developed to improve the management of filing systems generally was considered worthwhile , and this became the focus of the early part of the study . |
| 8 | Each replied that he did not wish to see him without consulting his solicitor as the depositions had been taken and it was understood that nothing further was required other than a date to be set for the trial . |
| 9 | I said to her my daughter was once was wished Happy Birthday |
| 10 | That the word is intended pejoratively was made clear in a 1987 BBC radio documentary on Karajan entitled ‘ The Price of Perfection ’ . |
| 11 | Such payments accorded the payers with rights of exemption from the interference of bishops and hence were thought worthwhile from the payers ' point of view . |
| 12 | In both saloons moveable dining-room chairs were used and the tables also were made moveable , so that the interior of the saloons could be more easily and thoroughly cleaned than the old style of car with the fixed and upholstered furniture . |
| 13 | Lost customers , dissatisfied corporate management , and lost data also were deemed significant . |
| 14 | The Roman general Flamininus , who proclaimed the freedom of Greece from Macedonian rule in the stadium at Isthmia ( near Corinth ) in 196 BC. was portrayed bearded . |
| 15 | Mr Shiratori rose rapidly through the ranks : in 1971 he joined AA 's worldwide partnership and three years later was made managing partner of the Japanese operations . |
| 16 | Having switched to engineering , he became technical director of Blease Anaesthetics Equipment and two years later was appointed managing director . |
| 17 | The first three shows last September really were filmed live , and the temperature in the first club reached 152°F scrambling the digital equipments programming , so that Matt Bianco found themselves miming to a completely different tune . |
| 18 | Through his involvement with Round Table David Furnell has been associated with the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust for the past 12 years , and six months ago was appointed National Events Manager . |
| 19 | ‘ To make a long story short , ’ explained Uncle Alfred , ‘ young Anabelle here was elected Official Dog Chaser . ’ |
| 20 | There 's Martin here was clubbed senseless and slung into the bushes . |
| 21 | Algy particularly was made miserable by the change in the house . |
| 22 | They are created as firms seek new advantages by linking together markets and activities that previously were kept separate . |
| 23 | Unfortunately though , Roebuck 's support was soon withdrawn as he got into financial difficulties and eventually was declared bankrupt in 1773 . |
| 24 | To judge by appearances Nietzsche was a loony who went round market places declaring God to be dead and eventually was declared mad ( although from his earlier work Zarathustra the matter was never in doubt ) . |
| 25 | Another door led into the cellar from outside in the yard , and that too was kept locked . |